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Video: Can Mawari Unlock XR’s ‘Frameless Future?’
The current streaming infrastructure is built for 2D content like Netflix. So it won’t work for XR, given bit rates and graphical processing needs. This is the issue that Mawari is tackling. And it’s attacking from several angles.
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Virtuix Goes Public During a Turbulent Moment for Consumer VR
VR treadmill creator Virtuix is going public, as its Class A ordinary shares will start trading today on the Global Market tier of the Nasdaq. The company’s stock market debut comes as consumer VR investment and first-party content spending have slowed across the industry. The News Founded in 2013 by CEO Jan Goetgeluk, Virtuix initially started its […]
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Studio Behind VR Hit ‘Walkabout Mini Golf’ Lays Off 25% of Staff, Raises DLC Price Moving Forward
Mighty Coconut, the indie studio behind Walkabout Mini Golf (2020), announced it’s reduced headcount by 25% n addition to raising future DLC prices to offset costs. Might Coconut founder Lucas Martell published a blogpost explaining some of the difficulties the studio is facing amid the backdrop of an admittedly “challenging” VR game development landscape. After staff reductions, […]
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Meta CTO: Metaverse Efforts Led to a “lack of focus” on Quest “at expense of user experience”
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth offered the first bit of insight into the company’s recent Reality Labs shakeup, publicly acknowledging that Meta’s metaverse efforts suffered from a “lack of focus” that ultimately hurt the user experience on Quest. Speaking at Axios House in Davos, Switzerland alongside the World Economic Forum last week, Bosworth discussed several issues […]
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5 Lessons from Building ‘Bootstrap Island’: Best Practices for Creating Truly Immersive VR Worlds
Every game is the result of thousands of choices. Some of these choices are creative, some technical, and some concern the scope and budget. After pouring sweat and tears into a project, there is nothing more heartbreaking for a game developer than realizing that some early choice made long ago was not the best one […]
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XR at Odds: What’s Behind Xreal’s Lawsuit Against Viture?
As you’ve most likely heard, Xreal has filed a IP infringement suit against video display-glasses competitor Viture. Is this principled IP litigation or market maneuvering, or both? Charlie Fink dives into details & dynamics.
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Perennial VR Classic ‘Job Simulator’ Hits 6 Million Installs, Averaging 600,000 Units Annually
Google-owned XR studio Owlchemy Labs announced that its breakout VR hit Job Simulator (2016) has now surpassed six million installs. Job Simulator has been one of the most successful VR games over the past decade, having not found firm footing as a launch title for the original HTC Vive, PSVR, and Oculus Touch back in 2016, but […]
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Spatial Beats: Open AI Revenue Surges, Hardware on the Way
Open AI annualized revenue surges… but is it enough for the company’s spending plans. That plus the company’s rumored pin device and big funding rounds are covered in this week’s XR and AI roundup, through the lens of Charlie Fink.
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VR Modder Luke Ross Removes All Mods Following ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ DMCA Takedown
Luke Ross, the prolific VR modder, was recently involved in a DMCA takedown issued by CD Projekt for his paywalled Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod, which the studio claims breaks its terms of service. Now, Ross has removed access to all of his various VR mods in response. Patreon immediately removed Ross’ Cyberpunk 2077 VR mod following […]
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Survey: Who’s Using Mobile AR and How Often?
39 percent of U.S. adults have used AR at least once according to our latest survey. But how often are they using it? We drill into survey sentiments in the latest Behind the Numbers installment.
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