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Las Vegas Strip’s Big Apple roller coaster has a new VR experience option

VRWorld

The New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas has teamed up with German company VR Coaster to add a virtual reality experience to its Big Apple roller coaster starting Feb. This development will make the 4,777-foot long Big Apple coaster the longest in the world to be equipped with VR.

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Big XR News from Apple, Google, XREAL, and Meta Reality Labs

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This new wave of hype comes from Apple’s Vision Pro MR headset, due next month, attracting eyes to the XR space with a re-envision spatial computing approach. Apple Vision Pro Debuts for US Customers on February 2 Apple has confirmed that its new MR headset will be released on February 2.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.11): CES had some interesting XR announcements, new rumors on Apple and Meta, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And subscribe to my newsletter to not miss my upcoming CES roundup, which will contain all the news I’ve read about XR from Las Vegas! New rumors on Apple and Meta devices. I know it may sound weird to you, but we have new rumors on Apple headsets and also about the future Meta Project Cambria and Quest 3. Image by CTA).

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The best AR and VR news from CES 2022

The Ghost Howls

This hilarious tweet thread by Nima Zeighami shows you all the worst uses that have been of the M-word on the Las Vegas showroom. Further references. Further references. Further references. Further references. Further references. — VR Nima (@NimaZeighami) January 5, 2022.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.03): OpenXR is taking foot, new cool features found inside Oculus runtime, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Speaking with Protocol, Niantic COO Megan Quinn told that Niantic is absolutely collaborating with Qualcomm, but not for building an AR glass of its, but to create a sort of reference design for others to use. The big news of the week is that CES 2021 won’t be physically held in Las Vegas, but will have just a digital edition.

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Making Holograms a Reality Through Volumetric Capture, with Intel’s Raj Puran

XR for Business Podcast

And, they’re maybe not focused around the headsets and stuff, but you guys even dabbled in the headsets and built a reference design. And I think nobody really knows what Apple is working on. Raj: There’s a ton of different technologies that Intel is working on that kind of power the back end of this stuff.

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Making Holograms a Reality Through Volumetric Capture, with Intel’s Raj Puran

XR for Business Podcast

And, they’re maybe not focused around the headsets and stuff, but you guys even dabbled in the headsets and built a reference design. And I think nobody really knows what Apple is working on. Raj: There’s a ton of different technologies that Intel is working on that kind of power the back end of this stuff.