Cas & Chary Present: Awesome Things to Do in VR Other Than Gaming
When it comes to consumer VR headsets, gaming is clearly on of the most common use-cases. However, there are so many other things that are compelling and fun to do in VR. In this video and article, I share...
Oculus Delays Shipment of Quest 2 Elite Straps Amid Complaints of Premature Breakage
Some customers who ordered and are still waiting for an Elite Strap and Elite Battery Strap for Quest 2 have received an email from Oculus that maintains their shipments will be delayed, as the company is currently investigating user...
Viveport is Giving Developers 100% of Their App’s Revenue Through the End of 2020
Viveport, HTC's storefront for SteamVR-compatible headsets, is again celebrating the holidays by giving developers 100 percent of revenue for the rest of the year.
The company says in a blog post that it's aimed at both new and existing app developers...
HoloLens 2 Sales Expanding to 15 More Countries, ‘Development Edition’ Launches in the US
Microsoft initially began selling HoloLens 2 to enterprise customers back in late 2019, but a broader rollout has taken quite some time. Earlier this year the company began selling the headset directly to individuals, and now its expanding the...
Stanford Research Shows VR Users Can Be Identified Using Only 5 Minutes of Motion Data
Privacy in VR is an ever growing issue, especially now that all new Oculus accounts must login to Facebook with their real identity, which includes anyone who wants to use a Quest 2. Now researchers at Stanford University have...
Microsoft to Expand Azure Kinect’s Computer Vision Tech to Commercial Market
The technology behind Microsoft's enterprise-focused computer vision camera, the Azure Kinect developer kit, will soon find its way into commercial products.
Microsoft is collaborating with two companies, Analog Devices and SICK AG, to create commercial devices using Azure Kinect's 3D Time of...
Led by Former Oculus Exec, Facebook’s New Cloud Gaming Service Paves the Way to VR Streaming
This week Facebook announced the launch of cloud-streamed games from Facebook Gaming. These are games which are rendered in the cloud and then streamed to your computer. Cloud-based gaming has been seen by the industry at large as a...
Watch: PS5 DualSense Controller’s Impressive IMU in Action
We talked earlier this week about the impressive haptics and IMU in the PS5 DualSense controller, and now we can show you what it looks like in action.
While the PS5 DualSense controller doesn't currently allow for position (6DOF) tracking,...
Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Oculus Quest 2 pre-orders were five times higher than original Quest’
Oculus Quest 2 has celebrated a pretty successful launch, with some developers saying they've seen a dramatic jump in both sales and engagement across their games since the standalone headset's October 13th release. Now Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has...
Shadow Creator Unveils AR Headset with Snapdragon XR2 & Nintendo Switch-style Compute Unit
Shadow Creator, a Shanghai-based AR/VR headset manufacturer, has partnered with British AR startup PhotonLens to create a new consumer-focused AR headset for gaming and fitness.
Called 'Honghu' in China and branded as 'Photons' for the international market, the device sports a...













