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Oculus Quest Passthrough MR Hands-On Impressions

The Ghost Howls

After Venice VR Expanded has come to an end, I have finally had the time to experiment with Oculus Quest AR Passthrough. pic.twitter.com/hC6gseSijr — Daniel Beauchamp (@pushmatrix) April 7, 2020. Mild interest of the community. Actually, the reception of the dev community has not been so great as I envisioned.

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Oculus ‘Designing for Hands’ Document Introduces Best Practices for Quest Hand-tracking

Road to VR

Hand-tracking on Quest rolled out as an experimental feature in late 2019, but Oculus is letting it gestate before it will accept third-party apps with hand-tracking. And while Oculus’ first stab at the feature is reasonably solid, there’s still limitations around accuracy, latency, pose detection, and tracking coverage.

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nDreams Opening Second VR Studio Focused on Live-service Games

Road to VR

nDreams, the studio behind Phantom: Covert Ops (2020) and the upcoming PSVR exclusive Fracked, announced today it’s opening a second VR development studio called nDreams Studio Orbital, which will focus on creating games as a service for VR.

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The Best Oculus Quest 2 Accessories & Why You’ll Want Them

Road to VR

Oculus Quest 2 has everything you need in the box to get playing an awesome selection of VR games. With onboard computing, sensors, and battery all located inside the Oculus Quest 2, the device is decidedly front-heavy. Official Oculus Link Cable | Image courtesy Oculus. Cables are so 2020. Upgrade Your Headstrap.

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‘Bigscreen VR’ Launches Over 172 Free TV Channels, Including ‘Rick And Morty’ & ‘Robot Chicken’

VRScout

A recent Statista report shows that users spent 71% more time using VR in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. Bigscreen and is available now for the Oculus Quest and Quest 2 , SteamVR , and as a desktop WebVR experience. But that’s all Bigscreen is telling us right now.

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Qualcomm XR2 Chip to Enable Standalone Headsets with 3K×3K Resolution & 7 Cameras

Road to VR

The company’s chipset can be found in leading standalone headsets like Oculus Quest, Go, Vive Focus, HoloLens 2, Lenovo Mirage Solo, and plenty more. While XR1 was made for low-end devices, XR2 5G targets high-end standalone headsets, making it a candidate for Oculus Quest 2, Magic Leap 2, and similar next-gen devices.

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The (uncomplete) Immersive Technology in Healthcare digest?—?Decembre 20, 2020

ARVR

Decembre 20, 2020 Hello, this is a short summary of my technological watch on this amazing domain of immersive technology in healthcare ! The program is done with Oculus Go device and shows amazing results : learning engagement +45% and knowledge retention +72%. The (uncomplete) Immersive Technology in Healthcare digest?—?Decembre