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The past few months has brought little speculation surrounding the name of Meta’s next headset, primarily due to a number of leaks from Meta’s periphery. A new leak, courtesy of serial dataminer Luna , however seemingly confirms what we all knew all along. It’s called Quest 3S. Meta’s support pages now confirm the “Action Button” on Meta Quest 3S that I had previously leaked: [link] pic.twitter.com/uKuhluk4nC — Luna (@Lunayian) September 13, 2024 The image abo
What is a virtual reality camera, how does it work, and how can you choose the right model to capture awe-inspiring XR content? Here’s everything you need to know. Virtual reality is quickly becoming a mainstream technology, not just for consumers, but for businesses investing in new strategies for immersive collaboration , too. However, for virtual reality to truly thrive as part of the everyday tech stack, we need more than just ergonomic, high-performance headsets.
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Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
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Sony updated PlayStation VR2's firmware to fix the rotational distortion issue we noted in our review of the PC adapter. In our review of the PSVR 2 PC adapter , I praised how it delivers a unique OLED PC VR headset with stunning colors and contrast, at the cost of a softer image with a mura pattern. But I also noted a strange and distracting image distortion issue when rotating our head side-to-side horizontally, one that didn't occur when using the headset on a PlayStation 5, and didn't happen
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