Gamescom is one of the most important gaming fairs in the world, and probably the most important in Europe. Last year I was there, and I had lots of fun, meeting cool VR people (like the Youtuber Nathie or the journalist Scott Hayden) and trying VR games and hardware (e.g. the bHaptics suit). This year, […]
We all dream of the Metaverse, a fantastic online virtual world where we can all hang out with other people and do whatever we want. Something similar to what we have seen in the movie Ready Player One, or even better. But nowadays, the situation is very different: we have some rough social VR experiences, […]
I hoped that in this period all VR people were in vacation, so that I could relax a bit… instead this week there have been tons of interesting news and articles… even more than usual! Discover the hottest XR topics of the week in this roundup post… Top news of the week The SIGGRAPH has shown […]
I spent some time playing with Mind Labyrinth VR Dreams after the fellow community member Andrea Marinelli of Frost Earth Studio sent me a key to play this game. I think it is an intriguing game, but only if you like the genre. Discover it with me. Gameplay The game is described by the developer […]
Yesterday, finally Elon Musk has detailed in a public event the work that its secretive BCI startup Neuralink has done in these two years of stealth mode. What has been announced there is astonishing and I want to discuss with you here what has been revealed, what I think about it and what are the […]
Virtuleap is for sure one of the most promising startups I have talked with in this 2019. I had the pleasure of talking with the CEO Amir Bozorgzadeh some weeks ago (sorry for the delay in publishing the article, Amir!) and I was astonished by his ambitious project, that is understanding the emotions of the […]
One of the most interesting encounters I had in my trip to Beijing has been with Dexta Robotics, the company behind the Dexmo force-feedback gloves. They have been so kind to set up a demo just for me in Beijing (the company is from Shenzhen) to let me try their product and have a chat […]
Last post about my experience at Sandbox Immersive Festival! (If you lost the other ones, you can find them at these links: episode 1, episode 2, episode 3, episode 4, episode 5). Today I will talk to you about other 4 experiences: Mandala, that has been one of my favorite installations; Andy’s World, that let […]
I’m in Italy again and here in these days, it is damn hot and wet. I’m hoping to attend a VR event in the North Pole, so that I can feel some cold again. This week in XR has been quite cold instead, and there have not been many interesting news. Anyway, it has not been […]
In today’s recap of my favorite experiences of Sandbox Immersive Festival, I will talk you about Baobab Studios‘s latest creation Bonfire, the cute Ello Echo, the harsh Home After War and the trippy Ayahuasca! If you are into immersive storytelling, I’m sure you will love these experiences… Bonfire Bonfire is a funny story by Baobab […]
In Beijing, I have visited again my friends of 7Invensun, one of the worldwide leaders in eye tracking technologies. During my first visit, they showed me some cool prototypes: a prototypical eye tracking add-on for HoloLens and a prototypical Vive Focus with embedded eye tracking. This time, they showed me a full roster of eye […]
