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Kadine James: we must work together for inclusion and accessibility in the VR ecosystem

Kadine James: we must work together for inclusion and accessibility in the VR ecosystem

When talking about technologies like virtual reality, usually we like to speak about hardware, software and other technological features, but actually it is also interesting to talk also about all the rest that is around these technologies, about the human factor around them. Regarding this, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kadine James about […]

July 11, 2020July 14, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.07.07): Facebook shows thin sunglasses, Iron Man VR gets released and more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.07.07): Facebook shows thin sunglasses, Iron Man VR gets released and more!

A bit late, but this new roundup of best AR and VR news of the week is out! Before starting reading this summary, don’t forget to read my mega-post with the behind-the-curtains of the concert we organized on VRChat for Jean-Michel Jarre. I put inside it a lot of free information about the lessons we have […]

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020
by Skarredghost
Alone Together: What I have learned organizing a big VR concert

Alone Together: What I have learned organizing a big VR concert

On June, 21th, in the occasion of the French Music Fest, there has been a virtual reality concert held by electronic music legend Jean-Michel Jarre. This event, dubbed “Alone Together” has been a true success: hundreds of thousands people have followed its live stream on Youtube and Facebook, while thousands of people have attended it […]

July 4, 2020July 16, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.06.29): Oculus kills the Go, Google buys North, and much more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.06.29): Oculus kills the Go, Google buys North, and much more!

My super-rush of work lasted one month is over, and now I can return to my previous levels of working! I need some sleep, though. I can also return to my usual weekly roundups of news, and you can read the new one here below. Have fun! Top news of the week Oculus kills the Go […]

June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
by Skarredghost
Valve Index turns one: all the tweaks and tricks from one year of usage!

Valve Index turns one: all the tweaks and tricks from one year of usage!

June, 28th, one year ago, Valve launched the Valve Index, one of the best virtual reality headsets on the market. To celebrate its first birthday, my friend and renewed XR ergonomics expert Rob Cole of Immersive Computing has decided to write another one of his very interesting guest posts about his experiments with this device, […]

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020
by Skarredghost
Oculus discontinues Go and plans an open distribution system for Oculus Quest

Oculus discontinues Go and plans an open distribution system for Oculus Quest

Today I woke up to read this letter from Oculus, sent to me because I’m a developer: Hello, Today, we announced our plans to sunset Oculus Go as we focus on driving forward the future of VR with 6DOF platforms like Oculus Quest. As the technology has advanced rapidly since we launched Go, you’ve helped us […]

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.06.23): StarWars: Squadron is a new AAA VR game, Apple announces ARKit4 and more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.06.23): StarWars: Squadron is a new AAA VR game, Apple announces ARKit4 and more!

I’m sorry to say that today’s roundup will be less deep than usual. The past week has completely squeezed me out because of the VR concert we have organized on VRChat for Jean-Michel Jarre, and this week I’ve another big project to finalize. I really need some rest. I’ll talk about my experience with the […]

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020
by Skarredghost
Famous musician Jean-Michel Jarre to host a live VR concert on VRrOOm on Sunday

Famous musician Jean-Michel Jarre to host a live VR concert on VRrOOm on Sunday

VR events are one of the big trends of virtual reality of the last 3 months. Because of the coronavirus, many physical events have been canceled and so people and companies are finding new ways to organize gatherings. Music has been one of the most impacted sectors by the COVID: most probably there won’t be […]

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020
by Skarredghost
HTC announces XR Suite and teases the future of collaboration and workplace

HTC announces XR Suite and teases the future of collaboration and workplace

This night I woke up at 3am to participate in HTC Vive’s event on ENGAGE because I read that it was an “HTC VIVE LAUNCH EVENT” and I was super-confident in the launch of the Cosmos XR or at least of the Cosmos Play. Actually, I have been pretty disappointed because there has been no […]

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.06.15): PS5 revealed, SteamVR implements OpenVR and more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.06.15): PS5 revealed, SteamVR implements OpenVR and more!

I’m super tired because of two big projects I’m working on (you’ll discover a cool one pretty soon…), but I’ve managed to find the strength to write the roundup of best XR news just for you! I hope you’ll enjoy it… Top news of the week Sony announces PS5, it supports PSVR With an online livestream of […]

June 15, 2020June 15, 2020
by Skarredghost
NVIDIA’s Greg Jones: The 5G hype is justified, it’s going to be a huge advantage for XR

NVIDIA’s Greg Jones: The 5G hype is justified, it’s going to be a huge advantage for XR

I’ve had the enormous pleasure of having a chat with Gregory Jones, that works as Senior Manager of Global Business Development and XR at NVIDIA. He’s the man managing the CloudXR SDK, the solution that lets you have cloud rendering for virtual and augmented reality, so he has a great vision on how and when […]

June 12, 2020June 12, 2020
by Skarredghost

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