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Pico Reportedly to Release ‘PICO 4S’ Headset, According to New Trademark & Leaked Controller Design

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The Game Developer Conference (GDC) is coming up next week, which could give ByteDance’s XR subsidiary Pico Interactive a perfect opportunity to showcase what, according to a recent trademark and leaked controller model, could be its next standalone VR headset.

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Leading Effort to Hack PSVR 2 into Playing PC VR Games Unlocks 6DOF Cameras, Begins Work on Controllers

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It seems we’re closer to seeing a viable workaround that could allow PSVR 2 owners to play PC VR games. As a result, the project now has access to the headset’s 6DOF SLAM tracking, 3DOF IMU tracking, proximity sensor, raw stereo camera data, and distortion-corrected passthrough stereo camera data.

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Data Security: Top Challenge in the Metaverse According to Tech Leaders

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Ninety-seven percent of the respondents acknowledge the importance of data in the metaverse; Source: Bright Data. Tech giants are in a race to integrate into this new parallel world even as questions of data security surface. However, 60% cite data and security as the top challenges of this virtual world.

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Researchers Show Full-body VR Tracking with Controller-mounted Cameras

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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated a practical system for full-body tracking in VR using cameras mounted on the controllers to get a better view of the user’s body. Using a standard Quest 2 headset as the basis for their prototype system, the researchers added two cameras to the controller which face the user.

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Where to Change Quest 2 Privacy Settings and See Your VR Data Collected by Facebook

Road to VR

That means it’s worth knowing what privacy settings are offered to you and what data Facebook collects on your VR usage. Here what you can control and what each option does: Who will see your activity on Oculus? This controls how your current activity in VR is displayed on your profile (like which app you’re using).

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Data Dive: How Effective is VR Training?

AR Insider

It found that content delivered in this format produced greater memory retention than a control group. So we’re rolling them out, all at once for this week’s Data Dive. Diving right in, here’s our collection of data points that speak to VR’s effectiveness in enterprise training across a variety of use cases.

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PSA: You Don’t Need Xbox Game Pass to Play ‘Fortnite’ for Free on Quest

Road to VR

Xbox Cloud Gaming finally came to Quest earlier this week, letting Game Pass Ultimate members play the service’s full catalogue of flatscreen games on Quest for the first time. Keep in mind: we’re talking about traditional flatscreen Xbox games played on a virtual screen. So, what’s the big deal?