“I tried”
John Carmack says he offered id Software a $1 million sales guarantee to allow Team Beef to sell its VR ports on the Quest store.
Android XR Will Let Apps Access The Passthrough Camera View, Google Confirms
Android XR will let apps access the passthrough camera view to, for example, run custom computer vision models, Google confirmed.
PSVR 2 Gets Its First Game with Controller-less Hand-Tracking
Sony introduced hand-tracking support for PSVR 2 back in December, offering up the ability for developers to update their games and let players go hands-on thanks to the headset’s on-board tracking cameras. Now, beloved wizardry game Waltz of the Wizard (2019) is the first to implement hand-tracking on PSVR 2. Waltz of the Wizard has grown […]
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John Carmack Pushed Microsoft to Make VR Fan Ports of ‘Quake’ & ‘DOOM’ Official, But Was Denied
Team Beef’s unofficial VR ports of classic Id Software games are undoubtedly fan favorites, letting you go head-first into a rash of ’90s retro titles like the original DOOM. Now, Id Software co-founder and former Oculus CTO John Carmack says he tried lobbying the Microsoft-owned studio for the chance to get those ports offered as official […]
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Crew Studies Space Agriculture, Biotechnology to Promote Future Missions
Tuesday’s International Space Station research objectives included learning how to grow crops on spacecraft and produce vitamins and nutrients in space to sustain crews farther away from Earth. The Expedition 72 crewmates also explored how the human body orients itself in weightlessness and serviced a pair of docked spacecraft.702
Biotechnology to Sustain Crews on Long Missions Tops Research Schedule
Biotechnology kicked off the work week aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 72 crew members explored ways to counter the effects of microgravity and produce vitamins and nutrients during long-term space missions.
Samsung Eyes XR Director Hire in Augmented Reality Smart Glasses Push, amidst Meta Ray-Ban, Apple Vision Pro Shark Tank
This week, a curious hire opportunity appeared over at Samsung, just in time for its concurrent augmented reality/mixed reality headset push. Specifically, the role is filling an XR Director gap at Samsung Research America as part of the division’s MPS (Mobile Platform Services), SRA, and Immersive Experiences (IMEX) Team. The LinkedIn job XR Director listing […]
Vuzix Supercharges AI-Ready Augmented Reality Smart Glasses for Frontline Workers
Recently, frontline AR solutions provider Vuzix debuted AugmentOS, a dedicated operating system for workplace immersive human-computer interfaces. The OS is ready for Vuzix’s portfolio of products, allowing end-users and developers to use products such as the Z100 smart glasses, which include AI functionality integration. AugmentOS is debuting as version 1.0. The launchpad application will include […]
Big Tech Players Emerge as Likely Partners for TikTok US
Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon are the names that look likely to partner with the app.
TikTok Expands In-Stream Shopping Push to Latin America
The next stage in TikTok’s broader in-app shopping push.