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AXIS Full-Body Controller Makes Motion Capture Easy

VRScout

Who needs an old-fashioned controller when you have a perfectly good set of arms and legs? Singapore-based technology company Refract is working to bring motion capture to everyone, regardless of your experience with technology. Some of these employees previously worked at major companies like EA, Unity, and Ubisoft.

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Explore Digital Art Through Galleries in Spatial and Liquid Avatar Technologies

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The company offers creator tools as well as a suite of solutions for users to “manage, control, and benefit from their digital identities.” Peace & Unity” Exhibition in Spatial’s Peace Pavilion NFT Environment. Artists and organizations that contributed art include digital artist Krista Kim, Vogue Singapore , and Ringo Starr.

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Refract raises $8.5M SGD funding, announces new game development division 

TechCrunch VR

Refract , a Singapore-based extended reality (XR) startup, announced today it has closed approximately $8.5million SGD (approximately $6million) Series A led by Sea Limited along with international family offices and individual investors. AXIS can also work with popular VR headsets like the Oculus Quest 2, Chng said.

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Apple is Prepping Retail Stores for Vision Pro Debut

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Apple has also been running the Vision Pro developer labs since early August in Cupertino, London, Munich, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo, and the firm is receiving positive responses from developers who have participated – painting a positive picture of future in-store taster sessions.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Some of its features are: 2,160 × 2,160 resolution per eye 90Hz framerate 4-cameras inside-out tracking (like the Quest) Touch-like controllers with Knuckles-like finger-sensing Face tracking Hips tracking (for better orientation in games) Integration with SteamVR games Wireless add-on. So this is a market we should all keep an eye on.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

The Ghost Howls

David of Upload says that thanks to its big boost in specifications , PS5 can offer an amazing flat screen experience : better resolution, better framerate, better graphics, better load times, better controller. All the PSVR system is retrofitted into the new console , and so it is like if it can run only in some compatibility mode.

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‘Oculus Launch Pad’ Is Silently Populating The VR Content Pool

VRScout

.’ “Some of my team members were based in Singapore, India, Canada, Hong Kong, and New York, while I was working from California,” Chen continued. Screenshot of VR adventure title ‘Chrysalis.’ The support that she received from Oculus Launch Pad has helped her conduct even better client work.

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