As the tech world patiently waits for the advent of mainstream consumer smartglasses, Google is content to stick to the business world (for now). Nearly two years after refocusing Glass on the business sector with its Enterprise Edition, on Monday, Google unveiled the sequel to its smartglasses, which run on Android and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR1...
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Everybody’s Golf VR Review: Swinging For The Green
Everybody’s Golf VR is the type of game that shouldn’t work as well as it does. The PS Move controllers ae archaic by modern technology standards and they have significant issues in terms of jitter, tracking consistency, and tracking coverage compared to the competition but somehow Sony and its stable of developers continue to make...
Netflix Is Officially Coming To Oculus Quest At Launch
Despite the fact that the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset is primarily a gaming device, plenty of people anticipated using it for media streaming as well. After all, that’s one of the most popular use cases for the Oculus Go. Now we’ve finally got confirmation that Netflix will be coming to Quest and it’s slated...
Oculus Quest Game Library Preview Livestream: Launch Day Lineup
Curious about how we livestream the way we do? Then look no further than this handy guide for general tips and this guide specific to our Oculus Quest setup. Do you know what day it is? It’s the day before the Oculus Quest releases. Tomorrow the Oculus Quest standalone VR headset finally releases on May 21. So naturally we are back...
Watch This Guy Actually Walk Through An Apex Construct Level On Quest
Oculus Quest units are beginning to slip out into the wild ahead of official launch tomorrow. One of the coolest uses of the standalone VR headset we’ve seen thus far? Someone playing an entire level of Apex Construct… using only their legs. That’s right, their actual legs, not their fake virtual ones. YouTuber Jugon Virtual...
Glass graduates from Google X as it scores new hardware update
Google’s head-worn smart display, Google Glass, is finally ready to move the tassel. After defining the company’s far-flung connected dreams when it was first announced in 2013, the enterprise-refocused headset is graduating from the X moonshot factory with a new hardware update that aims to make it more approachable for companies. After a soft consumer...
Magic Leap Adds Mobile Carrying Case to Its Arsenal of Augmented Reality Gear
It look a while, but one of the most anticipated Magic Leap One accessories is finally here. Magic Leap has quietly added the official Magic Leap One carrying case, which we previewed last year, to its website. Don’t Miss: Storing & Transporting Magic Leap One Safely Works with This Affordable VR Case There’s no fancy...
North Carolina Zoo Adds Portal To Africa With VR Expedition
One of the simplest understands of virtual reality is the ability for the software and hardware to transport users to worlds different from their own, whether some wild fictional creation or a real destination on the other side of the globe. The North Carolina Zoo is partnering with Looking Glass to enhance their offering of...
Dance Central VR Review: Grooving To The Music
(Update 05/19/19): This was previously a review-in-progress published on 4/30/19, but has since been updated to reflect my full impressions of the entire game. Dance Central VR was one of the real stand out demos that I tried at GDC this year. When I walked into that hotel suite and put on an Oculus Quest headset...
DigiLens Raises $50 Million To Develop Cheap AR Display Tech
DigiLens, a Sunnyvale, California-based startup developing displays for augmented reality (AR) devices, today announced that it’s closed a $50 million oversubscribed series C round led by Universal Display Corporation’s UDC Ventures, Samsung Ventures, Pokémon Go creator Niantic, Continental AG, Sony Innovation Fund, and Mitsubishi’s Diamond Edge Ventures. It more than doubled the Sunnyvale, California-based company’s...