Author Archives: Sam Ochanji
Half-Life: Alyx Driving a Strong Demand for the Valve Index VR Headset
According to the Steam store page, the Valve Index virtual reality system for PCs can now be back-ordered until after Christmas. The development comes barely a week after the announcement…
The Climb is Now Available on Oculus Quest with a Rift Cross-Buy
The Climb VR game is built on Crytek’s CRYENGINE on PC and is one of the most visually impressive virtual reality experiences that you can ever have. The Climb’s launch…
Beat Saber Won’t Get Cross Buy Following Facebook Acquisition
Facebook recently announced its acquisition of the Czech virtual reality studio Beat Games of the Beat Saber fame. The acquisition, however, left a few hanging questions such as whether there…
SteamVR App ‘YUR’ Counts Number of Calories You Burn in VR
Virtual reality is becoming the newest fitness fad. A lot of these games and apps require that player immerse themselves into the experience with their whole body rather than simply…
Nreal Light Partners with Qualcomm and Deutsche Telekom for First B2B Application for Remote AR Maintenance
Augmented reality manufacturer Nreal’s products have so far been aimed at the consumer market but that is about to change. During the Snapdragon Tech Summit held in Maui, Deutsche Telekom…
App Subscription for Oculus Quest: Viveport Infinity Now Supports Oculus Quest via Oculus Link
Viveport Infinity for Oculus Quest Viveport Infinity now officially supports Oculus Quest. This week saw HTC announce that its Viveport Infinity VR gaming subscription service would begin supporting the Oculus…
Adobe Announces the Acquisition of Oculus’ ‘Medium’ Sculpting App
Oculus has always ensured that its Touch Controllers can be useful in creative applications in VR partly due to the proliferation of creativity apps such as the sculpting app Medium.…
Report: Magic Leap Sold 6,000 AR Headsets in 6 Months
Magic Leap has been one of the most funded and most hyped Silicon Valley startups but the billions of dollars investments haven't translated into tangible market performance s far. A…
Qualcomm Partners with Niantic For Next-Gen Augmented Reality Headset
Pokémon GO creator, Niantic, has been a little limited in what it can currently accomplish with augmented reality. Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Platform Concept Design AR technology is already grappling with…
Qualcomm Announces the XR2 Platform for 5G AR/VR Devices
The new Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 chip is expected to power a constellation of virtual reality headsets and smartglasses beginning from 2020. Virtual reality and augmented reality two immersive technologies which…