Ultraleap has shared a developer preview of Gemini, the fifth generation of its hand tracking software, claiming improved performance with two-handed interactions. Ultraleap says that it rewrote its tracking engine “from the ground up” for Gemini, which will allow increased flexibility and compatibility with different types of hardware and platforms. The Gemini software will be...
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FitXR Gets Boxing And Dancing DLC Packs On Quest Today
Oculus Quest fitness app FitXR is expanding its roster of workouts with two DLC packs for its core activities today. The Absolute Dance and Absolute Box activities will be available later today for $9.99/£7.99 each. Both packs add an hour of content to their respective activities; boxing has you punching notes to the beat while...
Population: One ‘Darkest Days’ Event Introduces Night Map, Out Now
Update: As of today, January 28th, the Darkest Days event is now live with a new night version of the map that’s randomly switched in and out per match, new gun skins, new 9v9 War mode with one massive zone shrink. The event runs until February 7th. Original: Today Bigbox VR announced that the upcoming...
Yupitergrad Review: Innovative VR Platforming That’s As Much Hard Work As It Is Fun
Does this Spider-Man-style VR swinging game take off? Find out in our Yupitergrad review. Sometimes something can be a clear labor of love but, also, very much still a labor. Take Yupitergrad; it’s an innovative and deeply considered VR platformer with an absolutely brilliant central mechanic but, my god, is it hard work sometimes. Yupitergrad’s...
Reakt Is A Fiendish Brain Training Quest Game Out Today
Dr Kawashima has some competition; Reakt is a new Oculus Quest game that offers VR brain training. But Reakt, which is out today via the official Oculus Store, isn’t your usual collection of brain-teasers. Instead, the platform is focused on brain training for athletes. It asks you what your favorite sports are and then attempts...
How To Connect PSVR To PS5 And PS4 Consoles
Got a new PSVR headset and trying to figure out how to connect it to your PS5 or PS4 console? Here’s our guide. PSVR launched in 2016 for the PlayStation 4 console. Despite the PlayStation 5 taking over as the current generation, the PSVR headset is still available for purchase and is compatible with the...
Green Hell VR: How Open World Survival Is A Great Fit For Virtual Reality
Green Hell is a popular open world wilderness survival game that’s getting a VR port for Quest and PC VR headsets later this year. We took some time to catch up with the developers behind the port and find out what makes the game such a great fit for VR. Scheduled to launch in Q3...
F-35 Pilot: The AR Helmet’s Field Of View Is Too Narrow
In an interview with aviation magazine Hush-Kit, an anonymous F-35 pilot complained about the field of view of the jet’s AR helmet. The F-35 is a multi-decade project by the United States & its global military allies to replace legacy “workhorse” aircraft like the F-16, F/A-18, and Harrier with a high tech multi-role stealth fighter...
More Than 60 Oculus Quest Titles Surpass $1 Million In Revenue
Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth, Vice President of Facebook Reality Labs, provided an update on Quest game and app revenue via Twitter, noting that over 60 titles had now surpassed $1 million in revenue. Facebook doesn’t release statistics such as units sold for its headsets like the Oculus Quest, which can sometimes make growth hard to quantify....
Oculus Quest Unlisted App Distribution Launch Likely Imminent
In another Instagram AMA, Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth, Vice President of Augmented and Virtual Reality at Facebook suggested that the launch of the new unlisted app distribution method for Oculus Quest is likely to release very soon. Bosworth frequently hosts Instagram AMAs (ask-me-anything), where followers can submit questions that he responds to with a recorded response...