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Mega Man Franchise Comes to Japanese VR Arcade on July 18
Virtual reality location-based entertainment (LBE) venues have faced a tough time this year. Some of the top players like Ubisoft have been trying to inject some vitality by offering license-free…
HaptX to Partner With Military Contractor ECS to Develop Mixed Reality Military Training Systems
The Florida-based military contractor Engineering & Computer Simulations (ECS) has been awarded a grant to develop a VR Army Medic Trainer with Advanced Haptics. The Phase II Small Business Innovation…
‘BoxVR’ Developer Studio FitXR Raises $7.5 Million in Series A Venture Round
The studio behind the VR fitness hit BoxVR, FitXR, has raised $ million to be channeled in expanding its operations and in VR fitness offerings. FitXR’s first fundraising at the…
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…