ActiveLook Brings “Light AR” To Sports Sunglasses

Augmented reality for athletes. MicroOLED, an electronics company specializing in OLED microdisplays, earlier this week announced the latest version of its ActiveLook System, a see-through heads-up display designed for sports brands and eyewear manufacturers. The device provides users with key performance data in real-time, allowing them to stay informed while remaining focused on their training. […]

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ActiveLook Brings “Light AR” To Sports Sunglasses

Augmented reality for athletes. MicroOLED, an electronics company specializing in OLED microdisplays, earlier this week announced the latest version of its ActiveLook System, a see-through heads-up display designed for sports brands and eyewear manufacturers. The device provides users with key performance data in real-time, allowing them to stay informed while remaining focused on their training. […]

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VR Malware Lets Hackers Into Your Headset

“Big Brother” is watching. According to researchers at ReasonLabs, a leading cyber security company, hackers have developed a new form of VR malware for Android-based headsets like the Meta Quest that lets them record your headset screen. The “Big Brother” attack vector works by infecting unsuspecting PCs and lying dormant in the system waiting for […]

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AR-Powered Hard Hats Could Improve Workers’ Health

The device can be attached to different types of headgear and used for a variety of occupations. RUMEN is an augmented reality (AR) heads-up display that allows its wearer to adjust the lighting of their real-world environment in real-time. According to designers Hoyeon Shin, Siwook Lee, Seunghyun Hwang, and Jihyun Hong, the device can reduce […]

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‘Ultrawings 2′ Has ’10x More Sales’ on Quest, Developer Says, Despite Design Focus on PC VR
In a seemingly unprompted tweet this week, Ultrawings 2 developer Bit Planet Games said that despite building its latest game with a focus on the PC VR platform, the studio has seen significantly more sales volume on Quest 2. Adding to a growing heap of evidence that the addressable audience of VR players on Quest […]

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Pico 4 & Pico 4 Pro Standalone VR Headsets Spotted in FCC Filing
Pico Interactive, the VR hardware subsidiary to Chinese tech giant ByteDance, is apparently getting ready to release a new series of standalone VR headsets. As first reported by Protocol, Pico filed the devices with the FCC late last week, saying in the filing that it intends to launch both a Pico 4 Pro and Pico 4 standalone headsets. […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

‘The Twilight Zone VR’ Review – Fun Psychological Horror Marred by Crappy Combat
The Twilight Zone is an anthology franchise that’s spawned multiple TV shows throughout the decades following the iconic 1959 series. While the VR game stays mostly true to its roots, tossing out sci-fi horror themes and narrative twists aplenty, its inclusion of a finicky shooter-based combat system pitted against paper-thin enemies is a sore spot that […]

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VR Shooter Gambit! Lets You Fight Baddies With A Defibrillator

Charge up your ‘Gun Fever’ bar to unleash hell upon your foes using a variety of insane weaponry. Gambit! is an outrageous-looking VR shooter that has you joining a group of unstable mercenaries on a mission gone horribly, terribly wrong. The only way to escape with your life is to blast your way through multiple […]

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Superman 64 Is So Much Better In VR

A new prototype experience brings the infamous Nintendo 64 game to life on headsets, and it’s not half-bad… In May of 1999, Superman 64 launched on Nintendo 64 consoles. Despite impressive sales, the third-person action game was universally panned by critics, who labeled it as one of the worst video games of all time due […]

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Indie VR Gem ‘COMPOUND’ Gets 1.0 Release & Updated Demo, Headed to Quest Later This Year
Nearly four years after its early access debut, indie VR gem COMPOUND has launched version 1.0 on PC VR, including an updated demo for anyone to try. The game is expected to come to Quest as well later this year. Though little-known, Compound is the 6th best-rated VR game according to Steam (with an ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ 97% rating) and the 12th […]

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