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This Meta Quest (2) AR App Transforms Your Room into a Planetarium
The mixed reality features in the Meta Quest (2) allows for some innovative app ideas. The latest experiment is an astonishing AR planetarium in your room. The mixed reality app…
Ghostbusters AR: Slimy Ghost Hunting Comes to Your Smartphone
Ghostbusting comes to augmented reality. Imprezario Entertainment has moved the battle against the impending apocalypse to augmented reality (AR). Ghostbusters: Afterlife ScARe is now on augmented reality and brings with…
New Meta Haptic Gloves Let You Feel Virtual Objects via Air Pockets
Meta, formerly Facebook, will be spending $10 billion on AR/VR and metaverse hardware in 2021. One of its projects is the haptic gloves prototype that leverages inflatable pads to simulate…
Resolution Games: There are Around 5 Million VR Gamers Worldwide
XR game studio Resolution Games estimates that there are about five million active virtual reality players worldwide. It isn't clear what the studio means by "active" but it is assumed…
EM3 Ether: Chinese Startup Unveils a 7mm Thick Virtual Reality Device
The Chinese start-up EM3 is showcasing an ultra-slim and light prototype of a virtual reality headset. EM3 Ether Prototype EM3 already made a name for itself with its EM3-Stellar kick-starter,…
Rapid Prototyping Tool ShapesXR is Now Available on Quest
ShapesXR is a robust co-creation and collaboration tool that enables Quest headset users to meet up and then work collaboratively to build out ideas in the metaverse. The rapid prototyping…
Niantic Unveils a Platform for ‘Real-World Metaverse’ Apps
Niantic has launched a platform aimed at building what it refers to as “real-world metaverse” apps. The platform is referred to as Lightship and according to Niantic CEO John Hanke,…
Best VR Horror Games in 2021 to Play this Halloween
Halloween is just around the corner and that means haunted houses, costume parties, or even some Halloween movie marathon with friends. However, if you are looking for some really spooky…
Facebook’s First Pair of AR Glasses Codenamed ‘Project Nazare’
At the Connect 2021 this week, Meta (formerly Facebook) showcased the first demo of its upcoming consumer augmented reality glasses which have been codenamed Project Nazare. The demo didn’t reveal…
Spacefolk City: This VR Games Lets You Build Space Cities
Building games are still not popular in virtual reality realms but there is a new sensation in Spacefolk City, an accessible VR game that puts you in a great mood…