Facebook is bringing on the engineering lead for Google’s entire AR/VR team to tackle Portal hardware. Ryan Cairns comes aboard after 12 years at Google, where he was most recently the engineering lead for a team of more than 500 people tackling AR/VR at the big G, including Daydream, Lens and ARCore, according to his LinkedIn....
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Ubiquity6 acquires AR music startup Wavy
Today, Ubiquity6 has announced that it is acquiring Wavy, a small AR music startup founded last year. In a blog post, the Wavy team confirmed they’ll be joining the Ubiquity6 team and won’t be continuing their work on the Wavy app. “When we met the team at Ubiquity6, it became apparent that joining the team...
Microsoft Mobile World Congress Invite Hints at HoloLens 2 Release
The mystery surrounding the release of the next version of the HoloLens has been swirling for months, but at least some of that mystery may removed in the coming weeks. In an invite sent out on Wednesday, Microsoft is inviting members of the media to an event at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in...
Microsoft Could Reveal HoloLens 2 At Mobile World Congress
Microsoft sent out invites to journalists today for a press reception at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The event could see the unveiling of HoloLens 2. MWC is the last week of February and the Microsoft event will be held ahead of the conference on Sunday, February 24 at 8 am Pacific (5 pm...
Oculus Home File Hints At Public User Created Environments Support
Reddit user Wormslayer noticed a file within an Oculus Home directory that hint the software will get support for user created environments. There is a new file in a new folder called ‘ExampleCustomPlaces’ inside a folder called ‘_CustomHomes’. The file is a model of a large hall with a stage. Note that the image above...
Hands-On: Ralph Breaks VR Reveals Family-Friendly Formula For The VOID
While in Las Vegas for CES, UploadVR visited The VOID’s location in The Venetian for Ralph Breaks VR. There’s a range of dimensions to visit from Utah-based The VOID, including Ghostbusters and Star Wars. Four people at a time can don VR headsets and backpacks to become ghostbusters or stormtroopers at locations in some big cities...
Dick Wilde 2 Brings Co-Op And More To PSVR And PC VR Next Month
Well here’s a surprise; Dick Wilde 2 is in the works and it’s coming next month. Developer Bolvërk Games announced the sequel to its popular wave shooter today. The original Dick Wilde cast you as a hillbilly that cleared swamps of vicious wildlife using home-made weaponry. For the sequel, Bolvërk is adding in a literal...
CES 2019: I Streamed PC VR Games To An Oculus Go With TPCast Air
When I passed the booth for TPCast during CES 2019 I didn’t initially pay it very much attention. Last year we saw a new model of their wireless adapter that enables either the Rift or Vive to cut the cord and move around rooms freely without any wired connections to a PC. It sends the...
PSVR Demo Disc 3 Incoming With Astro Bot, Superhot, More – Report
It looks like PSVR demo disc 3 is on the way. That is according to Ostrog, which claims to have spotted an ESRB listing for ‘PSVR Demo Compilation 3’. We couldn’t find the listing ourselves but the site apparently took a screenshot that you can see below. There were rumors of a new demo disc...
At CES 2019, bendy and tiny screens evolved from concepts to exciting tech
The annual Las Vegas trade show often focuses on impractically expensive TVs, but this year, cool display technologies actually became compelling.Read More Source: At CES 2019, bendy and tiny screens evolved from concepts to exciting tech
