AR Technology Jockeys Its Way To Horse Racing Tracks

Will immersive technology win, place, or show at the track? A Finnish-based technology firm called Immersal has developed an augmented reality (AR) system compatible with “horse racing tracks anywhere,” according to the company. Revealed at GITEX in Dubai, the app can be accessed via a mobile device or AR headset. The technology works by layering […]

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VRScout & Kyle Melnick

Panasonic’s Latest Shiftall Prototype Brings SteamVR Tracking Module & Index Controller Support
Panasonic brand Shiftall has revealed the latest prototype of its MeganeX VR headset. Along with the updated design the company has shown off a SteamVR Tracking module to add precision tracking to the headset, along with support for Valve Index controllers. The company says it will be showing off the latest design at the AWE Europe […]

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Try On Halloween Costumes In AR Using Snapchat

Once you’ve decided on a costume, you can select ‘Shop Now’ to purchase. With Halloween just around the corner, many people are in search of the perfect costume to celebrate this year’s festivities. Thankfully, Snapchat has your back. This year the social media app has partnered with costume design and manufacturing company Disguise Inc. to […]

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6 Innovative Mixed Reality Experiences For Quest 2

These Meta Quest 2 passthrough experiences blend the real world with the digital. Passthrough uses the Quest’s external cameras to provide real-time visualization of the physical world. Last year, Meta made their Passthrough API available to developers who have used it to create a range of different apps that blend virtual objects with your real-world […]

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HOST Is A VR Puzzle Game Set Inside A Giant Alien

No menus, no instructions, and no artificial locomotion. HOST is an insanely creepy room-scale VR experience set inside an alien organism, making it the perfect game to celebrate the 2022 Halloween season. Think of HOST as the Midsommer of VR games. If you’ve never seen that movie, I highly recommend checking it out. It’s a total […]

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Meta’s Next-gen Avatar Presentation Was Too Good to Be True… For Now at Least
This week Meta showed off a preview of its next-gen avatars during the Connect keynote. Frankly, they looked great! However, there’s… less than meets the eye here. When Mark Zuckerberg appeared in Horizon during the Connect 2022 keynote sporting a next-gen Meta avatar with complete body tracking I was frankly blown away. Compared to the existing […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

YouTube is (finally) Coming to Horizon Home Making it Easier to Watch with Friends
Meta announced that Quest users will soon be able to watch YouTube content inside Horizon Home, the first-party social VR space that’s finally making it easy to hang out in VR with friends. Meta is slowly… painfully slowly… building out the core social features of its Quest series of headsets that first launched all the […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

Google’s Project Starline Starts Real-world Testing, Bringing Light-field Video Calls to Partners
Google’s Project Starline is an experimental system for immersive video chatting that aims to close the distance between people without needing an AR or VR headset. At Google’s annual Cloud Next conference, the company announced it’s rolling out the booth-sized device in early access to select enterprise partners, officially taking it beyond the walls of […]

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UFC & Meta Are Partnering To Bring MMA To VR

Mixed martial arts fans are in for a serious treat. Fans of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) were in for a surprise earlier this month when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made an unexpected appearance at UFC Vegas 61. The Facebook founder was spotted in the audience during the event, prompting speculation from fans and media […]

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VRScout & Kyle Melnick

AR Mirrors Take Window Shopping To The Next Level

Virtual try-on technology invades brick-and-mortar stores. Augmented reality (AR) technology is proving to be an immensely powerful tool within the fashion industry. In just the past few months, we’ve seen a number of interesting projects, from real clothing with AR effects like the RTFKT x Nike AR Genesis Hoodie to an AR-powered fashion show with […]

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