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Research: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Industries to be Worth $30 Billion by 2030
Virtual reality and augmented reality are the best-known forms of extended reality. According to research by IDTechEx Research, the combined market for both VR and AR technology and its applications…
Superhot VR Made Over $2 Million in the Past Week
Superhot VR has had an impressive run this year, featuring in the top charts for much of the year. The past week has been particularly busy for the first-person shooter…
The Most Important Augmented Reality Developments in 2019
2019 has been a big year for augmented reality with developments such as AR face filters, the launch of HoloLens 2, new Magic Leap funding and crises, a couple of…
Dissect Animals in Virtual Reality With ‘Dissection Simulator’
Here is a dissection experiment that is at least PETA-friendly. A US-based XR startup VictoryXR believes dissection can also be done in virtual reality and has created a platform where…
Oculus Quest VR Headset Backordered to Late February After Half-Life Alyx Announcement
Half-Life: Alyx Screenshott The new Oculus Quest headset orders that were made through the Oculus website will now ship from mid-February in the The standalone VR headsets were sold out…
SideQuest Gets New Quest Hand Tracking Demo Games
SideQuest and Handtracking: New demo games with native hand tracking for Oculus Quest have been released and can be installed on Quest by sideloading via SideQuest. With Oculus Quest now…
Teslasuit Launches New VR Gloves that Let Users Feel Textures and Collects Biometric Data
The virtual reality startup Teslasuit was founded in 2016 and is better known for its full-body haptic feedback suit by the same name that is designed to convey virtual contact…
The Wonderscope AR Picture Book Will Dazzle Kids
The XR startup Within has presented one of the longest and most interactive augmented reality stories for the smartphone app Wonderscope. This time, the trip will take users to a…
Oculus Quest Now Has Dynamic Fixed Foveated Rendering Feature
The Oculus Quest headset now features the Dynamic Fixed Foveated Rendering (FFR) which can be used by developers in place of the manual setting of the FFR level. Oculus Quest…
Quill Theater is Now on Oculus Quest
Quill Theater recently launched on Oculus Quest enabling users to view immersive and animated stories on virtual reality that have been made using Facebook’s creation tool Quill. Quill is already…