Snapchat announced the launch of a new AR project called Monumental Perspectives, which lets Snapchat users view five augmented reality artworks placed across Los Angeles. The project is a collaboration between Snapchat and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The AR monuments have been by created artists and technologists who are part of...
Pico Interactive revealed the specifications for its Neo 3 headset and it is looking a lot like Oculus Quest 2 minus Facebook. However, the headset is being pitched only to consumers in Asia. The new headset is pitched as running the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 platform with a switch to optical controller tracking. The earlier Pico...
The latest arcade shooter has arrived on Quest, but with a swinging twist. Here are our impressions of Swarm, available now on the Oculus Store. Swarm is a entertaining distillation of a few other elements we’ve seen in VR before. It’s got fantastic swinging mechanics for traversal, solid arcade gunplay and a wave-based enemy structure...
Straylight, a new VR platformer set in space, will launch later this year for Oculus Quest, PSVR and PC VR. The game will see you use stars as anchor points to pull yourself through space, with easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay that “finds inspiration in the white-knuckle, pixel-perfect platformers of yesteryear.” Here’s a description from Dr Bloc,...
VZfit will launch its subscription fitness service on the Oculus Store for Quest with smart bike and Google Maps Street View integration. The workout service is listed as coming soon on the Oculus Store, though it was previously available for Quest outside the store. VZfit’s focus is on transporting users to exercise virtually anywhere around...
Facebook will host an Oculus Gaming Showcase streaming to various sites on April 21. The event will stream to Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube in the United States and Japan at 3 pm Pacific time on April 21. Facebook teased reveals from Cloudhead Games, Ready At Dawn, and ILMxLab with news related to Pistol Whip, Lone...
Diego Marcos is one of the most important figures in WebXR’s story so far. At Mozilla he helped kickstart the WebVR standard, which then became WebXR. He co-created A-Frame, an open source library to create VR experiences on the web, and remains its lead developer, maintainer, community manager. Marcos now works at Supermedium, a company he...
Innerspace VR gets it. Whether it’s the intimate theatre of its Firebird series or the unforgettable assault on reality that is A Fisherman’s Tale, the studio is in constant search of invigorating new ideas for VR games and experiences. In this respect, the Paris-based team feels ahead of the pack. But, in fairness, it had...
HTC is planning a “Vivecon” for May 11 and 12 that’s likely to reveal new headset hardware. A new tweet from the @htcvive Twitter account teases “Mark your calendars” with what looks like the front face of a VR headset outlined in the image. Following the reveals of a new tracking puck and facial sensor,...
Pokémon Go is in a class by itself with near-universal appeal and it will be a guiding light for AR development in the years to come. Perhaps I’m a bit warped by my attachment to the creatures I started capturing on my Gameboy before the turn of the century. No matter where I went with...
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