The best Augmented Reality newsletters

A blog with essays on software, design and spatial computing (AR/VR). It offers frameworks for critically assessing emerging technology and reflections on human-computer interaction and its future.

UploadVR's news and review feed covering virtual and augmented reality, including game launches, Early Access releases, hardware and app coverage, and reviews. Readers get timely coverage of VR software and industry developments, with a mix of straightforward news and critical reviews.

A developer-focused newsletter from mindar.org covering web-based augmented reality tools, tutorials and open-source libraries. Readers get practical guidance on building WebAR experiences, making AR NFTs, and evaluating target images for image tracking.

Nathan Kitchen's personal newsletter mixes hands-on tech projects, such as building an augmented reality treasure hunt for his kids, with short practical tips and book recommendations on communication and presenting. It reads as a casual blog-style digest for curious tinkerers and parents interested in how everyday technology works.

Glassist is a newsletter covering smart glasses and AR/AI wearables, with first-person coverage of events like Snap's Lens Fest and Meta Connect. Readers get insider-flavoured event reports, product breakdowns and a sense of where consumer AR hardware is heading.

A monthly roundup for XR developers covering news from Snap, Meta, Unity, Google, Pico and others on AR, VR, mixed reality and spatial computing tools and hardware. It highlights SDK and platform updates, hackathons and upcoming events, with brief editorial commentary on device prospects.

Merge EDU's newsletter promotes its web-based Merge 3D platform for K-12 classrooms, covering pilot programs, Halloween-themed STEM collections, and a library of 3D teaching objects. Readers get product announcements and lesson-idea snippets, mostly framed as marketing for schools.

This is a product-update newsletter from the Sketchar drawing app, announcing features such as an artist opportunity-matching agent, new AR surface-warping tools for Meta Quest and mobile, and cross-platform multiplayer drawing. Readers get feature announcements and how-to walkthroughs, written as promotional copy for the app.