‘Tokyo Chronos’ Studio Wants You to Vote on Which VR Game It Makes Next

MyDearest, the Japan-based studio behind the Tokyo Chronos VR series, announced it’s holding a community vote to determine which game it’s going to develop next. The studio has offered up three choices, all of which notably stray from its usual brand of VR manga with branching storylines. Called Project: Gathering, the studio released three concept trailers today for […]

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HTC Opens Pre-orders for ‘Mars CamTrack’ Virtual Production Box

HTC teased a new Vive product last week which aims to leverage the company’s Vive Trackers for virtual productions. Called Vive Mars CamTrack, the box is appealing to filmmakers looking for an easy way of integrating Vive Trackers into their productions by shrinking complicated workflow into a compact box. Update (April 26th, 2022): HTC announced its […]

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One of the Last Bastions of the Oculus Brand is No More

Alongside the announcement of the company’s first retail store, Meta has begun redirecting visitors of the longstanding Oculus.com website to its new Meta Store. Facebook announced back in late 2021 that it would rebrand itself to Meta and eventually dissolve the Oculus brand. In 2022 the company has steadily taken steps to make this a […]

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Dispelix, Avagent Partner for Advanced AR Displays

Waveguide displays manufacturer Dispelix announced last week it had partnered with miniLED liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) devicemaker Avegant to develop augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. The Espoo, Finland and San Mateo, California-based firms teamed up to deliver the former’s “nanotech-enhanced LED waveguides” for use with the latter’s AG-30L 30° LED light engines. Dispelix designs […]

OpenSea Purchases Gem in Unexpected Move

Today, NFT marketplace OpenSea announced the acquisition of Gem, an aggregator service for non-fungible-tokens (NFTs), in a move that the acquired firm called “unexpected,” according to reports. OpenSea acquired the San Francisco-based firm for an undisclosed amount, enabling Gem to continue operating as an independent application. Also, the purchase allows OpenSea to accelerate Gem’s product […]

NVIDIA’s Instant NeRF to Boost XR, Digital Twins

US tech firm NVIDIA recently announced the launch of Instant Neural Radiance Fields (Instant NeRF), a new technology that turns 2D images into real-time 3D (RT3D) digital renders. The new solution uses artificial intelligence (AI), an ultra-fast neural network, and rapid rendering to create 3D digital twins based on a selection of 2D photographs. According […]

Shenzhen MetaVision to Launch Particle Headset

Shenzhen MetaVision Tech Co, a Chinese VR solutions firm, unveiled on Friday last week designs and specifications for its Particle All-in-One virtual reality (VR) headset. Particle is set to become the world’s lightest VR device at just 250-grammes, along with several key innovations to reshape the global extended reality (XR) sector. The novel head-mounted display […]

Blending in Is the Key To Standing Out on Social — Here’s Why

Want next-level social advertising? Here’s why you should create ads that don’t look like ads.

Open Source Tool Makes Oculus Link Load Directly To SteamVR

This tool makes Oculus Link load directly to SteamVR, disabling Rift Dash to free up performance:

Meta Opens First Store To Sell Quests, Portals, And Glasses

Meta is opening its first store in California where you can check out Quest 2 and take home a 30-second mixed reality clip.

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