Fast-food chain Jack in the Box has decided to put an augmented reality twist on the traditional sweepstakes promotion by employing the immersive powers of Snapchat. Now through Aug. 18, the chain will run a Jack in the Box AR experience that gives customers a chance to win prizes. The experience is available in the...
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Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Microsoft Discontinuing Major OS Updates for HoloLens 1
With HoloLens 2 (hopefully) just around the corner, Microsoft has announced that it will no longer be providing any major operating system updates to the original HoloLens. The HoloLens 1 was released back in 2016, which feels a bit like ancient history in the ever-evolving world of spatial computing. Ever since the HoloLens 2 announcement...
BBC Earth Is Bringing A New AR Experience To Magic Leap
BBC’s next immersive experience won’t be appearing on the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive; it’s coming to Magic Leap One. The organization today announced BBC Earth – Micro Kingdoms: Senses for the AR headset. Developed by Preloaded and BBC Studios, the experience will use the AR headset to digitally project micro habitats from the natural...
Humans 101 Is A Bizarre-Looking New VR Game From Scraper: First Strike Devs
Scraper: First Strike only released on PC VR headsets last November. But developer Labrodex is already back with its next game, Humans 101. This is a curious-looking project heading to Steam Early Access this summer. Labrodex describes it as “a VR user-generated content creation game with an amusing narrative”. Based on the trailer, it looks...
Time Stall Trailer (Force Field Entertainment) – Quest
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Special Force VR: Infinity War (Reality MagiQ) – Rift, Vive, Windows VR
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Calling all hardware startups! Apply to Hardware Battlefield @ TC Shenzhen
Got hardware? Well then, listen up, because our search continues for boundary-pushing, early-stage hardware startups to join us in Shenzhen, China for an epic opportunity; launch your startup on a global stage and compete in Hardware Battlefield at TC Shenzhen on November 11-12. Apply here to compete in TC Hardware Battlefield 2019. Why? It’s your chance...
Valve-backed Xrdesktop Brings Linux Desktop Environments Into VR
Collabora’s xrdesktop, sponsored by Valve, adds full VR support to Linux desktop environments such as GNOME and KDE. VR On Linux So Far Linux is an open source operating system initially developed in the 90’s. Unlike Microsoft Windows, Linux is highly modular. This allows users to pick and choose which windowing system and desktop environment...
SIGGRAPH 2019: Diving Into Undersea From Magic Leap Studios
With Magic Leap’s Undersea, you can go to the aquarium every day without leaving your living room. Earlier this week, Magic Leap released Undersea, a room-scale, spatial computing experience for the Magic Leap One. According to a news post from Magic Leap, Undersea started off as a demo with one fish that led you to...
Porting To Oculus Quest: How To Optimize And Maximize Your VR Game
We talk to PolyArc (Moss) and Schell Games (I Expect You to Die) on the technical limitations of the Oculus Quest and what untethered control means for virtual reality. With the launch of the Oculus Quest several games that were previously on the company’s Rift headset were ported to the new hardware. Unlike games that...