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AWE 2021: my first impressions about AWE and hands-on with Ray-Ban Stories!

AWE 2021: my first impressions about AWE and hands-on with Ray-Ban Stories!

Hello everyone from Santa Clara, USA! Today I have had my first day at AWE, so let me tell you how has been my experience here ! I also had a short hands-on session with Ray-Ban Stories, and I want to tell you about it, too… First impressions about AWE AWE US is one of […]

November 10, 2021November 10, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.11.08): Microsoft Teams gets immersive, Meta may open its stores, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.11.08): Microsoft Teams gets immersive, Meta may open its stores, and more!

Today I’ll travel to the US to be a speaker at AWE, and I hope to meet you all there. I should be packing my suitcase, but instead, I’m here writing this newsletter so that you can enjoy the roundup of best XR news even this week. Since I’m a bit in a hurry, I […]

November 8, 2021November 8, 2021
by Skarredghost
AWE USA brings back XR physical events

AWE USA brings back XR physical events

Augmented World Expo (AWE) will start on November, 9th 2021, in Santa Clara, USA. The event, which will run until the 11th, will be the first major event about AR and VR to be back in a physical location after a long time. It will be a good opportunity to return back to meeting people […]

November 4, 2021November 4, 2021
by Skarredghost
Mega-roundup of Facebook Connect 2: all the news in a single place!

Mega-roundup of Facebook Connect 2: all the news in a single place!

Hello everyone! As it is tradition of this blog, I have prepared a big fatty roundup with all the news announced at the latest Facebook Connect 2. For every piece of news, I have prepared a short summary and some links to go deeper… this way you are sure you haven’t missed any important piece […]

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.10.31): Facebook becomes Meta, Pimax teases Reality headset, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.10.31): Facebook becomes Meta, Pimax teases Reality headset, and more!

Hello everyone and Happy Halloween to whoever celebrates it! Here in Italy we were not used to celebrating it when I was a kid, but children now have fun dressing up and asking for some sweeties from their neighbors. As the ghost of VR, I guess it should be my favorite festivity, so it’s my […]

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.10.25): Quest 2 Pro leaked, Facebook to change its name, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.10.25): Quest 2 Pro leaked, Facebook to change its name, and more!

This great October in VR has not finished yet, and we have still to hear the big news from Facebook in a few days. In the meantime, I got pretty sick after my journey to Switzerland to try CREAL headsets, and it’s taking a while to recover… I can’t wait to become a cyborg so that […]

October 25, 2021October 25, 2021
by Skarredghost
EXCLUSIVE: Hands-on CREAL lightfield XR headsets

EXCLUSIVE: Hands-on CREAL lightfield XR headsets

I have had the pleasure of being invited by Swiss company CREAL to try its revolutionary lightfield technology that is able to make the immersive reality offered AR and VR headsets more believable. Here you are my experience with it! CREAL CREAL (pronounced as see real) is a company located inside the EPFL campus (the […]

October 22, 2021October 25, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

I’m in the middle of this crazy October in which everything is happening in VR and I’m overworking like crazy. By the way, it’s a positive period, after all. I’ve just been interviewed by XR Must and I’m visiting an amazing XR company (you’ll discover which one very soon…), so things are going well. I […]

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.10.11): Lynx succeds on Kickstarter, Lone Echo 2 is finally launching, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.10.11): Lynx succeds on Kickstarter, Lone Echo 2 is finally launching, and more!

Let’s start this roundup with a roundup of news about me, that this October I’m doing so many things! VR fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded has just added support for LIV and bHaptics suit, and it is a total blast with haptic feedback! Don’t forget to give it 5 stars on App Lab 😉 I’m working with […]

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.10.04): Vive Flow teased, Valve Deckard leaked, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.10.04): Vive Flow teased, Valve Deckard leaked, and more!

This period I am busy as hell… it seems that life has decided that everything should happen to me in these last months of this year. I’ll try to survive all of this work… if I can not, well, I’ll actually become a ghost, which is pretty fascinating. Send me hugs while I’m still human! […]

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021
by Skarredghost
How to build your passthrough AR app for Oculus Quest in Unity

How to build your passthrough AR app for Oculus Quest in Unity

I love passthrough augmented reality, because it lets us create AR experiences with the VR headsets that we already own, plus it also opens up augmented reality to new possibilities, like wide-FOV vision or diminished reality experiences. You all know that Facebook has recently released Passthrough APIs to let developers create AR experiences on Quest […]

October 1, 2021December 2, 2021
by Skarredghost

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