Author Archives: Sam Ochanji
Mixed Reality App Recreates the Historic Battle of Gettysburg
This represents one of the potentially high-impact use-cases for immersive technologies. VR and AR could be used to bring the past to life in a free-viewpoint and interactive experience that…
SteamVR Hardware Survey: Quest Users on SteamVR Continues to Rise
According to the latest SteamVR hardware survey for the month of June, the percentage of Oculus Quest users has continued rise. For the month of June, they grew by from…
Gucci and Snap Partner on an AR ‘Try On’ to Sell Shoes
The earliest smartphone AR use-cases were of the gimmicky kind but the technology quickly made its way into more useful applications in retail. It has come in handy in the…
Check Out the Iron Man VR Launch Trailer
Iron Man VR is set to launch later today and Marvel Studios released a trailer last week that gives us a glimpse into the huge world, deep combat as well…
Resolution Games’ Wonderglade Comes to Quest Next Week
Wonderglade is one of the older mobile virtual reality titles from Resolution Games and it is set to return to Quest next week. Initially, Wonderglade was a Google Daydream-exclusive carnival…
Now You Can Change the Oculus Quest Guardian Boundary Color
The Oculus’ Guardian system refers to the safety boundary system found in the Oculus Quest and Rift headsets. Users are prompted to set up the boundary system when they are…
New Facebook Prototype Reveal Thinnest VR Headset Yet
VR specifications have been getting better by the day but the form factor is still wanting. Virtual reality headsets remain bulky. While there have been several attempts to slim down…
Expivi is Using AR to Change the Way We Shop
There is no question that virtual reality has struggled to break out of the gaming and entertainment mold into more mainstream uses such as retail. That has so far limited…
Steam Summer Sales 2020: Get Massive Discounts on Popular VR Titles
The 2020 Steam Summer Sale is already live and will run until July 9th at 10PM PT. Discounts are available across the whole of storefront on thousands of VR games…
Valve to Fully Rely on OpenXR Standard For Future SteamVR Features
Valve is transitioning full steam ahead from its erstwhile OpenVR standard towards the open standard OpenXR API. The company announced yesterday that new features on SteamVR will be come “on…