This ‘Beat Saber’ Project Uses AI to Generate Custom Beat Maps for Any Song

Manually creating beat maps for your favorite songs in Beat Saber (2018) requires a bit of know-how and time. If you're looking for a quick and surprisingly effective solution to automatically creating beat maps for any song, look no further...

Analysis: An Estimated 58 Million Steam Users Now Have VR Ready Graphics Cards

High PC hardware requirements are one reason why VR is often touted as being highly expensive, but as GPUs have gotten more powerful and cheaper over time, more people than ever have 'VR Ready' hardware, even if they didn't...

Hologate Wants Its New VR Arcade Hygiene Standards to Inspire Confidence in a Wary Public

As businesses begin to reopen, it's becoming more and more clear that the out-of-home entertainment industry needs to adapt in a major way if it wants to move forward. Inspiring confidence in the cleanliness of VR equipment donned by the...
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Researchers Say Head-mounted Haptics Can Combat Smooth Locomotion Discomfort in VR

Researchers from the National Taiwan University, National Chengchi University, and Texas A&M University say that haptic feedback delivered to the head right from a VR headset can significantly reduce discomfort related to smooth locomotion in VR. Moving players artificially through large virtual...

Respawn’s ‘Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond’ Still on Track for 2020 Launch

Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is Respawn Entertainment's first VR game and one of the most anticipated upcoming VR games. Despite potential disruptions from the Coronavirus pandemic, the game is still on track for a 2020 release date. While...

Bored During Lockdown? Get an Intro to Quest Development in This Live Online Workshop

An upcoming online workshop by XR development educator Circuit Stream will teach developers the basics of building applications for Oculus Quest. With many of us a stuck at home with some extra time on our hands from not traveling (or...

Vantage Point Secures $2.25M Investment for VR Enterprise Training Platform

Vantage Point, the enterprise-focused training company, announced a $2.25 million investment, something that will help them further develop their platform which was created to increase empathy and accuracy of retention through VR-based training. The latest round of investors includes former...

David & Goliath-inspired Battle Game ‘DAVIGO’ Begins Public Alpha

DAVIGO, the indie VR game where players battle in a duel of scales, has officially opened its public alpha, bringing it one step closer to its Early Access launch on Steam. As a VR player, you play as a titanic giant, battling...

Unreal Engine 4.25 Improves Support for HoloLens 2, Magic Leap, Adds Azure Spatial Anchors

Unreal Engine 4.25 launched this week bringing a host of improvements to the engine's XR functionality. HoloLens 2 and Magic Leap saw the most attention, including the addition of Azure Spatial Anchors, Microsoft's cross-platform system which enables shared augmented...
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‘Telepath’ Movement System Could be a Great Fit for Quest Controllerless Hand-tracking

Controller-less hand-tracking (like what's currently available as an experimental feature on Quest) has a handful of advantages over using controllers, like convenience and intuitiveness. However, common VR game actions like shooting and moving are difficult to do with hand-gestures...