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How to make an Augmented Virtuality app for Quest in Unity

The Ghost Howls

How to create an augmented virtuality experience for Quest in Unity Creating this experience has been easier than I thought, thanks to the facilities offered by the Meta SDK. Pretty impressive, if you see all the steps I had to do in my tutorial on how to set up a passthrough app on Quest. But how could I show something meaningful?

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Sony’s Upcoming MR Headset Could Point the Way for Controllers on Vision Pro

Road to VR

Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, but it’s clear Apple will need to support immersive hardware input somehow in the future, if only for the greater precision it might bring to industry professionals. Why are controllers so important in the first place?

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VR App Teaches Students How To Navigate The Ocean

VRScout

An educational VR experience called Kilo Hōkū ( Navigating the Stars ) is being used as part of Punahou School’s “Voyaging at Punahou” program to teach students how to navigate open waters using practical star navigation methods.

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How to fix Vive controllers not working inside SteamVR games

The Ghost Howls

Recently I had a big issue with my VR controllers in SteamVR (both with Oculus and Vive) and so I’m writing this post to try to help you in solving it. And when I put the headset on, I could see the grey intro environment, with all the controllers moving regularly. , but sometimes it is still tricky and problematic. WTF SteamVR.

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‘HairTouch’ VR Controller Lets You Pet A Virtual Cat Because Why Not?

VRScout

Researchers based out of Taiwan’s National Taiwan University and National Chengchi University are working on a one-of-a-kind controller that uses VR technology and faux fur to simulate the sensation of snuggling a digital feline, resulting in what could easily be considered the strangest haptic device currently in development.

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How to suppress the controller pairing popup in your Vive Focus app

The Ghost Howls

Today I want to propose you a quick solution for one big problem of the Vive Focus apps: the controller pairing popup always appearing in front of your eyes. If you don’t do it, the controller becomes simply unusable, because there is no relation between what you are pointing at physically and what you are aiming virtually.

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How To Play The New Half-Life 2 VR Mod

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The game features everything from room-scale movement and comfort options to motion controls and two-handed weapon handling with support for manual reloading. Here’s how to get started: First, download and install Steam on your VR-ready PC followed by SteamVR if you haven’t already. For more information visit here.

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