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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 (2025.09.15): Amazon plans to launch its smartglasses, Nintendo Virtual Boy is back, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2025.09.15): Amazon plans to launch its smartglasses, Nintendo Virtual Boy is back, and more!

This is another newsletter that I’m going to write literally on the fly, because today I’m traveling to the US to attend Meta Connect. So I guess I’ll write part of it in Turin, and part in Paris, where I’ll have my stop before going to San Francisco. Wish me a safe trip!  (Ah and if […]

September 15, 2025September 15, 2025
by Skarredghost
Play For Dream hands-on: an MR headset with potential

Play For Dream hands-on: an MR headset with potential

After I published my detailed review of the Vivo Vision headset, many people asked me how it compares with another interesting Chinese mixed reality headset: the Play For Dream MR. At that moment, I realized that I had never published my review of Play For Dream: I had the opportunity of trying the headset for […]

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2025.09.09): Apple may launch Vision Air in 2027, Valve headset may be called “Steam Frame”, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2025.09.09): Apple may launch Vision Air in 2027, Valve headset may be called “Steam Frame”, and more!

I’m back from China, and while I’m still dizzy from the jet lag, I’m preparing my trip to the US for the next week. I guess I’ll spend the next couple of weeks without realizing what time of day it is…  But I know what time is now: it is the time for some amazing XR […]

September 9, 2025September 9, 2025
by Skarredghost
See you for the first time at Meta Connect!

See you for the first time at Meta Connect!

I’m super excited to say, for the first time in my life, “See you at Meta Connect!”. You know, I started working in VR(/AR/MR/XR/WhateveR) in 2014, and I started getting into development for the Oculus Rift DK2 in Unity around September of that year. 2014 is the year that Facebook acquired Oculus, and the same […]

September 8, 2025September 8, 2025
by Skarredghost
VR Headsets sanitization machines hands-on: Uvisan VRProXS and Cleanbox CX1

VR Headsets sanitization machines hands-on: Uvisan VRProXS and Cleanbox CX1

Today, I’ll talk about a topic that is of paramount importance: XR headsets’ sanitization. And I’m doing that by going hands-on and comparing two of the leading devices on the market: the Uvisan VRProXS and the Cleanbox CX1. [Disclaimer: this article has come out of a proposal by Uvisan, which has also provided me with […]

September 4, 2025September 7, 2025
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2025.09.02): Meta may release an SDK for glasses, Samsung may launch Moohan in October, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2025.09.02): Meta may release an SDK for glasses, Samsung may launch Moohan in October, and more!

The past week has been pretty interesting for me, because I’ve been able to try Vivo Vision, the new mixed reality headset announced by Vivo, one of the leading smartphone manufacturers. The result of my hands-on is a very detailed article about the device, which you can find here. I’m very happy to have been […]

September 2, 2025September 2, 2025
by Skarredghost
Vivo Vision hands-on: a good, cheaper clone of the Apple Vision Pro

Vivo Vision hands-on: a good, cheaper clone of the Apple Vision Pro

Last week in Beijing, I had the great opportunity to try the Vivo Vision Discovery Edition, the new mixed reality headset launched by Vivo, one of the leading smartphone manufacturers. In this post, I’ll detail my first impressions of the device and also do some comparisons with Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro. I tease […]

September 1, 2025September 2, 2025
by Skarredghost
Big interview with Kyle Riesenbeck about Upload VR, the XR space, the “good old days”, and more!

Big interview with Kyle Riesenbeck about Upload VR, the XR space, the “good old days”, and more!

To celebrate 9 years of my blog, I interviewed a very special person: Kyle Riesenbeck, who is now Operations Manager at Upload VR. He is one of the people in the industry I esteem the most, and I was very happy to finally meet him in person at CES this year, and so I asked […]

August 28, 2025August 30, 2025
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2025.08.24): Vivo announces in-store demos of its headset, preorders for Oakly Meta glasses are open, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2025.08.24): Vivo announces in-store demos of its headset, preorders for Oakly Meta glasses are open, and more!

Today it’s going to be a pretty crazy day for me, but I’m still saving the time to write this summary of the best XR news for you! Enjoy, and wish me luck! (Btw, this week I’ve published an article about why we don’t have the “killer app” of MR yet, and it fostered some debates […]

August 25, 2025August 25, 2025
by Skarredghost
Why we don’t have the “killer app” of mixed reality

Why we don’t have the “killer app” of mixed reality

I have always been a fan of mixed reality, and over the years I have always tried to push the boundaries with this technology: in 2019 I launched with my team a mixed reality fitness game before MR was cool, I’ve published many experiments about blending the physical with the virtual, and I have advocated […]

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2025.08.19): Meta prototype headsets show the future of VR, Meta Celeste may cost $800, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2025.08.19): Meta prototype headsets show the future of VR, Meta Celeste may cost $800, and more!

My blog is now 9 years old and I really hope something special happens to me in this 10th year of my career. For now, I can’t wait to publish the interview I have had with Kyle Riesenbeck, but who knows if other surprises are going to happen. Anyway, let’s focus on the XR news […]

August 19, 2025August 19, 2025
by Skarredghost

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