This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). Sorry for that! So, while today Valve distributes the first […]
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 […]
After having announced the impressive XR2 chipset in December, today Qualcomm has released the related XR2 reference-design, upon which will be based most of the upcoming standalone XR headsets. This is a piece of very important news for the future of AR and VR, so let me explain to you everything about it. Qualcomm XR2 […]
The damn coronavirus has arrived in my city in northern Italy, but I’m still alive and kicking, reporting you the most interesting XR news of the week! This weekend I’ve also organized together with SIDI a big VR workshop on new technologies (XR, AI, neural links, etc…). It was cool making people dream about our future […]
On this special day, let’s all talk about AR and VR! Top news of the week Half-Life Alyx is going to launch on March, 23rd With a tweet on its account, Valve has announced that the most awaited VR game of the year, Half-Life: Alyx is going to be released on March, 23rd. The game will be […]
My dear VR “komrades” (as in Red Matter), finally we have a release date for Half-Life: Alyx! The day that the VR world will halt is March, 23rd. That day, the VR apocalypse will start and I guess that no one is going to work. It is a Monday, so sleep well on Sunday 22nd, […]
Masterpiece VR is one of the best VR 3D modeling softwares because it lets you create 3D elements easily and also animate them, all in virtual reality, all in an intuitive way. It is a professional application, and many people in the field are already using it. The solution is continuously improving, and in fact, […]
Yesterday was Chinese Lanterns’ Festival… my best wishes to you all, especially a big hug to all people that are still in China and are living very hard times… 加油! This week in XR has seen the launch of the first standalone MR headset, plus a lot of interesting news and articles about immersive realities. Do […]
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 […]
First of all, let me wish a nice rest to anyone who has participated in the Global Game Jam, especially the ones that have proposed some AR/VR games! This week in XR hasn’t been that interesting, we had mostly some minor news… but as always, this hasn’t stopped me from finding some notable things to know… […]
The last two days I’ve been in Germany to attend the LearnTec event together with Massimiliano Ariani, the game designer of the fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded, to have a speech about the latest developments of Mobile AR. In the expo area, I’ve visited some booths, and then I had a vision that made my eyes […]
