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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.
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. Unity 6 takes back the original way of specifying engine versions and abandons the confusing one that bound a new Unity version to the year it was released.
XR ergonomics expert Rob Cole published last year on this platform an article detailing Project Caliper , that is his experiments in building fully configurable controllers for SteamVR. The article soon gets viral, and many people would have loved to see these controllers go into production. So what was this new idea then?
Top news of the week (Image by Meta) There are new leaks on Meta Quest 3S This week we had new leaks on Quest 3S, including many images of the headset and its controllers and some leaked information on the Quest documentation website. The new CEO has finally made the great decision to remove it.
It is relevant that for the first time, a Varjo headset is adding integrated audio and integrated controllers. It’s interesting that someone has already started modifying this application, and a guy already obtained a version that works just with hand tracking and no controllers. Lone Echo).
The puck of the Nimo runs on top of a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR 2 (Gen 1) and it is used both as a computation unit and as a controller. Release date of Stride: Fates New gameplay video for Arizona: Sunshine 2 Rolling Stones pack for Beat Saber Trailer and Release date for Silent Slayer. It looks like a cool gadget. SteamVR 2.0
Today I host another amazing article by the VR ergonomics expert Rob Cole , which has already written on this blog amazing posts, like the series about the ergonomics of the Valve Index or the viral article about the amazing Caliper VR controllers he worked on by himself. Image provided by Rob Cole). Second-generation base station (2.0)
Game developers are also preparing for it: popular games like SuperHot, Red Matter , and Arizona Sunshine will publish new updates to take in count the new horsepower of the Quest 2. There are also two simple 6DOF controllers through which you can interact with the augmentations. Someone has made a WebAR exporter for Unity.
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The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. Mark Gurman reiterated a similar rumor: he didn’t say that Meta will ship it without controllers, but just that it is evaluating also that option. The second is about interactions.
Today is Unity’s Vision Summit in Los Angeles. Runners up for the honor included Vertigo’s Arizona Sunshine and Virtual Virtual Reality from Tender Claws. Superhot VR is an action/puzzle hybrid with a unique time control mechanic. Superhot VR has been awarded Best Game at the Vision Awards. Baobab Studios).
Its controllers have no ring and no onboard cameras. That’s why Quest Touch Pro controllers are better. Quest 3 will be compatible with Touch Pro controllers for the ones that need better accuracy. I expect the tracking of Quest Plus to improve over time thanks to software updates, though.
I’ll mention a bunch more: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Qualcomm, Intel, Unity — you’re looking at these massive companies now, and they’re all betting big on VR and AR. It’s the same in Arizona in summer. Alan: You nailed it there, because you mentioned two big companies. Those kind of things.
I’ll mention a bunch more: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Qualcomm, Intel, Unity — you’re looking at these massive companies now, and they’re all betting big on VR and AR. It’s the same in Arizona in summer. Alan: You nailed it there, because you mentioned two big companies. Those kind of things.
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