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These Clever Tools Make VR Way More Immersive – Inside XR Design

In Inside XR Design we examine specific examples of great VR design. Today we’re looking at the clever design of Red Matter 2’s ‘grabber tools’ and the many ways that they contribute to immersion. You can find the complete video below, or continue reading for an adapted text version. Intro Today we’re going to talk about […]

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4. November 2023

VR Design Unpacked: This Immersion Hack is Too Simple to Work So Well

In Inside XR Design we examine specific examples of great VR design. Today we’re looking at the clever design of Red Matter 2’s ‘grabber tools’ and the many ways that they contribute to immersion. Editor’s Note: Red Matter 2 was released four years ago this month! Despite its age, it remains one of the best looking and […]

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Designing Mixed Reality Apps That Adapt to Dynamic Spaces

Laser Dance is an upcoming mixed reality game that seeks to use Quest’s passthrough capability as more than just a background. In this Guest Article, developer Thomas Van Bouwel explains his approach to designing an MR game that responds dynamically to different environments. Guest Article by Thomas Van Bouwel Thomas is a Belgian-Brazilian VR developer currently based in […]

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19. Oktober 2023

Apple is Approaching Social on Vision Pro the Way Meta Should Have All Along

As one of the world’s leading social media companies, it seemed like Meta would be in the best position to create a rich social experience on its XR headsets. But after almost a decade of building XR platforms, interacting with friends on Meta’s headsets is still a highly fragmented affair. With Vision Pro, Apple is […]

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16. Oktober 2023

I Tried to Play VR With Friends on Quest and it was a Nightmare (Again)

It feels like every time I try to get friends to have some fun in VR with me, the experience is somehow horribly painful. This time I kept a journal of the entire experience to catalogue the struggles seen by real Quest users every day. The advent of Quest was supposed to streamline the usage […]

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11. Oktober 2023

Quest 3 Review – A Great Headset Waiting to Reach Its Potential

Following Quest 2 almost three years to the day, Quest 3 is finally here. Meta continues its trend of building some of the best VR hardware out there, but it will be some time yet before the headset’s potential is fully revealed. Read on for our full Quest 3 review. I wanted to start this […]

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9. Oktober 2023

The Biggest Announcements at Meta Connect and What it All Means for the Future of XR

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wearing Quest 3 | Image courtesy Meta

Meta Connect 2023 has wrapped up, bringing with it a deluge of info from one of the XR industry’s biggest players. Here’s a look at the biggest announcements from Connect 2023, but more importantly, what it all means for the future of XR. Last week marked the 10th annual Connect conference, and the first Connect […]

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6. Oktober 2023

Hands-on: Quest 3 is an Impressive Leap That’s Still Held Back by Software Struggles

Quest 3 is an impressive leap in hardware, especially in the visual department, but it continues Meta’s tradition of building great hardware that feels held back by its software. Update (September 27th, 2023): Fixed the link to the second page at the bottom of this page. After months of teasing and leaks, Quest 3 is finally, […]

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27. September 2023

Bigscreen Beyond Review – Promising but Incomplete, Just Like This Review

Bigscreen Beyond is the most interesting and promising new dedicated PC VR headset to come out in years, and while there’s a lot to like, we’re still waiting on a key piece that will make or break the headset. Bigscreen Beyond has one goal in mind: make the smallest possible headset with the highest possible […]

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26. September 2023

New Quest Update Reimagines the Landing Page, Once Again Sequestering Your App Library

Instead of taking you right to your library of installed apps, Meta is making yet another perplexing change to the Quest landing page in v57. Since the earliest days of Meta’s VR platform, the company has been seemingly obsessed with not putting your library of VR apps front-and-center. Instead the first thing you see when you […]

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11. September 2023