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Israeli Company Elbit Systems Unveils X-Sight Helicopter Pilot Helmet
Technology company Elbit Systems unveiled its helicopter vision suite for military helicopters last week. The technology uses a mix of machine learning, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence to give pilots…
A New VR App Highlights Stolen Works of Art
A new virtual reality art gallery called The Stolen Art Gallery showcases famous stolen works of art by legendary artists like Cezanne, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, and other greats. Users with…
Meta Releases AI-Driven Open-Source Acoustics for VR and AR
Sound plays an important role in virtual reality and mixed reality experiences. Meta has been working on research focusing on the use of Artificial Intelligence in delivering sound quality that…
Meta Headsets Will No Longer Require Facebook Accounts from August 2022
In a major about turn to its usage policy, Meta has today announced the scrapping of the requirement for a Facebook account to log into a Quest headset. The requirement…
Epic’s MetaHuman Creator Tool Now Imports Scans of Real People
Epic Games has recently provided a major update to its MetaHuman character creation tool which can now import scans for real people for subsequent use in real-time applications. The substantial…
VR Dungeon Crawler Legendary Tales Will Get a Massive New World Update Soon
The virtual reality co-op dungeon crawler Legendary Tales will soon have a massive new world update in an early access update. The New World update was announced a few days…
Meta Unlocks 16:9 Aspect Ratio for Quest 2
Meta has now unlocked various new native video recording settings for the Quest 2 headset including a 16:9 aspect ratio and 4K resolution. However, these recording features are only available…
NASA’s Artemis I Rocket Launch To Be Broadcast Live in VR
NASA is planning to go back to the moon by 2024, which will be the first moon landing since 1972. As part of its preparations for the moon landing, the…
Market Researcher: More than 500 Companies on Metaverse Projects
Market research firm Newzoo has published a new report on the metaverse that says the number of companies on the metaverse has grown from 200 in 2021 to over 500…
‘Mirror Lake’ is Meta’s Next Big VR Headset Bet
In a recent call, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg showcased a number of physical VR headset prototypes the company has been working on over the past seven years. One for which…