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BMW Unveils Mixed Reality Driving Experience

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The new technology converts the entire M2 vehicle as a controller for the MR system, using cutting-edge immersive solutions from Helsinki’s Varjo Technologies to merge the real and virtual worlds. The vehicle will merge with the physical and virtual world of the users. BMW Keynote Address.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.08.08): Xiaomi unveils its smartglasses, Improbable and RP1 want to create the networking for the metaverse, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Nowadays in social VR worlds like VRChat you can have a maximum of 50–100 people together in the same room. If we want to create virtual worlds scenarios like a concert in a stadium with 50,000 people inside singing altogether, we need to have a new networking stack. Red Matter 2 promises to be an astonishing game.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.1.9): Apple Vision Pro launches on 2/2, Qualcomm announces new chipset for Samsung headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Some immersive games will be available at launch: Game Room, What the Golf?, Probably What The Golf will become the game of the year 2024… I’m of course super excited for this launch because the hype created by this headset can reinvigorate the whole XR ecosystem. and Super Fruit Ninja.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. DLCs and IAPs are two new ways that indie developers that are on App Lab can use to monetize their games.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.20): Quest 2 Pro leaks, Xiaomi smartglasses, Half Dive headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I’ll be there to talk about HitMotion: Reloaded and how to properly design a VR fitness game (using the precious lessons that our game designer Max Ariani has taught me). In the meanwhile, if you want, you can attend an Awe Nite event about gaming on 30th September I have been invited to speak at. It has 4.5DOF. It has 4.5DOF.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.27): Meta shows its R&D prototypes, Apple shows nothing as usual, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Mirror Lake includes holographic lenses, reverse passthrough (people can see your eyes when you wear it), varifocal, and eye-tracking in a single very lightweight device. Rec Room is one of the most popular virtual worlds, and it is growing very fast. Steam Summer Sale brings you VR games at a discounted price.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If the rumor is true, probably this is the Del Mar headset , and the Jedi controllers may be like the Oculus Touch but more comfortable and maybe with full finger tracking. Or eye tracking?). You may wonder why: sales of VR headsets are going well like never before, and we have the best games ever (like Half-Life: Alyx ).