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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
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
How to ask Android Permissions for the Oculus Quest in Unity

How to ask Android Permissions for the Oculus Quest in Unity

Some months ago I published a guide for all Unity developers on how to request Android permissions for the Vive Focus Plus, because it took me a while to sort out how to do it to access the camera stream to do augmented reality on that headset. Recently, I had a similar problem with the […]

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.05.25): new rumors on Apple Glasses, Oculus Quest anniversary, HP Reverb G2 and more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.05.25): new rumors on Apple Glasses, Oculus Quest anniversary, HP Reverb G2 and more!

This is the 150th Week Peek! OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! So […]

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020
by Skarredghost
Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest, thanks to an affordable device running great content, it is making strides in the market. But in the enterprise space, it has always been behind the competition of companies like HTC or Pico. It tried to […]

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

Happy Mother’s day to all the mothers that are reading this post, and also to all the mothers of whoever is reading this post! Mothers and grandmothers are the best, and they care about us during the good and the hard times… their love is infinite. I send a big hug to everyone of them […]

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020
by Skarredghost
How to activate AR in your Oculus Quest Home Menu

How to activate AR in your Oculus Quest Home Menu

Today I was reading Upload VR, and I’ve found a very interesting article by David Heaney stating that now it is possible to use your real environment as your Oculus Quest Home environment. I immediately got excited, because this meant that the Oculus Quest has now some augmented reality functionalities! I tried this new feature, […]

April 18, 2020April 18, 2020
by Skarredghost
How to activate Oculus Quest’s Multiwindow Browser, Passthrough Shortcut, and New Home UI (+ review)

How to activate Oculus Quest’s Multiwindow Browser, Passthrough Shortcut, and New Home UI (+ review)

Last week, Oculus has distributed a very interesting v15 Runtime update for the Oculus Quest, bringing with it some very interesting features like: Multiwindow Browser A complete overhaul of the Home Menu UI Fast-activated passthrough. Let me show you in this post what are these features, how you can activate them, and my hands-on impressions […]

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020
by Skarredghost
VRCover Oculus Quest covers unboxing and review

VRCover Oculus Quest covers unboxing and review

VR Cover is a Thai company that produces accessories for VR headsets since 2014, and it has recently started selling covers for the popular Oculus Quest as well. Discover in this review how they are! VR Cover is a veteran company when it comes to VR accessories: I remember buying my first VRCover accessory in […]

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020
by Skarredghost
Quick Fix: how to use ONLY the trigger to interact with the UI of the Oculus Go/Quest in Unity

Quick Fix: how to use ONLY the trigger to interact with the UI of the Oculus Go/Quest in Unity

Today I want to talk about a quick fix that may interest all the Oculus Go and Oculus Quest Unity developers that employ the plain Oculus Unity Plugin from the asset store to develop their VR experiences. If you are in this category of people, you may find yourself in the unpleasant situation where you […]

February 19, 2020February 19, 2020
by Skarredghost
Hacking the Oculus Quest: how to show Android Settings, Alarm and more!

Hacking the Oculus Quest: how to show Android Settings, Alarm and more!

Today I’ve played around with Oculus Quest, trying to hack it a bit via command-line tools (ADB), hoping to activate some cool features. I’ve made some interesting discoveries, and of course, I want to share them with you, the VR community! Caveat Before you read, a little warning: try the things described below at your […]

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020
by Skarredghost

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