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Facebook Study Finds Introverts Feel More Comfortable with VR Social Interaction
A recent study by Facebook IQ, in which people completed one-on-one conversations in VR, concluded that most people respond positively, and introverts in particular feel more comfortable. Facebook IQ is a team established to assist marketers in understanding the...
Pimax Further Revises ‘8K’ Headset Design, January Shipping Date for Consumer Version Unlikely
Pimax, the China-based VR headset manufacturer known for its wildly successful '8K' headset Kickstarter campaign, probably won't be hitting its January 2018 ship date for its consumer version as previously promised to early backers. Then again, we sort of expected...
‘The Museum of Other Realities’ Free to Keep on Steam & Viveport for Limited Time
The Museum of Other Realities (MOR), the multiplayer VR museum which hosts a large collection of some of the most stunning works of art in the medium, is now free to keep on Steam and Viveport for a limited time.
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Hands-on: Marvel ‘What If…?’ Foreshadows the Possibilities & Pitfalls of VR Games on Vision Pro
The Marvel What If...? experience is set to launch tomorrow exclusively on Vision Pro. We got an early look at the experience and found a polished presentation that foreshadows the possibilities and pitfalls of immersive VR games on the headset.
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Three Totally Creative Uses of Quest Hand-tracking
Oculus brought controllerless hand-tracking to Oculus Quest as an experimental feature back in December, and while it's useful for navigating around the headset's menus when you don't want to pick up the controllers, developers have begun prototyping more creative...
Zero-G VR Shooter ‘Echo Combat’ Launches on Rift Today
Echo Combat, Ready at Dawn's team-based zero-g shooter is coming sooner than you might think; the studio is launching the high-flying competitive shooter today on Oculus Rift.
Update (November 15th, 2018): Echo Combat will be live starting today , November...
Cas & Chary Present: Nine Highlights from Oculus Connect 6
At Oculus Connect 6, we had the opportunity to try out many of the new things announced at the event, as well as check out the latest work by developers and creators working in the VR space. In this...
Qualcomm Reveals Snapdragon AR2 Processor for Glasses-sized AR Devices
Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon AR2, its "purpose-built headworn augmented reality platform." Differentiating from the company's existing Snapdragon XR2 chips, Qualcomm says the AR2 architecture is better suited for creating AR glasses with low power consumption and compact form factors.
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Rev VR Podcast (Ep.90): It’s Not Just Gaming – Corporate Applications of VR with Stefan Pernar
It's easy to see that virtual reality will change the face of gaming. We can see just by the volume of VR developers that have stepped into the spotlight over the course of the last year that video games...
4 Interesting New ARCore Apps Hitting Google Play Store
ARCore, Google's augmented reality software development kit for Android devices, was recently made available on 13 flagship smartphones - giving over 100 million devices, the company says, the ability to run AR apps. At GDC today, Google highlighted two upcoming...
Star Citizen and the Oculus Rift, Help Kickstart the Space Combat Genre
Star Citizen is an ambitious new game which will feature Oculus Rift support. But it's also much more than that -- this is an opportunity to help realize a new generation of space combat simulator, a genre which once...
Vision Pro Knock-off Gets High Praise From Former Quest Engineer
Wait, Apple Vision Pro doesn't come in black, does it? Nope, but Play For Dream MR does. And with what some are calling the 'Android Vision Pro', owing to its Android-based OS, Play For Dream seems to have turned...
Tate Modern’s ‘Modigliani VR: The Ochre Atelier’ Experience Comes to Viveport
HTC has now published the Modigliani VR experience, The Ochre Atelier, on Viveport. As a focal point at the Modigliani exhibition currently still in rotation at Tate Modern in London, the experience takes you to the early 20th century Parisian studio of famous painter and sculptor...
Vive Focus Dev Kits Cost €650 in Europe, Devs to Receive €200 Discount Until June 4th
Vive Focus dev kits are headed outside of China today to international developers looking to create for the company's standalone VR headset, which first arrived to Chinese consumers back in January. Apparently HTC is lowering the price for some...
Microsoft Significantly Misrepresented HoloLens 2’s Field of View at Reveal
To significant anticipation, Microsoft revealed HoloLens 2 earlier this week at MWC 2019. By all accounts it looks like a beautiful and functional piece of technology and a big step forward for Microsoft's AR initiative. All of which makes...

















