The very first time I came into contact with a real time strategy (RTS) game was on my dad’s lap, where he often sat me down as he played Starcraft on his PowerMac G3. I obsessed over this magical game on his computer, not knowing much about what it was — beyond the joy of...
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Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality
Oculus Touch Battery Cover Coming Off? Here’s What Facebook Recommends
We’ve seen reports from others now confirming an issue with the battery compartment of the new Oculus Touch controllers which ship with Rift S and Oculus Quest. I noted in my review of the Rift S that “I also found the battery compartment on the new Touch controllers came loose in my hand easily enough...
Streem buys Selerio in effort to boost its AR teleconferencing tech
Streem, an AR startup that is meshing teleconferencing software with computer vision tech, has acquired a small U.K. startup called Selerio that’s also building out augmented reality technologies. The startups were both members of betaworks’ VisionCamp accelerator program last year where they met and collaborated while tackling separate computer vision problems in the AR space....
Oculus Rift S Split Screen VR Multiplayer – Arizona Sunshine Co-Op
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. We’re trying something special today with an Oculus Rift S split screen VR multiplayer livestream! David is streaming from his PC and Ian is screen sharing his game and camera to enable...
How To Transfer Screenshots And Videos From Oculus Quest To Your PC
Now that the Oculus Quest is out you might be enjoying the wonders of wireless, untethered, standalone VR in wide open spaces without any external tracking sensors. It’s a wonderful thing. Luckily, the Quest makes it very easy to take screenshots and record video directly inside the headset and transferring those files to your PC...
Intense Underwater Survival Game Freediver Launches Next Week
Evasion developer Archiact jumps back into the VR fray next week with its latest game, Freediver: Triton Down. It’s a very different game from its previous shooter. Freediver launches via Oculus Home and SteamVR on May 30th. That’s a full week from today, in case you hadn’t realized. It’s a pretty quick turnaround for Archiact;...
How Facebook Built Oculus Quest, The Product It Thought Might Be ‘Impossible’
The Oculus Quest room scale standalone headset launched this week. In a Facebook post, Facebook’s CTO Mike Schroepfer revealed that the company initially had “vigorous debates” about whether the product would even be possible: I remember the vigorous debates about whether it was possible to build the product. Inside-out tracking was in the research phase...
Glass graduates from Alphabet’s 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...
Disney, Sega Backed Location-Based VR Company Raises $7.8 Million
LA-based VR company Tyffon may be ready to take on the likes of The Void with its latest round of investment. The company just raised $7.8 million in Series A funding, Variety reports. The round was led by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) but previous investors include SEGA SAMMY Holdings and The Walt Disney Company. It...
Palmer Luckey: ‘I Left Facebook Because I Got Fired, I Wouldn’t Have Otherwise’
Palmer Luckey this week claimed in no uncertain terms that he was fired from Oculus owner Facebook. Luckey, a co-founder at Oculus and the inventor of the Rift, left Facebook in March 2017. This was following a 2016 story in which it emerged the then 24-year-old had given $10,000 to a pro-Trump group. He promptly...