OpenXR 1.1 Update Shows Industry Consensus on Key Technical Features

OpenXR, the open standard that creates a standardized way for XR hardware and applications to interface, has seen its first major update. OpenXR 1.1 evolves the standard by incorporating new functionality that was important to the industry but previously not standardized. Facilitated by the standards body Khronos Group, OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims […]

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Vision Pro Demos Will Soon Include the Option Watch Your Own Spatial Videos Before Buying

Apple will soon allow users to upload their own spatial videos to Vision Pro demo units in hopes to really drive home the headset’s value proposition. When it comes to plonking down $3,500 for Vision Pro, seeing truly is believing, as anyone who wants to buy Apple’s first mixed reality headset can sign up for […]

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The Secret to ‘Beat Saber’s’ Fun Isn’t What You Think – Inside XR Design

Our series Inside XR Design highlights and unpacks examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at Beat Saber (2019) and why its most essential design element can be used to make great VR games that have nothing to do with music or rhythm. You can find the complete video below, or continue reading for an adapted […]

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Building a More Inclusive Future: Real-World Stories From Our Diverse Community

We are building Reality Labs products to be something that billions can benefit from, and equity and inclusion are at the core of that work….

Meta Horizon Worlds v158 Release Notes

Meta Horizon Worlds v158 is here! This week, we’re rolling out a few quality of life improvements, including enabling captions in Worlds and testing out…

New Meta Quest for Education Product Due this Year

This week, Meta announced a new product release due later this year, ready-to-scale XR headset usage in classrooms and educational spaces.  Meta will soon release a Meta Quest product range that the firm dedicates to education sectors to improve onboarding and understanding of XR across educational professionals.   In a promotional video, Meta’s President of […]

Google Adds Generative AI Image Creation to Demand Gen Campaigns

New creation options for your Demand Gen promotions.

X Will Comply With Brazilian Censorship Demands After Opposing Court Order

Elon Musk made a stand in Brazil, but he’s now opted to comply with the ruling.

Instagram Adds Interactive Polaroid Frame for Coachella 2024

An interesting activation for Coachella 2024.

DoubleVerify Confirms Error in Its Reporting, Misrepresenting X’s Brand Safety

DoubleVerify says that an issue in its dashboard showed that X had a lower brand safety score. 

Micro Machines VR & Battle Bows Find A New Home With Beyond Frames

Micro Machines VR and Battle Bows have been transferred to new management following the studio’s closure.

Escape Simulator VR Hands-On: A Great New Way To Play

Escape Simulator demonstrates how VR can further enhance existing games.

Our impressions.

Pimax Announces New Wired PC VR Headsets: $700 Crystal Light & $1800 Crystal Super

Pimax just announced two new wired PC VR headsets, Crystal Light and Crystal Super, as well as a wireless adapter for the current Crystal.

OpenXR 1.1 Brings Extensions Like Foveated Rendering & More Into The Core Spec

OpenXR 1.1 brings a foveated rendering extension & more into the core specification.

Full details here.

The XR Week Peek (2024.04.16): Google promises “AR Announcements”, first details found on Gabe Newell’s BCI startup, and more!

These days I’ll start organizing my trip to the US to be a speaker at AWE in June… in case you want to meet me there, feel free to reach out. The sooner I know how many people would like to meet me, the better I’ll organize my trip…  After this personal announcement, let’s have a […]

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‘COLD VR’ Takes Smash-hit ‘SUPERHOT VR’ Time-freeze Mechanic & Completely Inverts It

Superhot VR hasn’t spawned nearly as many games as we thought it might, considering the ‘move to unfreeze time’ mechanic works so well in VR. Now, an upcoming game called COLD VR is looking to invert Superhot’s iconic gameplay and spin it for some fast-paced action. In Superhot you’re encouraged to stop and execute precise […]

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Pimax Has Two New Headsets on the Way While Older Promises Remain Unfulfilled

Pimax announced two new PC VR headsets today—both said to be launching this year—but it’s more than a year behind schedule on other products. “Pimax has never been short on ambition, but its execution hasn’t always kept up.” That’s a line from my article published on October 26th, 2021, in which Pimax announced three major […]

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Pimax Reveals New High-end PC VR Headsets Focused on Affordability & Performance

Pimax today announced two new Crystal series PC VR headsets, one of which is focused on affordability while the other pushes the envelope on resolution. During a prerecorded presentation today, Pimax introduced the Crystal Light and Crystal Super PC VR headsets. Pimax Crystal Light Crystal Light might sound like a diet drink, but it’s actually […]

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Space Science and Spacewalk Preps Keep Crew Busy

The Expedition 71 crew members continued ongoing biology and physics research, as well as spacewalk preparations on Tuesday. The seven International Space Station residents also kept up more CubeSat work, cargo operations, and lab maintenance throughout their shifts. Eye checks were on the schedule Tuesday as NASA Flight Engineers Tracy C. Dyson and Mike Barratt …

NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Begins Stacking Operations

NASA teams joined Boeing on April 16 to move the Starliner spacecraft out of the company’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to the launch site. Technicians lifted and connected the spacecraft to the top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at the Vertical Integration …

NASA Completes Analysis of Recovered Space Object

In March 2021, NASA ground controllers used the International Space Station’s robotic arm to release a cargo pallet containing aging nickel hydride batteries from the space station following the delivery and installation of new lithium-ion batteries as part of power upgrades on the orbital outpost. The total mass of the hardware released from space station …

Laval Virtual 2024: XR is on the Comeback

Laval Virtual 2024 wrapped up for another year. The event always wows spectators with a rich lineup of technology vendors and innovations. XR took centre stage, with many firms highlighting major products, addressing industry concerns, and presenting innovations. In 2024, many major technology firms like Apple, LG, and Samsung are debuting XR devices, and events […]

OpenXR Update to Optimise Major XR Headsets

Today, Khronos updated its OpenXR API to optimise its support of cross-platform AR/VR/MR application development with its version 1.1 update. The move consolidates multiple extensions into the OpenXR API, streamlining application development cycles – namely multiple vendor-specific extensions to reduce the different coding frameworks behind its support end devices. The OpenXR API is a core […]

Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest Pro: Which is Best?

Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest Pro: Which “professional” headset is best? When Apple first announced its innovative spatial computing headset, it seemed like a revolution. Though Apple didn’t share much about the actual specs of the product initially, it promised to deliver an experience unlike any other. But it’s not the first “Pro” headset […]

xAI Previews Coming Image Queries in Its Grok Chatbot

Elon’s AI chatbot will soon also be able to understand visual inputs.