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Apple’s Next Vision Pro with New M5 Chip Launches on October 22nd, Starting at $3,500

Apple today unveiled its hardware refresh of Vision Pro, which includes its latest M5 chip and a new Dual Knit Band. The News Apple has unveiled the new Vision Pro featuring the M5 chip, which is said to  deliver major improvements...

Latest in Professional VR Shown at I/ITSEC 2014 Conference

Deep inside the inlands of Florida, a technology conference was held that brought together a collection of virtual reality headsets and simulations that focused primarily on military applications. The event was called I/ITSEC (Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference) and...

Meta Exclusive ‘Asgard’s Wrath 2’ Coming to Quest 3 in December

During Meta's Connect 2023 developer conference today the company revealed the hotly awaited sequel to Asgard's Wrath, the single-player adventure which launched on Rift in 2019, is coming to Quest 2 and the fully unveiled Quest 3 on December...

First HTC Vive / Steam VR Hands-On Preview Emerges “..it’s a massive game changer”

GDC 2015 has only just kicked off, but we're already starting to hear first-hand accounts of Valve's new HTC manufactured VR Headset, the Vive. HTC's Vive announcement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday, is barely a day old...

Apple Releases Long-awaited Panoramic Display Feature on Vision Pro in 2.2 Beta

Apple has released initial access to the long-promised panoramic display feature for Vision Pro's Mac Virtual Display, which now brings three virtual screen sizes via its visionOS 2.2 beta release. Having initially launched with Vision Pro back in February, Mac...

Mindshow’s VR Movie-making Helped Me Rediscover the Joy of Play-acting

Frank He rediscovers his childhood and finds a new talent for improvisational performance as he goes hands on with Mindshow, a new virtual reality application that lets you create and act in your own interactive movies. A childhood experience some of us...

News Bits: Oculus VR Hoover Up More Talent, Cass Everitt and Brian Hook Hired

I was quoted recently as saying "Oculus are like some crazy, out of control talent hoover!", in reference of course to their relentless drive to suck up the best and brightest in fields related (and in some cases, seemingly...

Meta Avatars Get a Major Makeover With New Body Types, Poses & AI-driven Clothing Styles

Meta is giving its Avatars another big upgrade, offering users finer control over things like face shape, body part sizes, hair, makeup and more. Avatars are integrated across the gamut of Meta's platforms, including Horizon Worlds, Home and Workrooms on...

Positron Closes $1.4 Seed Funding to Develop Next Gen of Its VR Motion Chair

Positron, a Los Angeles-based VR technology studio, announced at Sundance that it closed a $1.4 million seed funding deal to further develop the next generation of the company's VR motion chair, Voyager. Funding was provided by Lazar Ventures co-founders Cathleen Ihasz and Nicole...
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PSVR Arena Brawler ‘Megalith’ Heads into Open Beta Today, Gameplay Trailer Here

Megalith, a first-person arena brawler from Disruptive Games, is slated to arrive on PSVR on January 8th, 2019. Both pre-order availability and a free trial are landing on the PlayStation Store today, November 13th. Update (November 12th, 2018): On top of...

Vrgineers Announce Wireless Module for XTAL Ultrawide FOV Headset

Vrgineers, the team behind enterprise-focused wide-FOV VR headsets, announced at CES 2023 this week that it's releasing a wireless version of its latest XTAL VR headset. To realize the newest flavor of XTAL coming to enterprise, the company worked with...

London Celebrates First Oculus Rift / Virtual Reality Meetup

Inition has recently hosted a successful Oculus Rift / VR Meetup in London and plans to arrange future events. Industry insider Kevin Williams gives us the scoop. Guest post by Kevin Williams Kevin Williams is the founding chairman of the Digital Out-of-Home...

First Impressions of ‘Surreal Touch’ Third-party Vision Pro Controllers

Surreal Touch is a Kickstarter-backed third-party motion controller for Vision Pro. The first batch of controllers began shipping in December (right on time), and early impressions are starting to roll out. XR industry veteran Nima Zeighami is the creator of...
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New Quest Ad Spot is One of Oculus’ Best Yet

Communicating what it feels like to use VR to someone who has never done it before is one of VR's major marketing challenges. Oculus' new 'Defy Reality' ad spot for Quest effectively uses mixed reality video capture to show...

PlayStation E3 Keynote Puts Blockbusters Center Stage, Relegating VR to the Sidelines

With mostly prior confirmed PSVR titles presenting at E3 2018, we expected Sony to dedicate a few moments during its E3 2018 keynote to highlight the platform's upcoming VR games, of course with the understanding that high-profile PS4 titles...
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