December, 6th will be the start day of XR Safety Week, an event that aims at fostering a healthy debate on some social themes surrounding XR, and at promoting safety, privacy, inclusion, and accessibility for everyone in our ecosystem. These are themes that have always been important to me, and that in my own small […]
Today I host a guest post from Immersive Reality, a UK-based company that immerses its users inside environments without the use of VR headsets, but projecting the images of the virtual worlds on the walls of a room. I’ve found it interesting because they also use this setup to help children with certain disabilities that […]
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you all American friends have celebrated it with your families and have eaten a lot of turkeys (or whatever vegan alternative), enjoying good times with your peers. If you were wondering, we in Italy do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I would love one year to participate in its celebration hosted […]
One of my favorite demos at AWE has been with Ekto VR boots, which have probably been the craziest devices that I’ve tried during the expo… and I totally loved them for it! Ekto VR Locomotion in VR is still an unsolved problem. Apart from the software solutions (e.g. teleportation, smooth locomotion), there are a […]
Today I take a break from my posts about AWE to host a guest post by Dejan Gajsek, Content Marketing Manager at Circuit Stream. Dejan defines himself as “a huge marketing nerd”, that loves finding out what makes companies great and why. On his Linkedin profile, you can see that he has strong competencies in […]
I am back in Italy! The trip to the US has been incredibly interesting: I have met many amazing people and tried many innovative devices, so I have been very satisfied with having gone there. I still miss a bit having a walk around University Street in Palo Alto and seeing a lot of young […]
In my long streak of articles about my hands-on at AWE 2021 (I hope you are liking them!), today I want to tell you about my experience with HaptX, which was one of the most remarkable of my whole event! HaptX Gloves If you have been in the VR ecosystem for many years like me, […]
Today I’m writing a post about one of the best haptics devices I have tried at AWE 2021: Senseglove Nova, a pair of gloves for virtual reality. Senseglove Nova Senseglove is a Dutch company that has been working for a few years in trying to offer force-feedback gloves that are affordable for companies to buy. […]
At AWE 2021 I have finally been able to try a scent emitter for virtual reality and in particular the one provided by OVR Technology. Let me tell you my first impressions of it. OVR Technology OVR Technology is a company that provides a scent emitter for virtual reality. Its product consists of a small […]
Hello everyone from Palo Alto, California! I’m still here in the US for some days after having attended AWE, planning to meet some interesting people before heading back to Italy. Until now my trip has been amazing, and I have met so many cool people of the community and have tried so many XR devices! […]
Yesterday was my last day at AWE. One of the coolest things that I’ve tried has been Holoride, a system to let passengers in a car enjoy a ride in VR. Holoride Holoride is a very original startup in the XR ecosystem because it focuses on in-car VR entertainment. The idea is that during a […]
