VRScout

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 is the most exciting piece of VR hardware to hit the market since Facebook’s original standalone VR headset, offering incredible visuals, increased processing power, and a smaller, lighter design—all for a lower price than the first-generation model. The best VR headset on the market just got even better.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2019

We all dream of the Metaverse , a fantastic online virtual world where we can all hang out with other people and do whatever we want. And even worse, these virtual worlds are like silos: they don’t talk to each other, they are separate the one from the others, they are not connected in any way. What is your job?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 25, 2017

Earlier this year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg teased a new form of input being developed over at Oculus: hand tracking gloves. We only saw them through a picture at first, but now a video has surfaced online showing them in action. An unlisted Oculus video posted last week, unearthed by Reddit , shows the gloves in action.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Bloober Team , the developer behind VR horror experiences Layers of Fear and Layers of Fear 2 , is bringing one of the most terrifying video games ever to VR. Blair Witch: Oculus Quest Edition will cut you out from reality and drop you into the mysterious lore of the Blair Witch. You can pet the dog.

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Road to VR

APRIL 18, 2017

Oculus says that Facebook’s newly released social VR app, Facebook Spaces , “takes some of the best features of Facebook and brings them into your VR space,” but it also lets you do new things that you could never do on Facebook before. These three videos show some of Facebook Spaces’ most interesting features.

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VRScout

MARCH 19, 2021

The new avatar system will debut first on Facebook Horizon for Oculus Quest headsets. Yesterday, Mark Rabkin, VP of Oculus, sat down with CNET’s Scott Stein to chat about the companies advancements in VR avatar technology, during which a brand new VR avatar system for Oculus Quest/Quest 2 headsets was revealed.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2020

Check out this next-gen office powered by Oculus’ Passthrough technology. Earlier this week Facebook’s head of AR & VR Andrew “Boz” Bosworth showed off an experimental mixed reality workspace powered via prototype Oculus hardware. “This is real footage using prototype headsets.

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VRScout

JUNE 28, 2021

The esports industry has come a long way since its humble beginnings back in 1972 when a handful of students from Standford University took part in the first reported video game tournament featuring the 1962 space combat game Spacewar! Virtex wants to revolutionize the way we view live esports by replicating the IRL stadium experience in VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2017

Oculus recently published the first installment of their ‘Developer Perspectives’ video playlists, detailed on the developer blog. Over the coming weeks, Crytek says they they will publish some 40 videos exploring those experiments and the thinking behind them.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The Oculus Connect 6 is approaching. Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. What will Oculus announce? This is the homepage of Oculus website (Image by Oculus).

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VRScout

JUNE 11, 2018

During the Warriors Parade, Under Armour is launching a pop-up event in Oakland along the parade route at 1500 Broadway where you can experience the piece in a VR gallery via Samsung Gear VR powered by Oculus. The post Under Armour Builds Virtual World to Celebrate Stephen Curry’s 3rd NBA World Championship appeared first on VRScout.

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Hypergrid Business

OCTOBER 7, 2024

A couple tools that have supported me are Tripp’s virtual reality meditation program and their free mobile app. Tripp’s VR app made sense for me, being that I have found video games to be a sanctuary to tune out the anxieties in my head and get lost in another realm.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2017

Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist at Oculus, as-ever delivered an inspiring presentation at today’s F8 conference, this time on the topic of Augmented Reality. ” You can watch his presentation in full in the video below, starting at 57:45. Live at F8. Facebook's CTO Mike Schroepfer is kicking-off day two of #F8.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2024

A few days ago I posted this video on my social media channels where I poured some biscuits from a real-world biscuit box into my VR kitchen to have some breakfast: So tasty… The video got some interest from the community and some people asked me how I did it.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

There are very few virtual worlds more perplexing than VRChat. Perhaps it’s due to the open-source nature of the application; users are responsible for the creation of most of the game’s content, whether that be hand-crafted avatars and activities or entirely new worlds. asks creator Walgesitch in the promotional video.

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Road to VR

MAY 21, 2019

Oculus’ new ‘Defy Reality’ ad spot for Quest effectively uses mixed reality video capture to show players in VR, instead of just showing first person footage that’s hard to understand if you haven’t actually been in a headset before. Oculus is far from the first to use mixed reality capture for VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 7, 2019

Today developer Stress Level Zero showed off one of the game’s first levels in a new video. Stress Level Zero’s goal with Boneworks is to base the game on a static set of physics-based rules in order to give players the freedom to tackle both puzzles and combat in any way that comports with the rules of the game world.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

Before hopping into the virtual world, attendees select their name and choose a personal photo (preferably the one you used for your badge) to serve as the head of their avatar. Once finished with a Q&A, attendees are then transported to the third and final virtual world, Film Party. Image Credit: Sundance Institute.

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2021

Explore a whimsical recreation of the infamous Austin-based festival on your Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, or SteamVR headset. Similar to the Sundance virtual celebration conducted this past January, SXSW Online XR allows you the chance to experience this year’s festivities from the comfort of your home using the power of VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2024

More info The viral video of the week There is a video that has become popular in the VR communities these days: i t shows how an environment can be converted into different versions of it thanks to the power of the Apple Vision Pro. It is the classical concept video that looks cool in theory but makes little sense in practice.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2021

They used their VR developing skills to create a new virtual world, where the user is not just a spectator, but a participant. Why the Need for a Virtual Reality Stadium? The Future Is Virtual for All Types of Events. Virtex Stadium is proof that people can enjoy life in a virtual world, just as they do in the real world.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2019

At Oculus Connect 6, we had the opportunity to try out many of the new things announced at the event, as well as check out the latest work by developers and creators working in the VR space. In this article and video, we highlight some of the most interesting things we saw. Oculus Link. Oculus Hand Tracking.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Developed by Pillow’s Willow VR Studios in partnership with PSV and Sportscloud, Active Esports Eindhoven immerses players in the world of Exodus Burn, a combination VR escape room and digital obstacle course in which your body becomes the controller as you race against the clock to perform a variety of unique 1-minute challenges.

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ARPost

AUGUST 20, 2021

Build-A-Burn offers browser-based virtual worlds, which Burners can explore and create for other community members. To celebrate the Virtual Burn, Burners can start video watch parties with their closest community members. How to Attend Burning Man Virtual Reality Experience.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Today at Oculus Connect 4, the company’s annual developer conference, Oculus revealed the Project Santa Cruz ‘Prototype 2’ standalone VR headset, including 6DOF motion controllers. Image courtesy Oculus. Oculus told me that tracking on the P2 had been a major focus since the P1 was shown last year.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

These and other immersive experience showcases and conferences have largely gone digital by creating their own custom virtual worlds. They have also allowed people to attend from anywhere in the world without the concern for travel and lodgings. For example, LFF Expanded required an Oculus headset. Experiencing LucidWeb.

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VRScout

AUGUST 29, 2021

. “We noticed that not only do people communicate better in these environments but they are able to stay for longer periods of time without feeling fatigued, they make more friends and develop a deeper sense of belonging and community compared to standard video conferencing platforms. ” Image Credit: HeadOffice.Space.

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VRScout

APRIL 10, 2021

You will be able to move around freely in the room while you listen to your favorite music or watch a video on your TV. Ekholm’s NFT VR experience is designed to be used on the most common VR headsets, such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Oculus Quest via Oculus Link. That is if you’re the highest bidder.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

Virtual reality focuses on introducing a virtual world with which people can interact. Virtual reality uses software to create realistic images, sounds, and other senses that replicate a real environment and mimic a user’s physical presence within this environment, controlled or experienced by body movement.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 27, 2019

Video tutorial: how to activate passthrough on your Valve Index. You can find the video here: Even if you are going to read the textual version of the video here below, I recommend you to also watch the video so that you can see all the passthrough modes in action! How to activate the front camera view on the Valve Index.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2020

In light of the global pandemic, Facebook announced last week it was making way for more productivity and collaboration apps on the Oculus Store to help bridge businesses together in a time of social distancing. SEE ALSO Facebook's 'Oculus for Business' Quest Enterprise Platform is Finally Openly Available.

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VRScout

AUGUST 16, 2019

VR is not only a visual experience, but very much a physical one where your movements in the real world are matched in the virtual world. Depending on the workout, Chacon would use either an Oculus Go, Oculus Quest, or an HTC Vive to pump up his cardio. “I got fat,” said Chacon during an interview with VRScout.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Earlier this year the Unity Labs team shared an incredible proof-of-concept mixed reality demo that shows the power of blending the real and virtual worlds together. It’s tough to explain so let’s jump right to a video example: Take a look at the video above. But do you notice anything else interesting?

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Facebook is plugging away on creating their perfect VR app that promises to integrate the social platform into 3D virtual worlds. Last we saw of the prototype in April that introduced a number of features, all of which hinge on Touch, the natural input controller from Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2021

Finally, Facebook has released passthrough APIs for Quest 2, so you can create AR/MR apps for the Oculus standalone headset. It is like an exhibition of real and virtual products, but all made inside VRChat, with a level of detail that is impressive. More info (Virtual Market 6) More info (DecaGear at Virtual Market 6).

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2022

All these tools look amazing also for the creation of very realistic VR experiences, but actually, we should hold our enthusiasm: both Nanite and Lumen are not available for VR yet, and Epic has not announced any kind of improvement of the workflow for development for Oculus Quest 2, either. Some news on content.

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AR Insider

MAY 24, 2021

Starline promises telepresence technology to reimage video conferencing as we’ve never seen. It looks so real because the video participants are being scanned in 3D. Soon, you will be able to superimpose your real self into a virtual world through Oculus casting. The Oculus Go was launched under his watch.

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