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

The Ghost Howls

The Upload VR Showcase has been full of announcements about VR games. Upload did it again: on December, 2nd, the big XR magazine has streamed a big showcase of many news about VR games. This one has been richer than the previous one, and we had both news on existing games and announcements of new upcoming titles.

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E3 Roundup Day 0: Top 5 Most Important Announcements

Road to VR

Razer Earmarks $5 Million to Encourage OSVR Content Development. Yesterday Razer announced a $5 million OSVR development fund which the company will use to incentivize support of its open-source VR platform. Oculus Touch Launch Lineup Will Top 30 Games, ‘Oculus Medium’ Bundled. Fallout 4 VR Coming to Xbox ‘Project Scorpio’.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.12.06): Apple headset delayed, Gorilla Tag on the Quest Store, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The ultra-popular indie game Gorilla Tag is finally coming to the Quest Store! It was an absurdity that this game had not been admitted to the Quest Store yet, but finally Meta surrendered to reject humanity and return to monke. Niantic AR glasses are probably based on Lumus reference design. Some articles on the metaverse.

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All the best AR/VR news from CES 2023

The Ghost Howls

Notwithstanding the small size, the glasses are meant for SteamVR gaming, and in particular for people that spend so much time in SteamVR that need a comfortable and lightweight headset. If you remember well, these are very lightweight glasses with a pretty unique steampunk design that are hyping the community since a few years ago.

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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

The sentence, as highlighted by Road To VR, may be a reference that it will be an enterprise headset. HTC loves playing with the words, so “get down to business” can be a reference to the fact that it is a “business headset”. As Mr. President highlighted, this brain-controlled Pong game is already possible with BMIs (e.g.

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All you need to know about the leaked Valve VR headset: is Half-Life 3/2 coming?

The Ghost Howls

We don’t know if it is just a reference design for external partners (like HTC) or it is an actual headset that Valve is producing. On this sense, Valve may play on the consumers’ side with a strategy similar to the one of Facebook: they could sell the headsets at cost or below cost , hoping to earn money with the sold games.

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OSVR Co-founder on the Future of Open Source Virtual Reality

Road to VR

Sensics and Razer launched OSVR 18 months ago with the intent of democratizing VR. They need software: game engine plugins, compatible content and software utilities. Many game engines—such as Unity, Unreal, and SteamVR—immediately support it. Some accept a high-end gaming PC, while others prefer inexpensive Android machines.