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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

March has just started… I hope it will be an amazing day for you and for all the AR/VR ecosystem! I will have probably something to announce soon, so stay tuned 😉 Top news of the week Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2 PlayStation VR has been the most successful headset until now […]

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021
by Skarredghost
Chris Koomen goes hands-on with Oculus For Business

Chris Koomen goes hands-on with Oculus For Business

Chris Koomen is a Virtual Reality specialist and consultant at KLM, a Dutch airline company. He is a very smart professional, and he’s very passionate about AR and VR technologies, and for this reason, I have already interviewed him on my blog. Because of his work, he finds himself working every day on XR headsets […]

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021
by Skarredghost
How to easily make a cross-platform VR application in Unity for Oculus, Wave, and SteamVR

How to easily make a cross-platform VR application in Unity for Oculus, Wave, and SteamVR

Some days ago, I was looking at the code of HitMotion: Reloaded, the fitness game that we of New Technology Walkers developed some years ago for the Vive Focus Plus, and all the intricate system I had to make in Unity to have a cross-platform VR game… and I wondered: “Is all of this mess […]

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
by Skarredghost
Sony announces that a new VR headset is coming for PS5, but not in 2021

Sony announces that a new VR headset is coming for PS5, but not in 2021

In a blog post published on PlayStation Blog, Hideaki Nishino, Senior Vice President, Platform Planning & Management at Sony Interactive Entertainment, has announced that a new PSVR headset is coming for PS5, but not this year. The post is not rich in details, but it just gives a taste of what it will be. There […]

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.02.22): Samsung AR glasses leaked, Kura price revealed, and much more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.02.22): Samsung AR glasses leaked, Kura price revealed, and much more!

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Among the top 5 news I have chosen, only 1 is about VR. And it also makes me super-happy that no one is about […]

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
by Skarredghost
Ultraleap Stereo IR 170 review: use your hands naturally in VR!

Ultraleap Stereo IR 170 review: use your hands naturally in VR!

I have had the joy of trying the new UltraLeap Stereo IR 170 hands-tracking sensor for VR and evaluate its performances. I have appreciated it a lot, so I thought it could have been a cool idea to make a post for you to describe how it is and compare it with the previous Leap […]

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021
by Skarredghost
Quest now prevents mirroring of passthrough and 2D apps

Quest now prevents mirroring of passthrough and 2D apps

Do you remember this post of mine from one year ago when I showed you that it was possible to do some kind of “hacking” of the Oculus Quest using the adb command line tool? Thanks to this powerful tool, it was possible to show the Android Settings window, to mirror the passthrough of the […]

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.02.15): Facebook keeps working on its masterplan, WebXR arrives on iOS, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.02.15): Facebook keeps working on its masterplan, WebXR arrives on iOS, and more!

I hope you had a wonderful S.Valentine’s Day! And since our love is for immersive realities, let’s celebrate it with this roundup of the most interesting XR news of the week! Top news of the week Facebook keeps working to become a leader in immersive technologies This week we had a bunch of news, that seem […]

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021
by Skarredghost
OpenBCI: games using brain-interfaces are coming in 3 years

OpenBCI: games using brain-interfaces are coming in 3 years

You know that I have a big passion for Brain-Computer Interfaces, a passion that has grown even more when I understood they are a perfect match with AR and VR (I have even dedicated a long article in the past about this). That’s why I feel very honored to host on my blog OpenBCI, a […]

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2021.02.08): Quest 2 ecosystem is profitable, App Lab launched, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2021.02.08): Quest 2 ecosystem is profitable, App Lab launched, and more!

This week has been pretty amazing for my blog. I have hosted two great interviews I am very proud of: one with the CEO of HaptX about the new haptic gloves his company has delivered; and the other one with the CEO of Happy Giant with some exclusive news and footage of the upcoming “Sam […]

February 8, 2021February 8, 2021
by Skarredghost
Exclusive interview and footage about “Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual”!

Exclusive interview and footage about “Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual”!

“Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual!” is one of the most awaited VR games of 2021. If you, like me, were a fan of LucasArts’ point-and-click adventures and are excited for this game, then I’m sure you will love this article, because here you will discover a lot of interesting info about the game! […]

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021
by Skarredghost

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