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Epic interview with FXG about Pico’s huge VR concerts in China and FM DUO 12K VR camera!

Epic interview with FXG about Pico’s huge VR concerts in China and FM DUO 12K VR camera!

I had the pleasure of collaborating again with Nikk Mitchell, the fantastic CEO of FXG who is loved by the whole VR community. After the review of the Huawei VR glasses we did together, this time I interviewed him and FXG’s CTO Wilson Li about the incredible work they’re doing with VR videos in China. […]

October 6, 2022October 6, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.10.03): Quest 3 leaks, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX launch, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.10.03): Quest 3 leaks, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX launch, and more!

I wish you are having a great day and a great week! This week I’ve been pretty busy with my dev work, but I also had some great moments: I had the pleasure of attending an XR-related event dedicated to women here in Turin; of being interviewed by the awesome Rene Schulte for his podcast […]

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022
by Skarredghost
First Hand analysis: a good open source demo for hand-based interactions

First Hand analysis: a good open source demo for hand-based interactions

I finally managed (with some delay) to find the time to try First Hand, Meta’s opensource demo of the Interaction SDK , which shows how to properly develop hand-tracked applications. I’ve tested it for you, and I want to tell you my opinions about it, both as a user and as a developer. First Hand […]

October 1, 2022October 1, 2022
by Skarredghost
The time to harvest for us VR people is now

The time to harvest for us VR people is now

A few weeks ago, I was discussing with a colleague of mine that I hadn’t seen for months, and while we were updating ourselves about each other’s lives, we started talking about our VR careers. We both are in a better situation than a few years ago, so at a certain point, he told me […]

September 29, 2022October 1, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.09.26): Pico 4 announced, RTX40 cards revealed, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.09.26): Pico 4 announced, RTX40 cards revealed, and more!

This is the first newsletter of the Autumn! It is not my favorite season of the year, but it is going to bring with it many cool pieces of VR news, and many cups of hot chocolate, so I guess I will be very happy in the upcoming weeks… Top news of the week Bytedance launches […]

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022
by Skarredghost
Bytedance announces Pico 4 for just €429, with accessories and BIG developer incentives!

Bytedance announces Pico 4 for just €429, with accessories and BIG developer incentives!

Pico has just announced today its new headset: the Pico 4. It is the first real consumer-oriented HMD released by Pico on the market with wide availability, after the Pico Neo 3 Link has been used to test the waters in limited beta quantities. And since Pico is owned by Bytedance, this is the device […]

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022
by Skarredghost
NVIDIA announces Unity connector for Omniverse at GTC 2022

NVIDIA announces Unity connector for Omniverse at GTC 2022

[Disclaimer: This article has been written as part of a paid collaboration with NVIDIA. It’s been written by me, on a topic I had an interest in, and trying to convey useful information to the community, so I hope you’ll like it] A few weeks ago, while reading the news about SIGGRAPH, I saw NVIDIA […]

September 20, 2022September 20, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.09.19): Pico 4 is launching on 22nd, PSVR 2 gets reviewed, and more! [+ Giveaway]

The XR Week Peek (2022.09.19): Pico 4 is launching on 22nd, PSVR 2 gets reviewed, and more! [+ Giveaway]

This is the last newsletter of this Summer 2022! The weather is starting to get cold here, but our XR ecosystem is getting hot, with the upcoming launches of Pico 4 and Quest Pro, not to mention the upcoming NVIDIA GTC where I hope to see RTX40 graphics cards being revealed! Are you excited? Because […]

September 19, 2022September 19, 2022
by Skarredghost
Have a glimpse of VR at the Tokyo Game Show!

Have a glimpse of VR at the Tokyo Game Show!

This year the Tokyo Game Show is back to being a physical event, and as usual, many huge gaming brands are participating in it. I was curious about what was happening there, so I asked a Japanese friend to take some pictures for me… and she took some very nice pictures, so I decided to […]

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022
by Skarredghost
Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 1: Everything you need to know about Vive Trackers

Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 1: Everything you need to know about Vive Trackers

Today I host a new post by my friend and VR professional Rob Cole, who has already published many interesting posts on my blog, including a review of Pimax Sword controllers, a series of hack on how to modify the Valve Index, and his experiements in creating new innovative controllers for SteamVR. Thanks to the […]

September 16, 2022September 18, 2022
by Skarredghost
Lessons learned from Tokyo Game Show VR 2021 and the evolution to TGSVR2022

Lessons learned from Tokyo Game Show VR 2021 and the evolution to TGSVR2022

Today I am very happy to host on my blog a guest post by ambr, the Japanese company that is hosting these days the TGSVR, which is the VR edition of the Tokyo Game Show. I have talked about TGSVR also last year when I had the pleasure also of interviewing ambr’s Tomoko Ushiro and […]

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022
by Skarredghost

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