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Roblox Beta on Quest App Lab Review: very rough, but still fun

Roblox Beta on Quest App Lab Review: very rough, but still fun

Yesterday Roblox finally launched a VR version of its for Meta Quest. I’ve immediately tried it to see how it feels, and if this can be one of the killer apps of VR. Here below you can find my review of it. Roblox on Quest Roblox has partnered with Meta and just launched a VR […]

July 30, 2023July 30, 2023
by Skarredghost
AmazeVR Concerts review: Zara Larsson’s performance is a nice one to watch

AmazeVR Concerts review: Zara Larsson’s performance is a nice one to watch

AmazeVR has just released its new app called “Amaze Concerts” on Meta Quest 2 (App Lab) and SteamVR. Since I have been following the work of this cool Korean company for a while, I tried it as soon as I could, because I wanted to get to know better this new project. AmazeVR Concerts I’ve […]

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023
by Skarredghost
Pico 4 Spotlight hands-on: a must-have for VR demos in exhibitions

Pico 4 Spotlight hands-on: a must-have for VR demos in exhibitions

While everyone is focused on every minimal update on the Quest operating system, Pico has just added to its runtime a feature called Spotlight that makes it become the to-go device for VR demos in exhibitions and B2B settings. Let me tell you everything about it! Pico 4 Spotlight – Video I’ve come back to […]

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023
by Skarredghost
My experience with GitHub Copilot: can AI speed up the work of a VR developer?

My experience with GitHub Copilot: can AI speed up the work of a VR developer?

The first time I heard about GitHub Copilot I was like WOW. It was far before the hype for artificial intelligence, and it was already promising an AI-powered system to speed up the work of developers. The teaser video showed a system that was able to predict what you wanted to write and write it […]

May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
by Skarredghost
Hands-On Quest Menu Direct Touch Interactions

Hands-On Quest Menu Direct Touch Interactions

Quest runtime v50 has brought with it an interesting innovation: the ability to interact with the main menu by directly touching it with your fingers as if it were a tablet. But is it as cool as it seems from the videos? Read my review and you will discover it! Direct touch interactions Before Meta […]

May 3, 2023May 3, 2023
by Skarredghost
ONTOP’s ARcade Sports showed me that AR arenas can be fun

ONTOP’s ARcade Sports showed me that AR arenas can be fun

When I was at AWE Europe in Lisbon at the end of 2022, I had the opportunity of meeting with ONTOP‘s CEO Nuno Folhadela and try its very interesting solution, called ARcade Sports, which showed me that multiplayer mobile AR can be fun. I absolutely wanted to write for you a review about this experience […]

April 29, 2023April 29, 2023
by Skarredghost
The Fatboy Slim’s concert on ENGAGE was a good moment of fun

The Fatboy Slim’s concert on ENGAGE was a good moment of fun

On Tuesday I had the pleasure of participating in a preview of the concert that Fatboy Slim held inside the VR platform ENGAGE. Could I avoid writing a review for you? Of course not! Fatboy Slim concert ENGAGE is one of the best VR platforms for enterprise usage, and I’ve used it myself a few […]

March 30, 2023March 30, 2023
by Skarredghost
Short hands-on at SXSW: Vive XR Elite, HYPERVSN… the CIA… and more!

Short hands-on at SXSW: Vive XR Elite, HYPERVSN… the CIA… and more!

Today I want to tell you about some very short hands-on sessions I had during my attendance at the SXSW festival. They were all very interesting experiences, but given the very short time I had with these devices, what I’m going to write can’t be considered a real review, but more some kind of first […]

March 26, 2023March 26, 2023
by Skarredghost
Vitruvian VR: a crazy and fun machine for flying in virtual reality

Vitruvian VR: a crazy and fun machine for flying in virtual reality

Today is the day that I publish a post that (because of my work) I’ve postponed for too much time: my hands-on with Vitruvian VR, one of the funniest VR machines I’ve tried in the last months. Vitruvian VR Vitruvian VR is an Italian startup whose mission is to build a machine that can make […]

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023
by Skarredghost
SXSW: Hands-On with Temporal World and From The Main Square

SXSW: Hands-On with Temporal World and From The Main Square

My time at SXSW is over, but I still want to write a few articles about what I tried there. And today I want to write a short post about two experiences that I’ve tried in the XR Showcase area: Temporal World and From The Main Square. Temporal World: A Virtual Reality Memory Experience I […]

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023
by Skarredghost
SXSW 2023: Hands-on Amaze VR and Lucas Rizzotto’s Rocket!

SXSW 2023: Hands-on Amaze VR and Lucas Rizzotto’s Rocket!

My first day at the SXSW exhibition has passed by and I’ve already tried a few interesting things that I would like to describe to you! Discover with me the new concert from Amaze VR and the new innovative experience that the genius of Lucas Rizzotto has been able to conceive! Aespa’s concert on Amaze […]

March 12, 2023March 12, 2023
by Skarredghost

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