Enticing the enterprise world to embrace augmented reality has proven a more difficult task than many startups in the AR space anticipated, but as the hardware and software behind the tech becomes increasingly commodified, customers are starting to find use cases that align with their shifting remote workflows. Scope AR has been selling the vision...
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SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Prehistoric Creatures Return to Life via New iPhone AR App from Celebrity Historian David Attenborough
Apparently, we learned nothing from Jurassic Park, as scientists are still working on bringing extinct species back to life. Until that day comes, you can interact with long-lost animals through augmented reality…if you have a newer model iPhone. On Wednesday, Atlantic Productions, the company behind the BAFTA award-winning film David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive...
MultiBrush – Multiplayer Tilt Brush Hits Quest App Lab
One of Tilt Brush’s new open-source offshoots is available on Oculus Quest App Lab. MultiBrush is available on the platform for free. Created by Rendever, MultiBrush is exactly what you think it is, a multiplayer version of Tilt Brush. It gives users access to the same tools seen in the main app and lets them...
VR Chat Avatar Creator Commits To Fixes & New Options For Better Representation
Wolf3D is committing to fast, important fixes and a greater set of options for its Ready Player Me avatar creator. Yesterday we reported on the launch of a new feature for the free to use platform that lets users import virtualized versions of themselves into VRChat based on a single photo. In our own testing...
Watch: Live Discussion Quest 2 Multi-User, 120Hz Mode And StrikerVR Gun
Join us live today on YouTube at 1 pm Pacific as we broadcast from our virtual studio discussing the latest VR trends and hardware-related news! Facebook rolled out multi-user support and local app sharing for Oculus Quest 2 this week and the head of VR at the company gave a thumbs up to 120Hz mode on...
Live On Upload This Week: Until You Fall Hard Mode Challenge!
We’re getting in the fighting spirit for this week’s livestreams. Join Jamie and Zeena on a quest to topple Until You Fall’s toughest mode, starting today at 8:30am PT/4:30pm GMT! Schell Games’ arcade-style roguelike remains one of our favorite VR games to date, but we’re yet to tackle Until You Fall’s greatest challenge – beating...
How to Film Your Own AR Music Videos with Vidiyo, Lego’s TikTok Competitor
For its latest take on augmented reality-infused playsets, Lego is giving the young, and the simply young at heart, its twist on the viral lipsync format made popular by TikTok with Lego Vidiyo. The game remixes TikTok’s video creation and curation features with a music business simulation that brings your playsets into the action. But,...
FinchRing Is A New Gesture Controller Shown With Nreal
Finch Technologies revealed a new ring-like wearable for gesture recognition. The FinchRing was announced in connection with Mobile World Congress in Shanghai alongside a partnership with AR glasses maker Nreal. The device requires a separate device — the FinchTracker — worn on upper arm or full 6DoF tracking and the company claims there’s no limits...
Terje Haakonsen’s Powder VR Early Access Review: A Fine Winter Sports VR Game
Terje Haakonsen’s Powder VR (THPVR) on Steam Early Access may be a mostly enjoyable VR winter sports outing, but it’s rather lacking right now. Read on for our full Powder VR review in progress! Powder VR is quite a departure for developers RainSoft. Having previously brought us John Lazarus – Dead Man’s Origin to VR,...
The Shore Is A Gorgeous Looking Lovecraftian Horror Game Getting VR Support With ‘Extra Stuff’
The developer for recently released Lovecraftian horror game, The Shore, confirmed VR support is on the way with “extra stuff” not in the flat version. One of the game’s developers responded in a Steam discussion thread earlier this month confirming plans for VR support with a “Yep no worries” and going on to say “VR...
