Oculus announces Oculus Quest: 6 DOF, Snapdragon 835 VR, disruptive $399 price
In the end, the time has come: Oculus has officially revealed the name and the price of the Santa Cruz headset. Its name will be Oculus Quest and will cost $399.
Category: virtual reality
Vive Immersive Labs experiment demonstrates that VR can really help in learning a new language
Some weeks ago I interviewed Mr. Chen of Vive Immersive Labs regarding the interesting research that HTC is conducting regarding the applications of virtual reality. Today, thanks to Mr. Michael Cao of Vive Immersive Labs, I got to know the details of another experiment regarding another amazing use of VR: help in learning a new […]
Analyzing Oculus Santa Cruz patent images
Yesterday I was reading the comments on Reddit regarding my post with the predictions for Oculus Connect 5 and the kind redditor /u/SilverWhite2 provided me the link to the latest available patent with the design of Santa Cruz. In the patent, there are some pictures of how the Santa Cruz may be and so I’m […]
My predictions for Oculus Connect 5
Next week, on September 26th-27th, Oculus will perform its annual showcase event: Oculus Connect, that has now arrived at its 5th edition. The latest event, the OC4 has been full of news and interesting information, both on Oculus products and VR in general and I think that this year won’t be different. As all VR […]
Yes, I’ve shot a selfie with the Vive Focus and the gesture SDK
I’ve obtained the beta version of the gesture SDK that Vive is developing for the Vive Focus and that will allow people to command the Vive Focus using only the bare hands and not the controllers. So I started thinking about what I can develop with it and a lot of good ideas came in […]
7Invensun aGlass DK II unboxing, setup and review: a great dev kit for eye tracking in VR
In China I met the company 7Invensun, that is a worldwide leader for what concerns eye tracking. Being them very kind, they gave me as a gift an aGlass DK II eye tracking add on for HTC Vive and I used it to experiment with eye tracking interfaces. After some days of usage, I think […]
The world is your dancefloor with Beat Reality
Today is a great day for me because finally there is a second app of mine on Viveport. It is called Beat Reality and it is a super innovative musical mixed reality experience for the Vive Focus.
Kiss Me First review: a slow Netflix series about virtual reality
During the Ready Player One hype, Netflix announced that it was going to broadcast a series about virtual reality called Kiss Me First. Having been disappointed by the movie Ready Player One (but don’t tell Mister President, he’s a great fan of it!), I had high hopes for this series, that from the trailer appeared […]
How to fix Vive controllers not working inside SteamVR games
We all love virtual reality, but sometimes it gives us big headaches. And not because of the motion sickness, but because something doesn’t work. And that’s ok, it is still a new technology and it has already made big steps forward (I remember all the computer crashes I had at the Oculus DK 2 times!), […]
Varjo talks with me about its human eye resolution VR headset and its mixed reality add-on (that will be available at AWE 2019)
Varjo. If you follow the evolutions of the virtual reality ecosystem, for sure you know this name: it is a Finnish startup working on developing a headset that features human-eye resolution. They took an approach similar to foveated rendering, but actually developed in an original way. Instead of downgrading the areas of the screen that […]
FragmentVR review and how to: an useful utility to see your real world from inside SteamVR
Have you already found yourself inside a virtual reality experience with the willing of having a window open to the real world so to be able to be aware of your surroundings, so to be able to find your keyboard or to keep an eye on your baby? Well, then FragmentVR is the right program […]
