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MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // VR Engineer?—?Alex Silkin

ARVR

His primary focus has been player facing systems, such as motion controller mechanics, VR avatar embodiment and user interface. I immediately jumped at the opportunity to interview to join the team and later that summer I bought a pair of Razer Hydra controllers to experiment with motion controls, at which point I was hooked.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.06): Upload VR Showcase, Apple headset rumors, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Upload did it again: on December, 2nd, the big XR magazine has streamed a big showcase of many news about VR games. Mogura VR , one of the most important magazines about VR in Japan, has organized an event hosting a few important Japanese VR professionals to discuss the m**averse in Japan. If you may be interested, follow me.

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How To Play SteamVR Vive Games With Oculus Touch and Rift

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Now that the Touch controllers have officially released into the world, we decided to tackle the topic in a bit more detail. How well do the Oculus Touch controllers work with SteamVR apps that are only designed with Vive in mind? If you do have a Rift already, then you can just worry about setting up your Touch controllers.

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All the best AR/VR news from CES 2023

The Ghost Howls

At CES, Shiftall brought also the concept of innovative controllers called FlipVR. Then, with another fast hand flip, you can regain control of the buttons to keep playing. Transformable/adjustable @shiftall_global VR controller at CES 2023, no problem grabbing a drink or switching between controller input and finger tracking!

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.02): Meta Quest 3 launched, Vive Ultimate Tracker leaked, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It’s my first time in such an important magazine and I’m incredibly happy about it! Reading the reviews from the most important magazines, I’ve learned that the killer feature of this headset is the new XR2 Gen2 chipset. Shipping will start on October, 10th.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.12): HTC and Pico are ready to launch new VR headsets, and more!

The Ghost Howls

As for the controllers, they look like a mix of the Oculus Touch and the controllers of the Vive Focus Plus, with some important ergonomic adjustments. The only drawback is the controllers’ tracking. So companies that need very precise controllers tracking probably should use another headset, like the Cosmos Elite , Varjo, XTAL.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.04): Meta Quest Gaming Showcase is back, Mojo Vision is “feature complete”, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Not a meme, but this VR controller that can also hold a drink is a very bizarre invention. The best VR meme made out of the Will Smith slap (Thanks Ori Inbar for the tip) Funny link. Funny link. Real Reality or Virtual Reality, this is the question. Funny link.

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