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VR Fitness Startup YUR Secures $1.1M Investment, Releases Calorie-counting Software for Quest

Road to VR

Having launched its pilot program on PC VR earlier this year, YUR is now officially making its software available on Oculus Quest. The plug-in tracks calories burned while in any VR game or app while using Quest, and also extends to a mobile app that syncs to Apple Health and Google Fit. Image courtesy YUR.

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A Hands on Look at the State of Input in VR

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Oculus Touch controllers were just announced to ship late in 2016. Xbox gamepads shipped with the Oculus Rift headset. Today, as more companies enter the VR headset game and input devices continue to see rapid technological advancement, there are now more ways than ever to get your hands into VR. Google Daydream Controller.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.02.01): Facebook is very confident in Quest 2 sales, Valve is working on Neural Interfaces, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Stay tuned on this blog, because in some days I will publish an EXTRAORDINARY interview related to one of the most awaited VR games of 2021! All the Quest ecosystem is healthy: more than 60 games had revenues beyond 1M dollars , and now the number of reviews on games on Quest have exceeded the ones for Rift. Image by Facebook).

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.23): Facebook works on its OS, Oculus Link official cable released, Huawei VR glasses available, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware. Oculus releases hands tracking SDK, official Link cable for Quest and more.

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VR Prototyping for Less Than $100 with Leap Motion + VRidge

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If you have a newer Android phone and a good gaming computer, it’s possible to prototype, test, and share your VR projects with the world using third-party software like RiftCat’s VRidge. 63 for the Leap Motion Controller and VR Developer Mount , now on sale in our web store. . $63 15 for a Google Cardboard viewer.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor. Google Maps in AR).

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VR Bound Announces Nominees For Inaugural 2017 VR Awards

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Along with categories that you would expect, such as gaming and entertainment, I was excited to see a category for VR education and training. Oculus – Rift. Google – Daydream View. Leap MotionLeap Motion. Oculus – Touch. Nominees for VR Game of the Year.