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SkyReal’s VR CAD visualization makes companies save up to 40% of product development time

SkyReal’s VR CAD visualization makes companies save up to 40% of product development time

I had the pleasure of having a quick chat with Hugo Falgarone, the founder and CEO of SkyReal, a startup offering CAD models visualization in VR. SkyReal is a French company that started as a project inside Airbus, and then evolved into a separate company. Its mission is to help enterprise companies, especially the ones […]

April 22, 2020April 22, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.04.20): Oculus Quest goes AR, Oculus Jedi may be like Valve Knuckles and much more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.04.20): Oculus Quest goes AR, Oculus Jedi may be like Valve Knuckles and much more!

Heeeeelllo VR people! It’s time for another mega roundup of news! But before reporting to you what has happened this week, I’m pleased to announce that I will actually be a speaker at AWE in the end! There won’t be a physical AWE, but there will be an online one, made through online webinars. The AWE […]

April 20, 2020April 20, 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
Gianluigi Perrone: “To make a VR film you need to know the DNA of VR”

Gianluigi Perrone: “To make a VR film you need to know the DNA of VR”

Thanks to the WeChat group XR Story I got to know Gianluigi Perrone, a very talented movie director that works a lot with virtual reality, and that also teaches cinema at the Beijing Film Academy. He is Italian like me, but he is living in Beijing, China for 7 years. I met him in China […]

April 16, 2020April 17, 2020
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2020.04.13): iPhone 12 adds depth camera, StarVR One is back to the market and much more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.04.13): iPhone 12 adds depth camera, StarVR One is back to the market and much more!

Happy Easter everyone, and if you don’t celebrate Easter, Happy Sunday! I really wish you and all your families a lot of peace and joy. These are harsh times, but we must stay united and resist. We can do it 🙂 As it is tradition, I prepared a terribly photoshopped image to wish you Happy Holidays! You […]

April 13, 2020April 13, 2020
by Skarredghost
TG0’s innovative Etee controllers review!

TG0’s innovative Etee controllers review!

After having teased the device for a very long time, in the end, TG0 has launched its innovative Etee controllers on Kickstarter. There have been many online debates on these devices, with some people telling that they are the future, others telling that they have an awful design. I got an exclusive devkit before the […]

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020
by Skarredghost
SenseGlove is working on a “low-cost” force-feedback glove for VR

SenseGlove is working on a “low-cost” force-feedback glove for VR

Haptics is a very important part of virtual reality, and while we wait for consumer solutions arriving in some years, for now, the market is dominated by enterprise solutions like the amazing Dexmo Gloves or HaptX Gloves. These solutions are high-performant, but also incredibly expensive, and only big enterprises can afford them. A Dutch company […]

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
by Skarredghost
EXCLUSIVE: VR Porn proved to be very dangerous for your health [April Fool’s]

EXCLUSIVE: VR Porn proved to be very dangerous for your health [April Fool’s]

[If you’re reading this post not in the day I have written it, check the publishing date… it is a joke written for April’s Fools day!] Today I have made a shocking discovery that I think all the VR community should be aware of because millions of lives are at a risk: VR Porn can […]

April 1, 2020November 20, 2022
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
The XR Week Peek (2020.03.30): Half-Life: Alyx breaks every VR record, HP teases Reverb G2, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2020.03.30): Half-Life: Alyx breaks every VR record, HP teases Reverb G2, and more!

The past week has been the week of Half-Life: Alyx, but something else has also happened in the XR world! If you were too focused on smashing headcrabs to read VR news, don’t worry, because the Ghost has got you covered! PS Down in this post, I also describe a virtual festival initiative that we’ve built […]

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020
by Skarredghost
Half-Life: Alyx full review: the first true AAA VR game

Half-Life: Alyx full review: the first true AAA VR game

Yesterday, I finally finished Half-Life: Alyx. It has been a very long ride, and I had a lot of fun. I am now ready to write you a full review of this game. Some days ago, I have written a first impressions article on this game, and it made some people unhappy because I somewhat […]

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020
by Skarredghost

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