Today I have the huge pleasure of publishing the interview I had with Jeff Basladynski, who you may probably know as “Bazitron” from Reddit. Baz has become a sort of legend in our community because he is doing god’s work by organizing large-scale VR installations inside events like comic-cons, making lots of people try VR […]
In this VR winter, every day we keep reading news about layoffs of people working in AR/VR. Today I inform you about a new one: Lenovo has recently laid off its XR business unit in the US. Layoffs at Lenovo I’ve been informed about this news by a trusted source. Lenovo laid off the people […]
It’s a hot summer here in Italy. But this is not stopping me from providing you with my usual roundup of the most important XR news of the week… Top news of the week Meta teases VR announcements for Connect During one of its usual AMAs on Instagram, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth answered the question “Did you […]
In my AWE preview article, I told you about Prehension AI, a startup developing an SDK to help developers implement hand gestures in their MR/VR applications. At AWE US, I’ve been able to get hands-on with it quickly, and these are my impressions. Prehension AI Prehension is a startup that offers a Unity SDK to […]
Yesterday on X, I saw a video about Boz teasing some VR announcements at Connect. This made many people excited, but honestly, I think we shouldn’t expect too much from this piece of news. Meta teasing VR announcements at Connect During his latest AMA on Instagram, in response to a question asking if Meta was […]
I’m finally back in Italy, and I can spend a few weeks here, recovering from all the long trips I had. It was really insightful going to China, the US, and Germany, and I think now I have a better view of what is happening in the XR ecosystem. But now my body needs some […]
After the announcement of the Snap Specs at AWE, I saw a lot of criticism around the latest glasses released by Snap, and this triggered me a bit. Let me rant with you a bit about that. The critics about Snap Right after Snap announced Specs at AWE, the press and the online tech community […]
It’s the last day of June, and I’m writing this newsletter across airports during my trip to Berlin to be a mentor at the XRCC hackathon. It’s a pretty busy period of the year… Top news of the week Valve launches Steam Machine starting at $1,050 In the end, the rumor from last week was true, and […]
I just went back from the United States, where I had a very hectic AWE. I will publish some interesting articles about it in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned (Actually, I have already published some: check out my hands on with Lumus and bHaptics!). And you will recognize that most of the news in […]
At AWE, I was able to go hands-on with the latest version of the bHaptics gloves. And I have to say that they have improved a lot compared to the last time… bHaptics I’m pretty sure that if you are a reader of this blog, you already know bHaptics very well. But just in case […]
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to try a private demo by Lumus, the company producing waveguides for smartglasses and AR glasses. And they finally showed me the path to 70° FOV AR glasses. Lumus Lumus is a company focused on creating waveguides for glasses (AR glasses or smartglasses). They don’t produce the glasses themselves, but […]
