Remove Arizona Remove Controllers Remove Microsoft
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2024.11.26): Valve Roy controller leaked, VR Black Friday deals, and more!

The Ghost Howls

But for now, I’ll just tell you what have been in my opinion the most interesting pieces of XR news of the week… Top news of the week (Image by KnightMD) Valve Deckard’s “Roy” controllers allegedly leaked The usual Brad Lynch with his team of data miners has found evidence of a controller codenamed Roy in the code of SteamVR.

article thumbnail

Hands-on: Microsoft’s “Mixed Reality” VR Motion Controllers

Road to VR

Microsoft debuted the lengthily-named “Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers” back in May, but until now we haven’t had a chance to actually try them out. During a recent meeting with Microsoft in San Francisco, I got to try the VR controllers for the first time paired with the Acer Windows VR headset.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

XR News Round-Up: Ghosts of Tabor, Chronostrike, Arizona Sunshine & More

Upload VR

Between Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 , The Thrill Of The Fight 2 in early access, By Grit Alone and Wall Town Wonders , there was something for everyone. While hardware news has been relatively quiet, reports emerged regarding Valve Deckard's controllers. We're slowly nearing the end of November and the big releases haven't let up.

Arizona 110
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2023.05.30): Quest 3 preview, XR journalists invited to WWDC, and more!

The Ghost Howls

But the thing that surprised me the most in Gurman’s description is the controllers. Controllers do have not the tracking ring like the ones of Quest 2 and have not onboard cameras like the ones of Quest Pro (I guess they would have been too expensive). In the meanwhile, Microsoft is working on a 1.1

Apple 471
article thumbnail

The XR Week Peek (2023.11.21): OpenAI drama shakes the AI world, Unity enables Vision Pro development, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. I’ll try to summarize all of that, especially for what concerns the announcements related to our XR space.

Unity 440
article thumbnail

VR & AR 2018: A Year In Review

VRScout

2018 also saw the release of Arizona Sunshine LB VR Edition , a location-based version of Vertigo Games’ 2016 VR smash-hit, Arizona Sunshine. With Oculus having already debuted their upcoming Oculus Quest 6DoF standalone headset with dual controller support, 2019 is shaping up to be an even bigger year for standalone VR.

AR 377
article thumbnail

Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 1: Everything you need to know about Vive Trackers

The Ghost Howls

Today I host a new post by my friend and VR professional Rob Cole , who has already published many interesting posts on my blog, including a review of Pimax Sword controllers , a series of hack on how to modify the Valve Index , and his experiements in creating new innovative controllers for SteamVR. Bit Space loves the trackers.”

HTC 497