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

Road to VR

Supported controllers include all Xbox One S and Xbox One X controllers, PS4 and PS5 controllers, and some later-generation Xbox One controllers. You can find a list of officially supported controllers here , although many other non-listed Bluetooth controller also work, like an old Google Stadia controller.

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The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland Agrees to Produce VR and AR Lessons

EON Reality

EON Reality, the global leader in Augmented and Virtual Reality-based knowledge and skills transfer for industry and education, announces the latest large-scale adoption of the recent AR and VR self-directed learning initiative at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (LUASA) in Switzerland.

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Foldaway Haptics is Making a Thumbstick for VR Controllers That Pushes Back

Road to VR

Switzerland-based Foldaway Haptics is building a haptic joystick with force feedback. The impressive device, which can push back against your finger in any direction, could bring rich feedback to VR controllers at reasonable costs. At CES 2019 this week the company showed off a prototype VR controller with the mechanism built-in.

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TapID Uses Bone Conduction To Deliver A Better Typing Experience In VR

VRScout

Currently, entering your password and username or typing out a message in VR means awkwardly selecting keys using your motion controllers. You can also summon arrow keys with your left pinky finger for cursor control. You can do some pretty amazing things in VR. Unfortunately, typing is not one of them.

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Scientists Develop Artificial Skin That Allows You To Feel In VR

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According to an article published last week to the journal of Soft Robotics , scientists based out of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Lausanne, Switzerland, have developed a skin-like material that, when worn over a users’ body, simulates a far more realistic sense of touch than that of current haptic feedback technologies.

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HTC Files Trademark For ‘Vive Cosmos’

VRScout

According to reports by Dutch website Mobielkopen , Taiwanese consumer electronics company HTC has officially filed protection for the phrase “Vive Cosmos” at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), as well as several other agencies in both Switzerland and New Zealand.

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Quest’s Hand-tracking is Making It Possible to Learn Basic Sign Language in VR

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Cédric Girardin, an apprentice at the Switzerland-based university’s Computer Perception and Virtual Reality research group ( cpvrLab ), created a basic Quest app that can recognize and teach users up to 23 hand signs from the German fingerspelling alphabet.