After some days of teasing, Chinese AR company Nreal has finally announced its latest AR glasses: Nreal Air. I would define them as the “GearVR of augmented reality”. Let me tell you why. Nreal Nreal is one of the most interesting AR startups out there, and it has revolutionized the augmented reality sector launching the […]
This is the first newsletter of Autumn 2021: I think I’ll miss the sun but for sure not the mosquitos. By the way, I wish you a lot of happiness for this new season. I’m getting busy with some new interesting projects, but at the same time I’m still working on our HitMotion: Reloaded, which is […]
Today I made two little big discoveries about the Oculus Quest 2 that together mean that you can use this headset as an AR device whenever and wherever you want. Let me explain everything to you! Guardian disabling is now persistent The first discovery I made is that the setting about the Guardian disabling is […]
I love the metaverse, I hate the metaverse. I love the idea about our future, more interconnected than ever, and with a good mix of all the possible realities. I hate our present, in which many people use the word “metaverse” as a buzzword. It’s a while that I want to write some ideas I […]
This one is the last AR/VR news roundup for this summer! Here in Turin, the sun is shining, but the temperature is getting colder, and autumn is coming too fast. I think I’ll miss the joys of summer (and all the trophies that Italy has won), but at least I’ll be able to enjoy again […]
Apple Event has just finished, and in it, Apple has announced the new iPad mini, the iPhone 13 series, and the new Apple Watch Series 7. I have watched all the event for you, so let me report all the most important moments involving AR/MR that have happened there. Tim Cook’s entrance Tim Cook has […]
Just after Facebook has launched Ray-Ban Stories smartglasses developed in collaboration with Luxottica and just before Apple Event, Xiaomi has entered the smartglasses field with its own product, just announced on its blog. Specifications Display: single microLED-based waveguide display, monochrome (green), up to 2M nits Processor: quad-core ARM Weight: 51g Camera: 5MP Audio: integrated speakers […]
Another Monday, another newsletter! With the VRrOOm team, we have just finished working on the Venice VR Expanded VRChat worlds with last Saturday’s closing ceremony and party that was a blast (you can watch the full recording here if you are interested). The worlds will still be live until the 19th, if you want to […]
Facebook and Ray-Ban have just revealed Ray-Ban Stories, their smartglasses that you can use to record photos and videos to share on social media. Specifications Dual 5MP camera 2592×1944 pixels photos 1184×1184 pixels vidoes at 30 frames per second Automatic brightness adjustment depending on external light Status LED that lights up when cameras are in […]
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 […]
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 […]
