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How to use Oculus Spatial Anchors in Unity to add persistent virtual objects to your physical world

4 years ago
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Fasten your seatbelts because today I’m going to publish for you an amazing new tutorial, this time on Oculus Spatial

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HTC Announces Wrist Tracker for Vive Focus 3, Releasing in Early 2022 for $129

4 years ago
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HTC unveiled a new VR tracker device at CES 2022 today, this time targeting its $1,300 enterprise-focused standalone headset, Vive Focus 3. It’s slated to go on sale sometime early this year, starting at $129. Unlike its SteamVR-compatible Vive Tracker, the new Vive Wrist Tracker is a wrist-worn device which hooks into Vive Focus 3’s inside-out […]

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Mojo Vision Raises Additional $45M to Put Smart Contacts in the Eyes of Athletes

4 years ago
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Mojo Vision announced it’s raised an additional $45 million in its Series B-1 investment round, something the company says will support further development of Mojo Lens, its early stage smart contact lens. Mojo Lens is ostensibly years away for commercialization, however the company announced at CES 2022 that it’s taking a step forward by partnering […]

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Sony Announces PlayStation VR 2 Specs Including Eye-tracking, HDR, & 110° Field-of-view

4 years ago
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Today during Sony’s CES 2022 press conference the company revealed the first details on PlayStation VR 2, including eye-tracking, a “4K” HDR display, and a 110° Field-of-view. For the first time today, Sony confirmed that its next-gen VR headset for PS5 will be called… *drumroll*… PlayStation VR 2. Although it’s not really much of a […]

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PSVR 2 is Getting a Made-for-VR Game in the ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ Universe

4 years ago
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Today during Sony’s CES 2022 press conference the company not only confirmed a bunch of PSVR 2 specs, but also announced Horizon Call of the Mountain, a new made-for-VR game that will take players inside the world of Horizon, one of the company’s most popular PlayStation exclusive franchises. More than five years after the launch of […]

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Space Biology, Science Hardware Work Keeping Station Crew Busy

4 years ago
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Space biology work and science hardware maintenance and were the main research goals for the Expedition 66 crew aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The orbital residents also checked out life support gear and worked on cargo transfers. Three NASA astronauts, Mark Vande Hei, Thomas Marshburn and Kayla Barron, joined each other in the …
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Dragon Checks, Biology and Spacewalk Preps Fill Crew Day

4 years ago
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Crew Dragon proficiency checks were on the schedule for a pair of NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. Eye checks, space biology research, and spacewalk preparations also kept the Expedition 66 crew busy throughout the day. The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, which delivered four astronauts to the orbiting lab, has been docked …
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PwC Enters Metaverse Race with Digital Land Purchase

4 years ago
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In a landmark transaction, global consultancy firm Pricewatercoopers (PwC) announced on Tuesday it had purchased a plot of virtual real estate on Metaverse platform The Sandbox. According to reports, PwC purchased the digital land for over $10,000 USD as a non-fungible token (NFT) using The Sandbox’s SAND cryptocurrency. In a statement to Consultancy UK, William […]
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The Verticalised World and Its Impact on the XR Industry

4 years ago
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He is a world-renowned speaker and author of several books on the geopolitics of technology and has recently published his latest work, The World Is Vertical: How Technology is Remaking Globalization. In this session we discuss the following: 1) The definition of the ‘Verticalised World’ and how it will affect the tech industry 2) Developing […]
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Meta Quest 2, HTC VIVE Top SteamVR Figures

4 years ago
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After Christmas last year, reports have emerged showing the holiday period was a great success for Meta’s lineup of virtual reality (VR) headsets and hardware. Steam, Valve Software’s popular online storefront for distributing PCVR experiences, video games, and desktop applications, released a December 2021 survey that found the Meta Quest 2 was the most popular […]