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Author: Skarredghost

AR/VR developer, startupper, zombie killer. Sometimes I pretend I can blog, but actually I've no idea what I'm doing. I tried to change the world with my startup Immotionar, offering super-awesome full body virtual reality, but now the dream is over. But I'm not giving up: I've started an AR/VR agency called New Technology Walkers with which help you in realizing your XR dreams with our consultancies (Contact us if you need a project done!)
The XR Week Peek (2021.09.06): A week full of VR events, Chinese headsets are on the rise, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.09.06): A week full of VR events, Chinese headsets are on the rise, and more!

This week came with two great pieces of news for me. The first one is that the bond between me and VRrOOm has become a bit more official, and we’ll keep innovating the virtual events sector together for a while. The second one is that we of New Technology Walkers have just launched our fitness […]

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021
by Skarredghost
How to record videos of your Oculus Quest passthrough AR app

How to record videos of your Oculus Quest passthrough AR app

Recently Facebook has released experimental passthrough APIs for Oculus Quest 2, letting developers create augmented reality apps for this virtual reality headset. Many developers have started creating experiences of this kind, and of course, they want to share videos about them on social media, but Facebook blocked some months ago all ways of recording passthrough […]

September 5, 2021September 6, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.08.30): Bytedance acquires Pico, Quest 2 back on sale, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.08.30): Bytedance acquires Pico, Quest 2 back on sale, and more!

I am super busy working on the last touches for the Venice VR Expanded world on VRChat. The artists have made an amazing job and the world is wonderful… I invite you all to check it out on September, 1st when the Venice Film Festival is starting… and in case you go there, let me […]

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021
by Skarredghost
My experience as a VR professional at Gamescom and Devcom 2021

My experience as a VR professional at Gamescom and Devcom 2021

As I told you at the beginning of my latest news roundup, I have attended both the Devcom and the Gamescom together with my biz partner Max: we were at Devcom to promote our game HitMotion: Reloaded, and at Gamescom as members of the press to discover the latest announcements about VR and try interesting […]

August 28, 2021August 28, 2021
by Skarredghost
Horizon Workrooms review: nice, but not compelling for work yet

Horizon Workrooms review: nice, but not compelling for work yet

Some days ago, Facebook has surprisingly launched Horizon Workrooms, its solution to offer remote business meetings in virtual reality. The launch has been seasoned with the usual fluff about the metaverse and Zuckerberg has said that people at Facebook have already been using this product for their meetings for months. VR journalists have tried it […]

August 26, 2021August 26, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.08.23): Facebook launches Horizon Workrooms, Intel announces its graphics cards, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.08.23): Facebook launches Horizon Workrooms, Intel announces its graphics cards, and more!

大家好! These days are pretty hot here, but this doesn’t stop me from enjoying virtual reality. What I’ve not enjoyed is that SideQuest has removed The Unity Cube from its listing, stating that there were too many cubes there. I think that cubes are never enough… cubes are love, cubes are life. Before leaving to the […]

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021
by Skarredghost
SideQuest bans The Unity Cube and similar VR apps

SideQuest bans The Unity Cube and similar VR apps

I love telling you the story of The Unity Cube, my crazy application for App Lab that is just a cube, and got amazing results, like more than 3000 installs, the selection as the 20th top-rated app on App Lab, mentions in important magazines like Road To VR and Forbes, and more. Well, today this […]

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021
by Skarredghost
How App Lab DB is helping indie VR games to get discovered

How App Lab DB is helping indie VR games to get discovered

We all know that it is very difficult to be published on the Official Quest Store and we indie developers have to resort to publishing on the alternate App Lab store. This is a very good channel (we also used it for our game HitMotion: Reloaded), but it has the big problem that doesn’t allow […]

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.08.16): Facebook releases Passthrough APIs, Quest on the road to 10M units, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.08.16): Facebook releases Passthrough APIs, Quest on the road to 10M units, and more!

Hello everyone! This summer week has been amazing for me and I want to share my happiness with you. It has all been because of these three pieces of news: My blog is now 5 years old! I still can’t believe that I did it for so long… and this is also been possible thanks […]

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021
by Skarredghost
The Ghost Howls celebrates its 5th birthday!

The Ghost Howls celebrates its 5th birthday!

August, 15th is a special day in Italy: it is called “Ferragosto”, and people go out with their friends and families and grill some BBQ in the parks, have picnics, or just chill together. Almost no one works, and people are focused on enjoying good food and good company. But 5 years ago, at Ferragosto, […]

August 15, 2021August 15, 2021
by Skarredghost
HoloLens 2 Review: The Best In Class For AR, But…

HoloLens 2 Review: The Best In Class For AR, But…

The HoloLens 2 is considered the best augmented reality headset in the market. It has been launched in 2019, but because of its very high price and the pandemic that prevented me to travel, in these two years, I have never had the opportunity to try it. But now, thanks to VR Expert, a company […]

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021
by Skarredghost

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