XR Weekly: Pico Delays Space Pro, Meta Quest 3 Hits 240Hz, MLB Immersive Debuts - Week of September 4, 2026

**Meta Unlocks 240Hz on Quest 3 via Horizon OS 2.7** - Meta pushed an update to Quest 3 that's effectively boosted the headset's refresh rate up to 240Hz, or 207Hz at the headset's full resolution. Horizon OS 2.7 added support for "Extended Refresh Rates" on Quest 3, meaning the display can now go up to 207Hz for regular users, and 240Hz when in developer mode. Notably, this update only affects Quest 3, not Quest 3S or Quest 2, since Quest 3S uses a different display panel that tops out at 120Hz. [Road to VR](https://roadtovr.com/quest-3-update-boost-refresh-rate-240hz/)

**Pico Space Pro Delayed to Q4 2026, Beijing Event Cancelled** - Pico cancelled the September 2 launch event nine days out and pushed Space Pro to Q4 2026, citing a late software upgrade. ByteDance's headset subsidiary moved the release to the fourth quarter of 2026 and cancelled the Beijing event booked for September 2. Pico had said Space Pro uses dual 4K micro-OLED displays with 4,000 pixels per inch, up to 40 pixels per degree across the view, and 45 pixels per degree at the center. [VR.org](https://vr.org/articles/pico-space-pro-delayed-q4-september-event-cancelled-2026)

**Bigscreen Cuts Beyond 2 Price to $959, Halo Mount Resumes Production** - Bigscreen announced it's permanently lowering the price of its slim and light PC VR headset, Bigscreen Beyond 2, which now starts at $959. The long-awaited Halo Mount is also now in production, with shipping estimated to largely take place in October. The company brought Beyond 2 to $959 (previously $1,019) and Beyond 2e to $1,159 (previously $1,219), the latter of which includes onboard eye-tracking. [Road to VR](https://roadtovr.com/bigscreen-beyond-2-price-drop-halo-mount/)

**HTC Vive Eagle Smart Glasses Hit US Store at $499** - HTC published US store listings for the Vive Eagle on September 3 at $499. Three configurations are buyable, seven say Coming Soon, and the 90 language translation in the marketing is the paid tier, not the two years of VIVE AI Plus that ships in the box. [VR.org](https://vr.org/articles/bigscreen-beyond-2-959-universal-fit-cushion-2026)

**Apple Vision Pro Debuts Live Immersive MLB Broadcasts** - Apple and Major League Baseball announced they're bringing a handful of live baseball games to Vision Pro, with livestreamed games starting on August 28th. For the first time, baseball fans can take in all the action of "Friday Night Baseball" live in Apple Immersive on Apple Vision Pro, leveraging 3D video recorded in 8K with a 180-degree field of view. Apple's newsroom post lists the immersive slate alongside the September schedule: the Los Angeles Angels at the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 4 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, the San Diego Padres at the San Francisco Giants on September 11, and the Giants at the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 18. [Road to VR](https://roadtovr.com/apple-mlb-live-immersive-games-schedule-2026/)

**Horizon+ September Games Add Warplanes and Prison Boss VR** - The Meta Horizon+ subscription service added new games for the month, with September's Monthly Games being Warplanes: Air Corp and Prison Boss VR. The rotating Games Catalog and Indie Catalog were also bolstered this month by a combined seven new titles. [UploadVR](https://www.uploadvr.com/warplanes-prison-boss-vr-are-quests-horizon-monthly-games-for-september-2026/)

**Virtual Desktop Ships 144 FPS Beta Days After Quest 3 Refresh Bump** - Virtual Desktop developer Guy Godin announced 144 fps support with Quest 3 in Virtual Desktop on the Beta channel on August 29, 2026. [UploadVR](https://www.uploadvr.com/qhorizon-os-2-7-adds-gamepad-emulation-and-207-hz-display-mode-240-hz-in-dev-mode/)

**TDK Acquires OQmented's AR Display Assets** - TDK Corporation, a Tokyo-based electronics company with a portfolio of components for the smart glasses market, announced that it has acquired assets from OQmented (legal name: kiiz Technologies GmbH), a Germany-based developer of MEMS-based laser beam scanning and display technologies. The transaction strengthens TDK AIsight, a TDK group company and the group's augmented reality display business, which was established in 2026 to accelerate the development of TDK's smart glasses solutions business. [Auganix](https://www.auganix.org/ar-news-tdk-acquires-oqmented-assets/)

**Schell Games Confirms First Layoffs in 24-Year History** - On August 28, 2026, Schell Games, the veteran VR studio behind spy-themed puzzle series I Expect You to Die and Among Us 3D, confirmed it has laid off around 10 percent of staff. Schell Games CEO Jesse Schell confirmed the layoffs in a statement, noting: "Unfortunately, we found it necessary to do a 10% layoff for rebalancing purposes." After the layoffs, the studio has about 125 staff. [Road to VR](https://roadtovr.com/among-us-vr-studio-schell-games-layoffs-aug-2026/)

**Beyond Frames Entertainment Closes $326.5K Round** - Beyond Frames Entertainment, an XR-focused publisher providing consulting, funding, and marketing for interactive entertainment, raised $326.5K in the week of September 1, 2026. [Parsers VC Weekly Funding Report](https://parsers.substack.com/p/funding-rounds-report-weekly-of-september)

**Little Rock AFB VR Training Center Reports $18.5M in Mitigated Costs** - The 913th Airlift Group, a U.S. Air Force Reserve unit based at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, established a new virtual reality training center for aircraft maintenance Airmen despite having no aircraft assigned to the unit. According to the U.S. Air Force, the program has mitigated an estimated $18.5 million in training and maintenance costs over the past 18 months. The system can load any aircraft in the Department of War's virtual system, so a unit with no aircraft can still train maintainers on the types it needs. [Auganix](https://www.auganix.org/vr-news-913th-airlift-group-vr-maintenance-training/)

**VR Expert and Treeview Partner on XREAL AURA Enterprise Rollouts** - On September 2, 2026, VR Expert, a provider of extended reality hardware and support services, and Treeview, an XR development studio serving enterprise clients globally, announced a partnership to help enterprise customers identify, develop, and deploy custom applications for XREAL AURA. The glasses run on Google's Android XR platform and feature a 70-degree field of view, with a global launch confirmed for later in 2026. [Auganix](https://www.auganix.org/xr-news-vr-expert-treeview-xreal-aura-partnership/)

**Snap Specs Launch Event Set for September 16** - Snap is hosting the launch of SPECS, its new augmented reality glasses that make computing more human, on Wednesday, September 16th in Los Angeles, California. Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel will share the first in-depth look at SPECS, demonstrating how they bring AI assistance, work tools, entertainment, and shared experiences into the world around us. Specs are Snap's $2,195 standalone AR glasses. [Snap Newsroom](https://newsroom.snap.com/specs-launch-date)

**Meta Connect 2026 Coming September 23-24** - Meta Connect runs September 23-24 at Meta's campus in Menlo Park, California, with an evening keynote and developer sessions covering the latest in VR, wearables, metaverse, and AI. Reporting suggests Meta's headset plans have been shifting internally, with rumors swirling about a high-end puck-focused headset that would be a Vision Pro competitor, or a more affordable next-gen Quest. Meta announcing a new headset at Connect is probably the strongest signal the company could send to show both confidence and direction in its ecosystem. [Meta Blog](https://www.meta.com/blog/connect-2026-save-the-date/)

Virtual Desktop developer Guy Godin continues to punch above his weight class in the XR ecosystem. Within days of Meta unlocking Quest 3's extended refresh rate ceiling, Godin shipped 144 fps support with Quest 3 in Virtual Desktop's Beta channel on August 29, 2026, inviting users to try it out. Virtual Desktop remains the tool that a huge segment of PC VR players use to stream games wirelessly from their gaming rigs, and Godin's rapid response to platform changes shows why solo and small-team developers still meaningfully shape what the Quest ecosystem can do. When Meta ships a spec bump, it's often the third-party developers who translate it into a real user experience within days rather than months.