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Meta's 'Avalanche' VR Cloud Streaming System Is Now Listed On The Store

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Meta's long-in-development 'Avalanche' VR cloud streaming system is now listed on Quest's Horizon Store. The Avalanche app can be wishlisted, but not actually redeemed or purchased, and thus can't be downloaded or used. The store lists the app's release date as 24 July 2024, three months ago, which may be the time it was uploaded to the store system.

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Meta & ETH Zurich Researchers Say They've Solved Turning Any Surface Into A Keyboard

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Researchers from Meta and ETH Zurich have developed a software system called TouchInsight, which they say solves the problem of turning any surface into a virtual keyboard. Text input in VR and AR today is cumbersome, and significantly slower than on PCs and smartphones. Floating virtual keyboards require awkwardly holding your hands up and slowly pressing one key at a time, providing no haptic feedback and preventing you from resting your wrist.