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Vive Cosmos Wireless Compatibility Shipping Soon, Will Require a New Battery
Starting today, HTC’s new Vive Cosmos will begin selling for $700. This is HTC’s latest PC VR headset and the replacement for the original Vive headset. Like the other Vive…
Oculus Quest Firmware Update Brings Stereo Passthrough+, Go-apps, 3-DoF Mode and More
Oculus has rolled out a major firmware update to Quest users. The new update adds lots of new features and improvements. The most important change with the update is the…
Music Shooter Game Audica Arrives on Oculus Quest Before the End of the Year
Last week’s Oculus Connect 6 had another sweet surprise; the announcement that Harmonix’s music shooter Audica will be coming to Oculus Quest before the end of the year. Audica was…
FundamentalVR Takes its Surgical Simulation to the Next Level
FundamentalVR is expanding is VR surgical simulation platform and incorporating new procedures as well as a new scoring system which has been integrated with its HapticVR technology. The system provides…
Apple iOS: Developers are Showcasing New Augmented Reality Features
Apple’s iOS 13 update is already out here and Apple is also releasing the version 3 of its augmented reality software ARKit. Many developers are beginning to show off the…
Verizon Media Adding AR Features to Its Native Ad Format
Verizon Media has a native ad format known as Moment. The Moments ads appear at the bottom of the phone screen as the user is scrolling. The top part of…
Facebook Says Oculus Quest Hand Tracking Feature Reduces Battery Life by Only 7 Minutes
Facebook says its upcoming Hand Tracking feature for Oculus Quest will reduce battery life by only 7 minutes. The feature was announced this week during the Oculus Connect 6 developer…
SteamVR Hardware and Software Survey for September 2019: Rift S and Valve Index Continue to Rise
The most recent Steam Hardware Survey indicates that the number of Oculus Rift S and Valve Index users continued to rise during the month of September with the other virtual…
Microsoft Flight Simulator Launches Without VR Mode
The new Microsoft Flight Simulator is quite a beauty and would have a powerful pull if made for VR. However, Microsoft has stated that the simulator will not support virtual…
Recap XR News Last Week: Oculus Connect 6, Rift S Obsolete, XR Kickstarters, iOS 13 AR Secrets, Absurd:joy
Last week was a busy one in the XR sphere. The week was of course dominated by the Oculus Connect 6 developer conference held at the San Jose Convention Center…