Author Archives: Sam Ochanji
The Vatican Hops into the Metaverse
The Vatican is just the latest mainstream institution to hop onto the metaverse hype. The Vatican wants to open a Virtual Reality art gallery in a bid to "democratize art".…
Patent Suggests Apple AR Glasses Could Be Self-Cleaning
Apple has won a patent for a self-cleaning mechanism for a head-mounted device. Apple’s work on its tech glasses has been going on for years. A newly unearthed patent shows…
Patent Suggests Apple Glass Could Have Vision Correction
Right from the word go, a major issue with VR headsets has been the difficulty of fitting the devices over prescription glasses so that people with vision problems could have…
Seoul is Creating a Metaverse Replica to Improve Service Delivery
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is already one of the world’s smartest cities. More than 95% of its residents have 4G and 5G access and the city has free…
TheMall Wants to Lure Customers to Shop in the Metaverse with a Mega Meta Mall
TheMall is set to be the biggest department store in the metaverse when it launches this summer. The platform wants to bring customers to shop virtually via a browser that…
Google Teases New AR Translation Glasses
Has Google finally cracked the machine translation conundrum? Following its I/O presentation mid this week, Google unveiled a nice surprise. The tech giant displayed a brief video of a pair…
Manus VR Introduces its New Quantum Metagloves, Pre-Orders Begin
Virtual reality gloves manufacturer Manus has opened pre-orders for its latest finger tracking gloves, the Quantum Metagloves. The company is targeting enterprise customers with its latest product. Manus Quantum Metagloves…
Sci-Fi Classic Horror Game Twilight Zone Coming to Quest on July 14
The Twilight Zone is making a comeback as a virtual reality game for Quest 2. Here is a quick look at the history of this science fiction classic. The Twilight…
New KAT Walk Treadmill Targeting At-Home Uses, Kickstarter Begins
Kat VR’s first Kickstarter for its Kat Walk VR treadmill was in 2015. Now the company is going back to Kickstarter for a new round of fundraising for the second…
Brief Project Cambria Demo Shows Its Color Passthrough Capabilities
In a demo where the headset was largely blurred, Zuckerberg showed the color passthrough capabilities of the new Project Cambria. Yesterday, as earlier promised, Mark Zuckerberg showed a short video…