SSVAR blog talking about virtual reality,augmented reality and mixed reality.
Long in-development VR fantasy game, A Township Tale, will be coming to Oculus Quest next month. Alta Reality’s unique adventure VR just closed out this summer’s Upload VR Showcase with the reveal of its standalone version. The game arrives on the official Oculus Quest store on July 15 for $9.99. Check out the announcement trailer...
In Friday acquisition news, Shopify shared today that they’ve acquired the team from augmented reality startup Primer, which makes an app that lets users visualize what tile, wallpaper or paint will look like on surfaces inside their home. In a blog post, co-founders Adam Debreczeni and Russ Maschmeyer write that Primer’s app and services will...
Magic Leap has had a rough couple of years, highlighted by high-profile executive departures, lawsuits, troublesome patent shuffles, and massive layoffs. Despite this, things seem to have calmed down at the augmented reality startup under Peggy Johnson, but there are still questions as to how things went awry under the old regime. • Don’t Miss:...
Source: Upload VR Showcase 2021
Facebook acquired another VR shooter game development studio with the purchase of BigBox VR, the creator of battle royale title POPULATION: ONE. Facebook said it wouldn’t disclose the terms of the deal, which follows the April purchase of Downpour Interactive and its tactical multiplayer shooter Onward. Both POPULATION: ONE and Onward are among the highest...
Valve is offering another preview of what’s to come for SteamVR next week with Steam Next Fest. The revamped festival kicks off on Wednesday, June 16, and offers demos of a selection of VR titles alongside a swathe of flatscreen games too. Check out a very quick look at just some of the games in...
Earlier this month indie studio Robot Turtle turned heads with a tweet about its mind-bending puzzle game, Viewfinder. Now a possible VR version of the game is being teased. Viewfinder is all about solving challenges by finding a new perspective on things. Missing a bridge in a walkway? Raise a picture of one up to...
This week, Apple unveiled its own version of Google Lens in the form of Live Text. In response, Google just hit back with a new feature for its visual search tool called Places, a new search category that can recognize landmarks and return information on them within the camera view, which Apple touted as a...
This week, the Museum of Other Realities launched its XR3 exhibition — a joint project between Cannes XR, the NewImages Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. Not only does the exhibition feature some fantastic immersive VR content, but it presents it in a way that feels fresh, appropriate and the right direction for VR film...
Virtual Desktop now has a beta of its own take on Facebook’s Asynchronous Spacewarp (ASW) – and the extrapolation is actually better. Since just after the first Oculus Quest launched in 2019, without official PC support, Guy Godin’s app Virtual Desktop has offered wireless PC VR streamed over your home WiFi network. Facebook initially rejected...
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