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D-Link’s New ‘VR Air Bridge’ Dongle Gives Quest 2 Dedicated Wi-Fi Connection for PC VR Gaming

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D-Link announced a new Wi-Fi 6 dongle designed for Quest 2 that provides a dedicated wireless connection to your PC, letting you play PC VR games without the hassle of long cables or needing an exceptionally good router. Granted, you’ll need a PC capable of playing VR games to make use of D-Link’s new VR Air Bridge.

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Report: Apple Racing to Build Software & Services for Upcoming Mixed Reality Headset

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Apple appears to be getting ready to unveil its first mixed reality headset at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Now a report from Bloomberg maintains the Cupertino tech giant is also prepping a dizzying number of first-party apps, including gaming, fitness, video and collaboration tools.

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Meta Shows Off Quest Hand-tracking Improvements, Claims “almost as responsive as controllers”

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Now rolling out to Quest headsets, Meta says users should notice hand-tracking latency reduced “up to 40%” in regular use, and “up to 75%” during fast movement. you can feel confident knowing your app’s users will enjoy a great experience regardless of whether they play with hands or controllers.”

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Vive Focus Can Now Stream PC VR Games from Steam, Viveport

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Today at the Vive Ecosystem Conference 2018 in China, HTC announced that the Vive Focus standalone headset will be able to wirelessly stream PC VR content from both Steam and Viveport over a 5GHz WiFi connection. The post Vive Focus Can Now Stream PC VR Games from Steam, Viveport appeared first on Road to VR.

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‘X Mask’ Aims to Bring Face-tracking to Consumers in Unique Facemask Form Factor

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Included in the round was former CEO of Anchor Japan Yoshitsune Ido, CEO of Mankind Games Yusuke Harima, Yuji Wakabayashi, and Executive Vice President of Photosynth Co. Hiroaki Watanabe. It’s also said to be fairly light, weighing in at 4.5oz (128g).

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NVIDIA CloudXR is Launching on Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and AWS

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Today during the company’s GTC 2021 developer conference, Nvidia announced that its CloudXR tech is now available on Amazon Web Services, and it’s coming soon to both Microsoft’s Azure cloud and Google Cloud. CloudXR is a specialized solution for the unique latency and performance requirements of VR and AR streaming.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.03): Quest 3 leaks, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX launch, and more!

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Since this connection is a “high-throughput and low-latency dedicated point-to-point Wi-Fi link”, and the communication between the headset and the PC happens via Meta’s proprietary VR algorithms for low latency wireless connectivity, the whole system should offer to you unprecedented quality in your wireless PCVR experience.

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