Road to VR

MARCH 28, 2024

Major League Baseball’s batting simulator MLB Home Run Derby VR (2018) has left App Lab and is now available on the main Quest Store, which also comes alongside a few updates to the game. Whether you are a seasoned baseball aficionado or a casual fan, MLB Home Run Derby VR is sure to be an enjoyable experience for all!

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ARPost

MARCH 24, 2022

But, if you’re spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to have a new home constructed, you want to be sure that it’s exactly what you want. You can’t try out a new home before you build it, and that causes problems throughout,” explained Penny. If you’re just stacking stones, that’s not too big a problem. Building a homeAR.

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Road to VR

MARCH 15, 2024

VR studio and label Creature announced Starship Home, a plant-filled mixed reality adventure that turns your living room into a spacecraft on a mission to save alien flora. Coming exclusively to Quest 3 this Fall, the team dropped Starship Home’s first teaser trailer today, showing off just how the mixed reality game works.

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VRScout

JULY 26, 2021

Due to ongoing concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, most of us are enjoying this years’ games from the comfort of our homes. In addition to 360-degree video, event organizers and broadcasts are experimenting with a variety of different technologies to help bring this years’ action to life at home.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2023

The latest software update for Meta Quest, version v54, is now rolling out, bringing with it a few new quality-of-life features, such as new customization options for Home environments, in-headset app notifications, and better tracking for Quest Pro’s controller.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2020

It’s this success that lead to the development of Virtuix’s first at-home VR treadmill aimed at the players themselves rather than businesses. The post Virtuix Reveals Omni One At-Home VR Treadmill appeared first on VRScout. At the time of this writing the company has yet to provide an official launch window.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Finally that’s set to change thanks to ‘Horizon Home’ which will enhance the existing Quest home environment with social features, allowing you to invite party members to visit, hang out, or launch into VR apps together. But in the future Oculus says users will be able to customize their home.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2022

Valve released an update to SteamVR this week that unexpectedly added new content to SteamVR Home. That’s why it was surprising to see that with the public launch of the SteamVR 1.22 update this week, the company added a surprise—a brand new photogrammetry environment for SteamVR Home, its first-party VR social space.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Pinterest this week announced that it has expanded its AR Try On feature to include home decor from select US retailers. Powered by Lens, virtual home decor is going live across 80,000 shoppable Pins; 66,000 more than the original lipstick and eyeshadow Try Ons. US retailers like Crate & Barrel and Walmart are already onboard.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2, Custom Home Mapper is a neat application that turns your standalone headset into a location-based VR arcade. Today we’re going to explain exactly how to setup your home arcade as well as breakdown a handful of games. First up is Custom home Creation. So there you have it!

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AR Insider

MAY 10, 2022

To show rather than tell, we dive into a case study from Home Depot's Web AR execution. Picking up where we left off in examining Web AR opportunities and strategies, what are proof points for the technology? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Meta announced that Quest users will soon be able to watch YouTube content inside Horizon Home, the first-party social VR space that’s finally making it easy to hang out in VR with friends. It was just a few months ago that Horizon Home begun allowing users to invite their friends into the Home space.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2022

Back in October, Meta announced that it would eventually transition its home environment to ‘Horizon Home’ , giving it a fuller set of social features like being able to invite party members to visit, hang out, or launch into VR apps together. In the video we get a glimpse at: Tutorial on how to use Horizon Home.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Meta is getting ready to roll out Quest’s v46 update ahead of its Connect 2022 developer conference next week, bringing to the platform a modest set of new features alongside a new Home environment inspired by The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The Home environment will be free, but only made available for a limited time.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2023

And last but not least, users will find two new home environments for their headset. Update v55 also includes a standalone Messenger app and a revamped ‘Explore’ tab (which now shows Reels from Instagram and Facebook, if your accounts are connected).

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Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2022

Commemorating the release of the original Ghostbusters (1984) film, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) today announced a pair of out-of-home VR games collectively called Ghostbusters VR Academy, coming to HOLOGATE locations worldwide. ” Image courtesy Hologate, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Houzz has launched a new feature that lets home-service pros visualize finished bathroom projects in the very spaces they’ll occupy. Home renovation pros can choose vanities, showers, sinks, and bathtubs (and various finishes) from the Houzz shop, then overlay them on a given space. The pro-centric approach makes this a B2B2B play.

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2022

Known for kickstarting its original Kat Walk VR treadmill in 2015, Kat VR is heading back to the crowdfunding platform to launch the second generation of its ‘Kat Walk C’ VR treadmill, which again promises to appeal to at-home consumers looking for more immersion.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Out-of-home VR destination Sandbox VR today announced an additional $37 million funding round that the company is using to support its continued expansion. Like pretty much everyone in the out-of-home entertainment sector, Sandbox VR went through its own share of financial challenges over the past year due to COVID-19 closures.

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Upload VR

MAY 20, 2023

Meta's PC VR users are getting evicted from the Oculus Homes some spent years building. Meta seems to have ended support for Oculus Home on its Oculus App for PC VR headsets, with a new update removing access to the customization features and cutting off users from their existing home environments.

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Upload VR

MARCH 15, 2024

Starship Home, a plant-filled mixed reality adventure, is the first announced Quest 3 exclusive game. More info: UploadVR Henry Stockdale Developed by Creature , Starship Home marks the studio's debut game since its founding last year. Starship Home launches exclusively on Quest 3 in Q3 2024.

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Charlie Fink

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Bringing AI to the home construction industry.

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Upload VR

MARCH 6, 2024

MLB Home Run Derby VR brings baseball to the main Quest Store this month, nearly three years after reaching App Lab. Released six years ago on PC VR and PSVR, MLB Home Run Derby VR recreates the titular home run-hitting competition across all 30 major league ballparks.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 5, 2022

Samsung's new Home Hub tablet uses A.I. to monitor your home and make it smarter. See how Matter and SmartThings are part of the new device.

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Bernard Marr

APRIL 8, 2024

Among them, makers of home appliances like fridges and ovens. Ater all, AI has been creeping into our homes for years (think smart lightbulbs and Alexa) – but thanks to generative AI, these interactions will become even more human and more personal. Across all industries, organizations are rapidly embracing generative AI.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Quest owners will be able to watch YouTube together in Horizon Home, Meta announced this week. The brief mention during Meta Connect indicates people will be able to have the YouTube VR experience with friends in their Horizon Home on Quest headsets.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 17, 2022

The new EcoFlow Smart Home Panel can harden your home against extended power outages, while also making it easy to monitor and manage your energy use.

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APRIL 18, 2024

From home fitness to fully immersive gaming to 2D entertainment, Meta Quest 2 is the most affordable way to tap into everything VR has to offer—and we’re doubling down by making our recent price drop permanent.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Your home could be a finely tuned hive of efficiency, where scheduled lights turn on and off, conserving energy automatically, illuminating your walkways, and dimming your bedroom as you doze off in the middle of a movie. A smart home hub is the control center for different devices and their apps. You absolutely can. Credit: Defiant.

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Digital Trends

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Google Home's routines are much easier to use when you focus on Home and Away options. Here's what these smart Routines do and how to set them up quickly.

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Upload VR

MAY 24, 2023

Home Detective turns your living room into a mixed reality crime scene, and it's out now on Quest. Created by solo developer David Addis, who previously worked on flatscreen games Burnout Paradise, Fable 2 and Black, Home Detective is a new mixed reality experience for Quest that supports passthrough and hand tracking.

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GizModo VR

JULY 6, 2020

Smart home gadgets have gotten a lot better over the past few years, and thanks to big improvements in wifi connectivity, energy efficiency, and more, it’s possible to control almost anything in your house with just your voice. Most of us are spending even more time at home recently (whether we like it or not), so now… Read more.

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Slashgear

JUNE 21, 2022

Philips is back with a new lineup of IoT lighting products, offering enthusiasts new ways to update their smart home's lighting and controls.

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Upload VR

MAY 15, 2023

The Public Test Channel build of the Quest v54 system software lets you set a Custom Skybox for your home. Currently, each home environment you can choose from on Quest has a built-in skybox - the 2D 360° far-off background visible behind the 3D geometry of the home itself.

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EON Reality

JULY 19, 2021

Experiential home work in Engineering, Biology, Energy, History, and Art teleported home. The post Experiential home work appeared first on EON Reality.

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

But will it affect smart home tech? The metaverse will redefine how people use and interact with the internet and augmented realities. Here's what we think.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Whether its virtual home theaters or your very own robot assistant….These These homes […]. From the kitchen to the backyard and everything in between, we’ve got an all access pass to some of the world’s most advanced addresses.

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