Sean Hollister

It took decades, but the technology is finally ready.

Staffers don’t know whether the site will shut down — but managing editor Derrek Lee confirms to The Verge that all remaining staff were laid off today. EIC Shruti Shekar confirms she’s been laid off, senior editor Harish Jonnalagadda and senior content producer Nicolas Sutrich wrote they’d been laid off, and senior editor Namarah Saud Fatmi also appears to be gone. Android Central’s masthead was already down to six staffers after layoffs earlier this year. Earlier today, owner Future PLC announced it would pause its share buyback and focus on reducing debt. Update, October 1st: Future claims that Android Central “will continue” somehow.

These aren’t the glasses the industry promised. They might be even better.

Asus is not publicly committing to US manufacturing.

Everyone’s trying to find the guy responsible for this.

[Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/20260924_130228.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] * “VR Glasses” is the right name. These don’t have a VR headset’s huge, immersive field of view at just 70° horizontal by 66° vertical, but it’s similar to looking through glasses, without a headset’s significant weight. * I didn’t terribly mind the reduced immersion outside of games. Movies and desktop windows opened at the proper size without edges cut off. * I carried on a conversation with several real human beings in a room and didn’t feel like I had tunnel vision. * You can’t see your hands unless they’re in your direct field of view, but the headset can track hands far outside that FoV. I could hit Beat Saber targets while looking an entirely different direction. * I got 32WPM touch typing on a keyboard that doesn’t physically exist. That’s less than a third my normal speed, but not bad for a first try.

Also, they can power earbuds with cameras.

What will Microsoft’s next buzzword be?

The Steam Frame and Meta Quest headsets can natively beam your Windows monitors into a headset — but some still prefer Virtual Desktop, the app that pioneered the idea in 2016 before getting “sherlocked” by Meta. Developer Guy Godin says Valve didn’t send him a Frame, but he’ll try to port it anyhow. Technically, I can already stream Virtual Desktop Classic, with working 3D video, but my monitors are stitched together and the controls feel awkward. [Image: Here’s Virtual Desktop Classic streamed from my PC to Steam Frame. A standalone version with passthrough would be better. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/virtual-desktop-steam-frame.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

The industry is in a panic, but it’s been claiming to want legal guardrails for years — with few meaningful results.