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Tokyo Game Show VR 2023 feels like a magical trip to a fantasy Japanese fair

Tokyo Game Show VR 2023 feels like a magical trip to a fantasy Japanese fair

The Tokyo Game Show, one of the most important gaming events in the world, is happening these days. Like the past 2 years, there is also a digital edition of it that lets you enter into a virtual world dedicated to the event, and that is also accessible in virtual reality. This space was designed […]

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
by Skarredghost
Pimax Crystal hands-on: a headset with astonishing visual clarity

Pimax Crystal hands-on: a headset with astonishing visual clarity

Today I host another fantastic guest post written by VR ergonomics expert (and friend of mine) Rob Cole. Rob is a big fan of PCVR (he even tried to design a new SteamVR controller, do you remember?) and recently he had the opportunity to go hands-on with the high-resolution Pimax Crystal headset. He wanted to […]

September 15, 2023September 15, 2023
by Skarredghost
Space Ball review: a crazy fun small VR indie game

Space Ball review: a crazy fun small VR indie game

A few weeks ago, I proposed to a few colleagues to try together a gameĀ I’ve read about on Road To VR: Space Ball, by 31 Labs. The article talked about an indie game that fused Rocket League with Gorilla Tag movement, and since I love both soccer, indie games, and the movement mechanic of Gorilla […]

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023
by Skarredghost
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

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