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3D Design Tool Gravity Sketch Now Freely Available for Individual Users
The 3D modeling software Gravity Sketch which supports both Oculus Quest and PC VR headsets has been priced at $25 up until now. The studio has now made the app…
Oculus ‘App Lab’ Gives Quest Developers Non-Store App Distribution
Oculus has unveiled App Lab app non-store app distribution for developers. Facebook’s new App Lab enables developers to distribute Oculus Quest apps without having to pass via the stringent store…
Resolution Games Sees Boost in Sales After Quest 2 Launch
Resolution Games saw a 500% boost in the downloads of its titles following the launch of the Oculus Quest 2 in late 2020. These include titles such as Acron, Angry…
Tilt Brush is Now Open Source
Google is giving away the Tilt Brush source code on GitHub and torching up its free 3D asset store Poly, the only asset store that has compatibility with the paint…
Canon’s Latest Mixed Reality Headset Priced at $38,000
Japanese camera and optical tech giant Canon has entered the Mixed Reality enterprise market with its MREAL S1 XR glasses that cost a whopping $38,500, a pretty high bar to…
Oculus Quest 3 Could Be Quite Different
During Facebook’s Q4 earnings call this week, the company boss Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the successor to the Oculus Quest 2 headset was already in development. Facebook Planning a Successor…
Snap Acquires British AI Startup to Boost its AR Features
The startup company behind the social media app Snapchat has acquired a British AI startup with the aim of enhancing its augmented reality features. Snap acquired the British AI startup…
Gladiator Sim ‘GORN’ is Now Available on Oculus Quest
The single-player arcade battle simulator GORN has finally come to Quest. The physics-driven combat game by Free Live is one of the breakout hits in VR. GORN The title is…
Ultraleap Gemini New Hand Tracking Supports Two-Hand Interactions
Ultraleap has shared a developer preview of Gemini, its fifth generation of hand tracking software that it claims considerably improves performance with the two-handed interactions. According to Ultraleap, the new…
Facebook Confirms Another New Oculus Quest Headset Currently in Development
Facebook had its Q4 2020 earnings calls yesterday and like other calls in the past, there was a lot to be gleaned on how virtual reality is panning out for…