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Someone Recreated ‘Fall Guys’ in VR and It’s Actually Awesome

Although Fall Guys (2020) is only available on PS4 and PC, it wasn't long until a dedicated fan came along to recreate a few of the knockout-style game's levels in VR. Making things in VR is easier than ever now, especially...

NVIDIA’s DLSS 2.1 Supersampling Now Supports VR, Could Significantly Boost Fidelity

NVIDIA's Deep Learning Supersampling (DLSS) technology uses AI to increase the resolution of rendered frames by taking a smaller frame and intelligently enlarging it. The technique has been lauded for its ability to render games with high resolution with...

HTC CEO Yves Maitre Steps Down After Less Than One Year

With less than one year at the company's helm, HTC announced that Yves Maitre is stepping down as the company's President and CEO. Maitre took over as CEO just shy one year ago in late September 2019. According to Engadget, the...

Rumor: HP is Building a Reverb G2 Model with Eye, Mouth, & Face-tracking

HP announced its Reverb G2 headset earlier this year and plans to ship it this fall. Another, rumored version of the headset referred to as the 'Omnicept Edition' is said to include eye, mouth, and face-tracking. Reverb G2 is an...

AR Glasses Startup Nreal Secures $40M in Series B Financing

Nreal, the China-based company behind the Nreal Light AR glasses, today announced its secured another $40 million in funding. As reported by TechCrunch, the latest financing round was led by Chinese video sharing platform Kuaishou, with participation by iQiyi, GP Capital,...

Social XR Collaboration Platform ‘Spatial’ Now on Oculus Store for Quest

Spatial, the social collaboration platform for XR devices, is now available for public download on Oculus Quest, which includes cross-platform support for HoloLens, Magic Leap One, Nreal, Web browsers, and iOS & Android mobile devices. As a work-focused social app, Spatial puts heavy...

The VirtualLink Single-cable Headset Connection Standard Has Been Abandoned

VirtualLink was an open standard that defined a USB-C based connection protocol that was “developed to meet the connectivity requirements of current and next-generation VR headsets,” and backed by major VR industry players. The goal was to make a...

Facebook Wants to Build an AR Headset to Supercharge Your Hearing, Create a Custom HRTF from...

The Facebook Reality Labs Research team shared some of its latest audio initiatives today. The group aims to build technologies into an AR headset that will supercharge your hearing by making it easy to isolate the sound of your...
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‘Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit’ Brings AR Kart-racing to Your Living Room Floor with Switch

You simply never know with Nintendo. One year they're bringing out a full VR Nintendo Labo kit for Switch, and the next they've mashed AR into a remote-controlled car for at-home Mario Kart races. One thing is for sure: Nintendo's...

Hands-on: ‘Eye of the Temple’ is a Clever Room-scale Puzzler That Lets You Become Indiana Jones

Eye of the Temple is an upcoming VR game that takes full advantage of the room-scale abilities of your VR headset, letting you walk, dodge, and duck your way through a vast temple complex. You use your own two...

‘Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR’ Beta Updates Hint at “Upcoming hardware releases”

Updates to the beta version of Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR, the official integration which allows Windows VR headsets to be used with SteamVR, hint at "upcoming hardware releases." Update (September 2nd, 2020): A Microsoft developer says the reference to...

Facebook Halts Sale of Rift & Quest in Germany Amid Regulatory Concerns

Facebook has halted sales of all Oculus VR headsets in Germany, something the company says will be temporary during its ongoing talks with German regulators. Update (11:35 AM ET): MIXED has obtained a statement (German) from the German Federal Cartel...
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Jon Favreau’s ‘Gnomes & Goblins’ Coming to PC VR Later This Month, Trailer Here

We've been waiting almost exactly four years now to see what would become of the enchanting, but decidedly short Gnomes and Goblins Preview, which was published on Steam back in September 2016. Now, XR developers Wevr says PC VR users...

NVIDIA Announces GeForce RTX 30-series GPUs, Claims “Greatest Generational Leap” in Performance

NVIDIA announced its latest GPUs, the GeForce RTX 30-series, based on its 'Ampere' architecture. The company revealed the price and release date for the RTX 3070, 3080, and 3090, with the first of the cards launching in just two...

‘Echo VR’ Launches Out of Beta for Quest, Including Rift Crossplay

Echo VR, the zero-G multiplayer game from Ready at Dawn, is now out of beta for Oculus Quest. Although it only includes Echo Arena, the zero-g team sport and not the team shooter Echo Combat, the free game seems to have struck a...
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