Welcome back to Spatial Beats, where we round up all the top news and happenings from around the spatial computing spectrum, including its escalating infusions with AI and other emerging tech. Let’s dive in…
The Lede
As of January 2025, Beat Saber is approaching 10 million units sold on the Quest platform alone. This estimate is based on the game’s ‘Pure’ achievement, which indicates approximately 9.7 million users have played the game on Quest. Considering that Beat Saber was bundled with Quest 2 purchases for a five-month period in 2022, it’s estimated that around 20% of players received the game through this promotion. This suggests approximately 7.76 million paid copies, generating an estimated $233 million in revenue from the base game on Quest, priced at $30. This figure does not account for additional revenue from the game’s extensive paid DLC music packs.
Feeling Spatial
Infinite Reality Raises $3B; Moves Valuation to $12.25 B. Infinite Reality (iR), a diversified company focused on AI and immersive technologies, has secured a $3 billion equity investment from a private multi-family office focused on global technology, media, and real estate. This funding follows iR’s $450 million acquisition of Landvault, a tech firm specializing in immersive technology and digital twins for Fortune 500 companies and government organizations. iR previously acquired The Drone Racing League for $250 M.
Roto VR May Be The Quester’s Must-Have Accessory. Equipped with a motorized base and full-body haptics, Roto VR seeks to address common VR challenges such as motion sickness and limited physical space. Developed in partnership with Meta, the chair is compatible with Meta Quest headsets and is available for pre-order at $799, with shipments expected to begin in October 2025. Engadget’s Jessica Conditt was pleasantly surprised when it didn’t make her hurl.
Spatial Beats
- Kopin Receives $2M Display Order Alongside Debut of New HUDs
- Shuhei Yoshida, Industry Veteran & Main Figure Behind PSVR, Departs Sony
- These AR Glasses Could Improve Your Golf Swing
- AR Glasses Still Suck at AR, but They’re Solid Secondary Screens
- Apple’s stuffed 2025 release calendar is missing one very important product
- The Meta Quest 3S is on sale for its lowest price ever
- Will Samsung Unveil its Moohan XR Headset Next Week?
- Meta’s Horizon OS Expansion Reportedly to Kick Off with Premium ASUS Headset
- Plessey & Meta Develop 6 Million Nit Red MicroLED Display
- The Next Giant of High-End VR? Pimax Triples Growth in Just Three Years
- Mark Zuckerberg Admits Apple Vision Pro Is Better Than Quest 3 For Watching Movies
- Quest 3S Was The Top Selling Console On Amazon US In 2024
- Vision Pro Knock-off Gets High Praise From Former Quest Engineer
The AI Desk
OpenAI has launched a new beta feature in ChatGPT called “Tasks,” which will allow users to schedule reminders and automate actions, like Siri might do someday. Available exclusively to paying subscribers, Tasks enables both one-time and recurring scheduling, with a maximum of 10 active tasks. Users can set it up for routine updates like weather or news and more personalized automation such as meal planning or entertainment recommendations. Unlike traditional assistants like Siri or Google Assistant, Tasks integrates with ChatGPT’s conversational AI to proactively suggest actions based on user interactions, though approval is required. To use it, select “schedule tasks” in the model picker, define the task, and specify the time. Task management is accessible within chat threads or a dedicated section on the web, allowing modifications or cancellations. Users receive notifications across web, desktop, and mobile platforms upon task completion.
Do we believe this video or our lying eyes?
These new Cinematic AI Films demonstrate new capabilities of models like Luma Labs, Hailuo, and Veo. You forget they’re AI.
It got me. This isn’t real, it’s created with Veo2. It’s getting problematic pic.twitter.com/b8YDRcdx2k
— Chubby♨️ (@kimmonismus) January 14, 2025
Spatial Audio
For more spatial commentary & insights, check out This Week in XR, hosted by the author of this column, Charlie Fink along with Ted Schilowitz, former studio executive and co-founder of Red Camera, and Rony Abovitz, founder of Magic Leap. This week our guest is Ashley Crowder, founder and CEO of Vntana. You can find it on podcasting platforms Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.
Charlie Fink is an author and futurist focused on spatial computing. See his books here. Spatial Beats contains insights and inputs from Fink’s collaborators including Paramount Pictures futurist Ted Shilowitz.
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