A free expansion for Microsoft Flight Simulator brings the Top Gun experience to VR, with new missions, challenges and aircraft.
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Is Meta Working On Cloud Streaming To Bring PC VR Games To Quest?
Firmware sleuthing and an experimental setting apparently made available to a redditor suggest Meta is working on cloud VR streaming for Quest.
PSVR 2 ‘Of Huge Interest’ To Peaky Blinders Dev, New IP Coming Soon
Peaky Blinders VR developer says PSVR 2 is “of huge interest” to the studio.
It’s also continuing work on its first original IP. More here.
The Audience Experience is More Important than Customer Experience
There’s no dispute Customer Experience (CX) is a hot topic these days and with good reason. But there is a potential problem that almost anyone responsible for improving customer experience is not thinking about. The customer is only a piece of the experience puzzle, and in this article, we’ll explain why you have to think […]
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Report: Meta Actively Testing PC VR Cloud Gaming for Quest
Meta may be ramping up internal testing for its own first-party cloud gaming service which could let its latest standalone VR headset, Quest 2, play PC VR games without needing your own VR-ready computer. Mention of the ‘Avalanche’ cloud PC VR streaming function was allegedly uncovered in v24 of the Quest firmware, which released in […]
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One of VR’s Biggest Social Hangouts is Getting Upgraded Avatars with More Convincing Motion Tracking
Among social VR platforms, VRChat is known for being remarkably flexible thanks to how it lets its users import custom avatars built using standard game development tools. Now the company is releasing an update that makes avatars even more realistic in how they move. VRChat announced it was bringing a “completely revamped” inverse kinematics (IK) system to […]
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Sony May Have Dropped a Hint About PSVR 2’s Release Date to Investors
During Sony’s annual investor day event, the company confirmed to investors that it has a lineup of more than 20 games ready for the launch of PSVR 2—despite having not yet confirmed the headset’s release date. Sony’s 2022 Investor Day presentation gives investors in the company an overview of recent performance and future strategic outlook […]
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Tech Secrets Behind ‘Cosmonious High’s’ Cast of Interactive Characters
Cosmonious High contains 18 characters across six species all created by a team with zero dedicated animators. That means lots and lots of code to create realistic behaviors and Owlchemy-quality interactivity! The ‘character system’ in Cosmonious High is a group of around 150 scripts that together answer many design and animation problems related to characters. […]
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End of Week Sees Crew Explore How Space Affects Eyes, Brain and Heart
The Expedition 67 crew continued its ongoing human research today with ultrasound eye exams and blood flow measurements in the brain. The orbital residents also explored robotics and space navigation techniques. The four astronauts aboard the International Space Station took turns Friday morning scanning each other’s eyes using the Ultrasound 2 device. Flight Engineers Kjell …
The Inaugural XR Awards Winners Announced!?
The time has come to celebrate the winners of XR Today’s very first Awards ceremony. This year’s event and celebration showcased some of the best innovators in augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) solutions. Our esteemed panel of judges received countless submissions across all our categories, and each judge employed their expert knowledge to refine […]