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You Can Now Photoshop the World in Real-time With AR on an iPhone

WarpAR is a free iOS app from developer Matt Bierner which lets you use Photoshop-like liquify tools to dynamically modify the world through AR. More than just a cool tech demo, it also helps us imagine what the future...

Gamescom 2021 is Moving Forward with Plans for Hybrid Event

Like a majority of in-person events, Gamescom was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or rather held entirely online—however you want to slice it. Now event organizers say it will be held as a "hybrid event" this...

Sony is an Official Supporter of OpenXR But Hasn’t Committed to a PSVR Implementation

Despite being among the early supporters of the OpenXR consortium—the industry group building the open standard for XR devices—Sony so far seems to have avoided making a specific commitment to implement OpenXR on PSVR or its next-gen headset. OpenXR is...

Newly Published Valve Patent Envisions Wireless & Standalone Versions of Index, New Head-mounts

A newly published patent granted to Valve envisions new Index headsets that could be wireless or standalone, and include new head-mounts for improved ergonomics. Initially filed back in September, 2020, more than a year after the launch of Valve's Index...

Facebook Gives Sneak Peek of New Avatar System for Quest, Watch It Here

At the all-digital version of SXSW 2021 today, Facebook's Mark Rabkin, VP of Oculus, showed off an upcoming new version of its avatar system on Quest. In his chat with CNET's Scott Stein, called The Quest Effect: Inside VR's Next...

Pimax “8K” X Update Enables 90Hz Refresh Rate With Max Resolution on GeForce 30-series GPUs

Pimax's top of the line offering, the "8K" X headset, originally shipped with a max refresh rate of 75Hz for its native resolution mode. Today the company is releasing a beta update which pushes that up to 90Hz. The...
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Facebook Reveals Latest Wrist-worn Prototypes for XR Input & Haptics

Facebook today revealed some of its latest research and vision for a wrist-worn input device that the company expects to form the basis of AR and VR interactions and haptics in the future. The device, still in a research...

Sony Unveils Next-gen VR Motion Controller for PS5

In preparation for the reveal of its next VR headset, Sony today gave a first look at its next-gen VR controller for use with PS5, something that appears very similar to Oculus' Touch controller. Sony showed off the new controller...

Facebook’s Rubin: ‘The trajectory is clear, we’re going to get to AAA VR games’

Speaking on a panel at the online GDC Showcase today, Facebook's VP of Play, Jason Rubin, and Facebook Reality Labs' VP of Content, Mike Verdu, furthered the company's bullish outlook on Quest. The duo claimed that the platform is...
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‘Puzzling Places’ to Bring Photogrammetry-based 3D Puzzles to PSVR This Year

Realities.io, the team behind the photogrammetry-based VR experience Realities (2016), announced that its 3D jigsaw game Puzzling Places will arrive on PSVR sometime later this year. Update (March 17th, 2021): Puzzling Places is coming to PSVR in Winter 2021, Realties.io say in...

Xbox Error Message Refers to VR Headset, Microsoft Says VR Still Not a Focus for Console

A message uncovered by IGN Italy when plugging in a pair of wireless headphones into an Xbox Series X/S caused a stir in the VR community, as it seemingly alluded to some level of VR support baked into Xbox...

Vive Facial Tracker Can Work with Index and Other PC Headsets, If You Can Mount It

Last week HTC announced a new accessory, the Vive Facial Tracker. Though the device is designed to mount to the Vive Pro, it turns out it's technically compatible with other PC VR headsets, provided you can find a way...

The 20 Best Rated & Most Popular Quest Games & Apps – March 2021

While Oculus doesn’t offer much publicly in the way of understanding how well individual apps are performing across its VR storefronts, it’s possible to glean some insight by looking at apps relative to each other. Here’s a snapshot of...

3D Puzzler ‘Cubism’ to Get Hand-tracking Support on Quest This Wednesday

The 3D puzzler Cubism will be updated this Wednesday, March 17th, to support controller-less hand-tracking. A prior update released in December has paved the way for user-generated puzzles and puzzle sharing. Cubism is a minimalistic 3D puzzler which has become one of...

‘The Museum of Other Realities’ Free to Visit for The Next 2 Weeks

The Museum of Other Realities (MOR), the immersive multiplayer art museum for virtual reality, is temporarily open to the public for free in celebration of select British XR artists, who are presenting their works via a special showcase called The Immersive...
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