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Hands-on: Varjo XR-4 Focal Edition takes passthrough to the next level

The Ghost Howls

At the end of the visit, I was asked if I wanted to play around with a plane simulator that was there in the demo room. This was my opinion until the demo of the cockpit. At Varjo I was able to try a few things and I will write a detailed article about one of them soon.

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The XR Week Peek (2025.04.08): Meta’s upcoming smartglasses may cost $1400, the worries for US tariffs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This year Razer made one of my favorite sketches, announcing the release of the Razer Skibidi, the headset that is able to translate what you say to the language of Gen Z and vice versa. Ndreams announced Synapse 2, but only for Google Cardboard, and Voodoo DE showed a preview of a very futuristic device.

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Varjo XR-4 hands-on preview: high resolution and raytracing are an explosive mix in VR

The Ghost Howls

Tracking has been switched to inside-out , and Varjo now provides a set of controllers, manufactured by Razer, together with the headset. I tried a few demos during which I moved in the room, also moving my head, and I felt no weird sensation about it. I had quite a good time seeing the bright visuals of the demo inside the device.

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Varjo announces XR-4 mixed reality headset with impressive resolution

The Ghost Howls

Mixed Reality Little showcase demo of Varjo XR-4 If people are already happy with Quest 3 cameras, imagine what they can do with 20Mpx passthrough cameras. ” Long story short: technology has evolved and now we can achieve similar results without the nuisance of using a dual display for each eye. It makes sense.

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OSVR’s HDK2 Demo Reminds Us of the Importance of “Good VR”

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

I want very much to believe in the vision of Razer-backed Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR), and a lot of early enthusiasts do too. OSVR The post OSVR’s HDK2 Demo Reminds Us of the Importance of “Good VR” appeared first on UploadVR.

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Cloudhead Games – Lessons Learned From Five Years of VR Locomotion Experiments

Road to VR

Fall 2013, Oculus DK1 + Razer Hydra. My journey into VR locomotion began with the sunsetting Razer Hydra in late 2013. I was working on Exploration School, an early tech demo for our built-for-VR adventure game The Gallery (2016). Spring 2014, Oculus DKHD + Razer Hydra. The First Climb. Image courtesy Cloudhead Games.

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All the best AR/VR news from CES 2023

The Ghost Howls

Vive XR Elite is a headset that is very lightweight, and many people that tried it at CES reported that it felt very comfortable for the time of the demo. The headsets shown there were more to showcase SHARP components at work together in a demo VR HMD than to hint at a future SHARP headset. And it left many journalists impressed.

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