XR/AI News: OpenXR, Meta, Steam Frame
Latest XR, VR, AR, and AI developments from the past week include OpenXR spatial standards, Meta spatial SDKs, Steam Frame progress, AI glasses demos, and platform shifts. These advances support multitasking, lighter hardware, and AI integration in extended reality. OpenXR Spatial Containers Advance Multitasking Khronos Group ratified OpenXR extensions XR_EXT_spatial_container and XR_EXT_spatial_container_self_rendering on October 19, 2026. These enable system-managed spatial windows so multiple XR apps share one space, similar to desktop windows. Google plans Android XR support and Meta endorsed the approach. Implementations are expected across the ecosystem in 2026. The extensions entered the spec in version 1.1.63 earlier, with sample code added later. Meta SDKs Spatialize Android Apps Meta released Layout SDK, Gaze SDK, and UI Set SDK tools around October 20. These allow standard Android apps to add spatial panels and gaze-based input on Quest devices and upcoming Meta VR...