Earlier this year we reported on how Snap had acquired Berlin-based Fit Analytics, an AI-based fitting technology startup, as part of a wider push into e-commerce services, specifically to gain technology that can help prospective online shoppers get a better sense of how a particular item or size would fit them. A 10-Q filing from...
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Facebook Launches New Oculus Avatars Starting With PokerStars, Pro Putt, Epic Roller Coasters
Facebook launched its latest avatars today, now with full upper bodies powered by machine learning. Oculus Quest owners can try them on in PokerStars, Topgolf with Pro Putt, and Epic Roller Coasters. A software development kit and broader launch is planned for later this year. Interestingly, Facebook says it will show users a full body...
John Carmack & Andrew Bosworth Twitter Spaces Transcription And Recording
Consulting Oculus CTO John Carmack and Vice President of Facebook Reality Labs Andrew Bosworth held a discussion via Twitter on April 16th. The talk represents one of the most insightful views into Facebook’s long-term strategy in VR that we’ve ever seen, and we’ve got a transcription of the discussion. The Twitter Spaces system doesn’t archive...
Best Must-Have Skyrim VR Mods To Make Tamriel Even More Immersive
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR (PC review / PSVR review) is one of the most expansive video games out there with nearly endless amounts of content. However, it’s not the most immersive from a VR port perspective. Thankfully, the PC modding community is here to fix that. Skyrim VR Mods: Before We Get Started...
Oculus Air Link Launches For All With v28 On Quest 2 & PC
Facebook’s head of AR/VR says Quest 2’s new Air Link feature is available “today for everyone who has both Quest and PC v28”. If you don’t have the latest version, it should be coming “very soon”, according to a tweet from Andrew Bosworth. Air Link is Oculus’ wireless PC VR streaming solution. It’s essentially a...
Marvel Studios Tosses ‘Falcon & the Winter Soldier’ AR Game to Fans in Time for Finale
Disney Plus shows WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier are both streaming hits, but the two series could not be more different in terms of giving fans a taste of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, the two titles do have another thing in common: Marvel Studios delivered an AR experience for each of them...
Samsung’s New App for Galaxy Smartphones Turns the World into Your AR Canvas
After integrating Snapchat into its latest Galaxy A Series smartphones, Samsung is trying out a new AR camera app for its army of mobile devices. The company recently released a beta version of AR Canvas, an experimental app for its Galaxy smartphones that gives users the ability to create semi-persistent AR scenes with a variety...
Carmack: Facebook Could Push System-Wide Depth-Aware Comfort Settings
Comments made by Consulting Oculus CTO John Carmack suggest Facebook could pursue a multi-year effort to reduce simulator sickness in Facebook’s VR headsets. The comments come from a discussion between Carmack and the Vice President of Facebook Reality Labs Andrew Bosworth made in an audio chat on Twitter. Twitter’s Spaces platform for audio chat doesn’t...
Watch: Resident Evil 4 VR Gameplay Montage Has 3+ Minutes Of Footage
Capcom and Facebook have shown us a fair bit of Resident Evil 4 VR over the past two weeks, but not in the form of a trailer or extended gameplay walkthrough. Instead, everything we’ve seen for the upcoming Oculus Quest 2 exclusive came in the form of short gameplay clips spread across last week’s Resident...
Grapple Tournament VR Is Free To Play Until Monday For PC VR
Multiplayer VR game Grapple Tournament is free this weekend for PC VR players on Steam. The game is currently still in Early Access and will probably stay there until at least the end of the year, but this weekend you’ll have a chance to see if this grappling multiplayer shooter is for you. Grapple Tournament...