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What F8 2017 Means for Mass Market Adoption of Immersive Technologies

VRScout

Now, let’s consider the key takeaways related to AR, VR and 360 ° content and review how they will influence the mass market adoption of those immersive technologies. Rachel Franklin, Head of Social VR, came on stage to announced Facebook’s first social VR app, Facebook Spaces , available now in beta on Oculus Rift.

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The Headset Manufacturers Making the Best AR and VR Accessories

ARPost

Oculus sells battery packs and prescription lenses for the Quest. For more on how VIVE’s VR accessories help them compete with other headset manufacturers, read the entry on them in our article on competition for Varjo headsets. While this article was being written, DigiLens did just that. Lenovo ThinkReality A3.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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Breaking Through the Fourth Wall in Virtual RealityWith the.

AllThingsVR

In this article we explore what made it possible. But after VR head-mounted displays came on the scene, the idea of the fourth wall got an interesting twist. We find ourselves fully immersed in the virtual world. When an actor directly addresses the audience, the fourth wall “breaks”.

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Breaking Through the Fourth Wall in Virtual Reality

VRScout

In this article we explore what made it possible. But after VR head-mounted displays came on the scene, the idea of the fourth wall got an interesting twist. We find ourselves fully immersed in the virtual world. A similar approach is used in literature, cinema and video games.

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XTAL: Hands-on With VRgineers’ 180° FoV Headset

Peter Graham

The two may go hand-in-hand when it comes to particular uses cases, which initiatives like Oculus for Business has tapped into with Oculus Quest and Go. This does mean XTAL is a beast of a headset and if you thought Oculus Quest was a little front heavy then you’ll find no pleasure with XTAL. That 180° view is nice though.

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Why we should care about ergonomics in virtual reality

The Ghost Howls

For sure this is the case of Rob Farquarson-Cole , that you surely know because he comments a lot on this and other VR blogs under the nickname “R FC” He’s not only a VR enthusiast but a professional Industrial Designer that works on “Exploration of Immersive Computing” at Proof Research and Development in London, UK.