DigiLens Design v1 is a modular reference design for standalone AR glasses, powered by the same XR2 chip used in Oculus Quest 2. DigiLens has been around for decades, specializing in holographic waveguides as a supplier in the smartglasses market. Until recently, this market was mainly for militaries and niche business applications. As you can...
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How To Use Infinite Office On Oculus Quest 2
Want to try out a VR office setup or start doing some of your work from within VR at a virtual workspace? Here’s our guide on how to use Infinite Office on Oculus Quest 2. Facebook announced Infinite Office back at Facebook Connect 2020 last September. Despite what you might think, Infinite Office is not...
Larcenauts Stats: Game Modes, Weapon Types, Cross Buy And More Confirmed
Wondering exactly what you’ll be getting in Larcenauts when it launches this summer? For today’s Upload Access drop, we’re giving you a full run-down of the upcoming team-based shooter. We’ve got info on characters, weapons, abilities, maps, modes and more. Characters, Weapons And Abilities Larcenauts launches with 8 unlockable specialists. Each is essentially a different...
Google Maps to add more detailed maps, crowd indicators, better routing and more
Google has announced a series of updates soon coming to Google Maps, as part of the company’s larger goal of delivering over 100 A.I.-powered improvements to the platform by year-end. Among the new improvements, detailed during Google I/O’s developer conference this week, are new routing updates, Live View enhancements, an expansion of detailed street maps,...
Super raises $50M to cover home repairs and maintenance via a subscription model
The real estate sales market has been in an upswing this year, and today a startup that’s addressing one of homeowners’ biggest needs — repair and maintenance services, and specifically the stress of sorting these out when things break down — is announcing some funding on the heels of strong growth. Super — which has...
Google Adds Raw Depth API to Improve Spatial Awareness & Depth Data for Android AR Apps
For most mainstream users, LiDAR sensors for precision depth sensing remain the exclusive domain of Apple iPhones and iPads, but Google is helping Android device makers close the depth gap on the software side via its ARCore toolkit. After introducing new AR features for Search and Maps and previewing the mind-blowing Project Starline 3D video...
Oculus v29 Update Adds 120Hz Air Link Support
The recently-announced v29 update for Oculus Quest and Rift enables 120Hz Air Link support for the first time. The change was first spotted on Reddit, but we’ve confirmed the feature for ourselves too. This feature wasn’t mentioned in Monday’s announcement of v29, in which Facebook detailed improvements to Infinite Office and a ‘Live Overlay‘ feature....
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners Aftershocks Update Delayed
Skydance Interactive delayed the release of the upcoming Aftershocks update for The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, after revealing technical issues got in the way of the original May 20 release date. Skydance first revealed the updated last month – it was slated to release on all platforms simultaneously as post-campaign content that would “offer...
Nvidia Adds First DLSS VR Titles Including No Man’s Sky
No Man’s Sky is one of the first VR games to get Nvidia DLSS support to improve framerate and fidelity on PC headsets. DLSS stands for Deep Learning Super Sampling and was created by Nvidia to help boost the performance and visual fidelity of PC games while reducing the demands they place on a machine....
Quest Gets Support For Faster, Sharper Splash Screens
Oculus Quests now have a system-level splash screen feature. When launching an app that uses it you should no longer just see a black screen at first. Currently when you launch a Quest app you’re greeted with an entirely black void for a few seconds while the app’s engine performs initial loading. Most developers then...
