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A new VR Cover Oculus Quest 2 Carrying Case is now available, and it’s cheaper than Facebook’s official offering. The case costs $29 and fits not just the Quest 2 and its controllers but also includes room for the headset kitted out with at least some of VR Cover’s other items, like the Facial Interface...
Schell Games seems unique among VR developers. Yes, the Pittsburgh-based studio puts out games to please the masses but, for Schell, that’s only one small part of a wider VR strategy. Educational VR content is a big focus for the team which, for example, and a long history of working with the tech helps CEO...
Looking for a way to install content onto your Oculus Quest that’s not available on the Oculus Store and isn’t approved by Facebook? Here’s our guide to sideloading content on Oculus Quest or Quest 2 using SideQuest. This article was originally published in November 2019 but has been updated and re-published several times, most recently...
Snap today announced a new 2021 fund of $3.5 million that will be directed toward supporting Snapchat Lens creators and developers who are using the company’s Lens Studio tool to explore the use of AR technologies. The news kicked off Snap’s multi-day virtual event, Lens Fest, where it also announced an upgraded version of its...
When Chi Xu left Magic Leap and returned to China, he had big ambitions. He believed China would have its own augmented and virtual reality giants, just as how the domestic smartphone industry birthed global leaders like Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi that rival Apple today. Xu, now chief executive of Nreal, one of China’s highest-funded...
The new URL Applab.games from SideQuest looks to be a very useful option for those looking for experimental Oculus Quest games to install without a PC required. The new page just went live from SideQuest with 16 apps already listed as of this writing. Clicking on one of them takes you directly to a listing...
As part of his latest Instagram AMA, Facebook Vice President of Augmented and Virtual Reality Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth gave his thoughts on the status of brain-computer interfaces. Bosworth regularly hosts Instagram AMA (ask me anything) sessions where users can submit questions, which Bosworth can choose to reply to via a recorded response. One question took...
Much has been made of what VR can do for art, but its overall direction remains sprawling and unwieldy. Some want to break new ground, utilizing Tilt Brush, Quill and other apps to produce stunning new works that were previously impossible to make. Others have set up virtual galleries that preserve and present classics and...
If you’ve ever used a Snapchat or Instagram filter, you know that one of the popular use cases for AR (augmented reality) is to change up your appearance with virtual makeup — like a different shade of lipstick or eyeshadow, for example. Today, Google is moving into this space, as well, with the launch of...
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