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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.23): Many new AR headsets get teased, Link goes 90Hz, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.11.23): Many new AR headsets get teased, Link goes 90Hz, and more!

I’m really crunching for two projects I’m working on, but I’m still finding the time to update you of the XR communities about the best news of the week. Not that this week there is much to talk about, actually… but I’m sure you will find here below something that interests you Top news of […]

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020
by Skarredghost
The treadmill from Ready Player One is coming to our homes soon

The treadmill from Ready Player One is coming to our homes soon

If you are in the VR field since some years, for sure you remember the hype when the Infinadeck was revealed. It was a very big treadmill, offering true natural locomotion: with it, you didn’t need weird movements like walking in place or slipping on a surface, but you could just walk like in real […]

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020
by Skarredghost
Kevin Williams: LBVR is not dead, it is rising again

Kevin Williams: LBVR is not dead, it is rising again

The Coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the development of virtual reality, and in many sectors (like virtual events and remote collaboration), all companies have had a huge spike in the number of users, profits, and investments. But there is one VR sector that actually has been severely hurt by the pandemic: LBVR. Since VR arcades need […]

October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.10.12): Quest 2 is launching, dogs use AR, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.10.12): Quest 2 is launching, dogs use AR, and more!

We are all waiting for the Quest 2 to arrive in our inboxes and we are all pretty excited about it! No big news this week, but expect thousands of boxes and reviews coming out from tomorrow on. As a European, I won’t get the Quest on 13th (damn) but only on 15th, so expect […]

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020
by Skarredghost
Google 6DOF videos review: move inside VR videos!

Google 6DOF videos review: move inside VR videos!

Around 40 days ago, I reported to you the news of Google presenting at SIGGRAPH 2020 a new algorithm for recording, encoding, and decoding 6DOF VR videos, that is movies inside which you can physically move. Today I managed to try its demo, so let me tell you how is it cool being able to […]

October 10, 2020October 10, 2020
by Skarredghost
Throwback review: Meta 2 hands-on (and more!)

Throwback review: Meta 2 hands-on (and more!)

Thanks to my job as an XR consultant and blogger, I have had the pleasure of trying many AR and VR headsets. There are some that I miss experiencing, and one of my biggest regrets of the past was that I had never been able to try the now-defunct Meta 2 augmented reality glasses. This […]

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020
by Skarredghost
How MeKiwi ported Cave Digger to 7 different VR platforms

How MeKiwi ported Cave Digger to 7 different VR platforms

MeKiwi is a very interesting indie studio in Finland: they have published a very popular VR game like Cave Digger, and they have also experimented with something artistic with ArtPulse. Recently, they also made something quite unique in the ecosystem: they have ported their VR game Cave Digger back to flat-screen Desktop PC. This is […]

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.09.21): Quest 2 released, NVIDIA acquires ARM, Leap Motion 2 on sale, and much more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.09.21): Quest 2 released, NVIDIA acquires ARM, Leap Motion 2 on sale, and much more!

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! Wow! What a time to be alive! In the VR space we had little news apart from the Facebook Connect, so this roundup will be very short… but we had enough news with the […]

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
by Skarredghost
MetaVRse is the XR engine for enterprise

MetaVRse is the XR engine for enterprise

Today I feature a great interview with one of the most important people in the AR space: Alan Smithson. I virtually know Alan since some years, and I have always admired his ability to combine his entrepreneurial skills with his passion for immersive realities so that to be successful by doing the things that he […]

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

This week in XR has been incredibly calm and nothing important has happened, apart from little things like the riot of the entire XR community against Facebook 🙂 Jokes apart, I’m working to organize my blog’s 4th birthday party on VRChat… you asked for it, and you will have it! Top news of the week Oculus devices will […]

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020
by Skarredghost
All you need to know about developing and sideloading on Quest under the new Facebook account policy

All you need to know about developing and sideloading on Quest under the new Facebook account policy

This week in VR has been pretty explosive because of the announcement made by Facebook that will force VR people to have a Facebook account to use their VR headsets. I’ve read news, editorials, and also lots of memes about it, and I think you too. But as a developer, I also wondered what this […]

August 22, 2020August 22, 2020
by Skarredghost

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