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A Developer Figured Out How To Access Quest 3's Passthrough Cameras

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A developer figured out a clever way to access Quest 3's passthrough cameras to run custom computer vision models. Meta does not allow third-party developers to access the cameras of Quest headsets, but Michael Gschwandtner, the co-founder and lead developer of the hand tracking fitness app XRWorkout , posted a video to social media platforms showing the results of an interesting workaround to this restriction. 0:00 / 0:57 1× The demo video shows the open-source MobileNet V2 object detection mod

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1412: “Shadow Canyon” Combines Immersive Dance, VRChat World Building, & Theatre to Win Spirit of Raindance Award

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Shadow Canyon: A Puppeteer’s Tale is a unique blend of VRChat Worldbuilding by nprowler, immersive dance performances by students of the VR Dance Academy founded by Dust Bunny, and then improv actors and immersive theatre staging led by Mycana. Overall, it was such a unique blend of different disciplines that the curators of Raindance Immersive […] Shadow Canyon: A Puppeteer's Tale is a unique blend of VRChat Worldbuilding by nprowler, immersive dance performances by students of the

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ICYMI - GTA: San Andreas VR, Pico 4S Leaks, Quest Multitasking & More

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Our latest news roundup is live, featuring the biggest VR stories from the last week. With VR hardware, more images leaked of the Pico 4S headset before the upcoming launch event , and it's reaching China first on August 20. With Meta, we explored how seamless multitasking can be used on Quest 3 and Quest Pro. Quest headsets can now show almost any device via a capture card - we've detailed how you can use Quest HDMI Link.

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