Pinterest is expanding its virtual makeup try-on capabilities with today’s launch of a new augmented reality feature that allows online shoppers to virtually try on new eyeshadow. Initially, Pinterest is allowing try-on with 4,000 shades from brands like Lancome, YSL, Urban Decay and NYX Cosmetics. The feature leverages Pinterest’s existing Lens visual search technology, its...
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Don’t Sleep On Rhythm Of The Universe’s Arresting Aura
Anytime I’ve paid much attention to Rhythm of the Universe: Ionia I’ve never been sure what to make of it. The trailers for Rotu Entertainment’s VR fantasy are undoubtedly flashy, sprinkling a touch of Dark Crystal magic only swapping out Jim Henson puppets for beautifully imaginative virtual life. But there’s also something faintly rusty about...
Facebook: Devs Can Sell Oculus App Lab Keys, Documentation Currently ‘Unclear’
Yesterday a tweet from Tim Swan made the rounds when it pointed out the FAQ section of the developer’s portal for Oculus App Lab implies developers cannot sell keys to their App Lab projects outside of the official App Lab page itself. Fortunately, it seems like that language is not intentional. Well done, facebook: pic.twitter.com/Q6XwWjyIe7...
Rhythm ‘n Bullets Is The First New Oculus App Lab Release
Facebook’s new Oculus App Lab feature for Quest just got its first release since last week’s launch, and it’s for DB Creations’ Rhythm ‘n Bullets. The arcade-inspired action game is now available on the new distribution channel for $9.99. The game had already come to Quest via SideQuest and is also available on PC VR...
Google open sources Tilt Brush VR software as it shuts down internal development
As Facebook and Apple begin to fire up more projects in the AR/VR world, Google has spent the last year shutting down most of their existing projects in that space. Today, the folks at Google announced they had ended active development of Tilt Brush, a VR painting app that was one of virtual reality’s early...
Augmented reality’s awkward phase will be long and painful
Howdy friends, this is the web version of my Week in Review newsletter, it’s here to entice you to sign up and get it in your inbox every week. Last week, I showcased how Twitter was looking at the future of the web with a decentralized approach so that they wouldn’t be stuck unilaterally de-platforming...
Inside Schell Games’ Mission To Make A VR Sequel Amidst A Pandemic
Before Schell Games’ I Expect You To Die came to virtual reality, it was first realized in CR – cardboard reality. The team constructed crude physical versions of its levels out of old boxes. Scribbled labels turned leftover Amazon parcels into complex machinery, with bottle tops becoming the dials and buttons to operate them. It’s...
Population: One Season One Adds New Weapons, Map Changes
Population: One developers BigBox VR have confirmed details about the game’s upcoming Season One event, which begins sometime this month and will include new weapons, map updates and more. The season, titled ‘Uprising’, will last 10 weeks and “sets the stage for a continuously updated battle royale game where the combat will never be the...
TouchCast raises $55M to grow its mixed reality-based virtual event platform
Events — when they haven’t been cancelled altogether in the last 12 months due to the global health pandemic — have gone virtual and online, and a wave of startups that are helping people create and participate in those experiences are seeing a surge of attention — and funding. In the latest development, New York...
Gowalla raises $4 million from GV and Spark for its AR social app
The newly resurrected Gowalla wants to realize its mobile dreams from the early-aughts in an augmented reality world, and they’ve raised some new funding to make it happen. The AR startup tells TechCrunch that it has raised $4 million in seed funding co-led by Google’s venture arm GV and Spark Capital. Other investors include Niantic,...