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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Developers and hardware solution providers have been working together over the past few decades to build VR headsets capable of hosting immersive experiences. Form factors have improved dramatically since then, and most people are familiar with the first commercially-available VR headset, then-Facebook’s Oculus Rift.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Partnering with National Geographic to show off the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah in full 360 degree glory, Facebook took its first steps into live spherical video. Live 360 video will become available to the API later this month, and Facebook will roll out the immersive live stream functionality to all Pages and users.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Oculus has also partnered with Virtuclear to offer prescription lenses for the Quest 2 for $80. All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. And yes, I use sarcasm a lot: “Hey Facebook, thanks for this”.

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The VRScout Report – Altspace Shuts Down & Disney Resorts Get The Void

VRScout

Featuring special guest Sophia Dominguez, co-founder of SVRF.com (the first search engine for immersive content), and creator of AllThingsVR , a weekly VR/AR newsletter. Now just called plain ol’ Sansar , the platform has launched its open beta so anyone can explore and build immersive spaces.

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Reveries on The Future of VR

VRScout

Unprecedented immersion. VR is already the most immersive form of computing and is getting better at a rapid pace. For example, when Oculus released their touch controllers in December, I was amazed by how much more real and complete each experience felt, driven simply by the fact that I could see and articulate my hands within VR.

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The Jetset with Headsets: How XR Will Revolutionize Air Travel, with Neutral Digital’s Greg Caterer

XR for Business Podcast

Greg is the chief operating officer at Neutral Digital, an end-to-end immersive content creator, focusing on the luxury travel sector. In the same way, like I said before, as if you would build a video game VR using the Unreal Engine, that really immerses the user. Alan: Today’s guest is Greg Caterer.

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The Jetset with Headsets: How XR Will Revolutionize Air Travel, with Neutral Digital’s Greg Caterer

XR for Business Podcast

Greg is the chief operating officer at Neutral Digital, an end-to-end immersive content creator, focusing on the luxury travel sector. In the same way, like I said before, as if you would build a video game VR using the Unreal Engine, that really immerses the user. Alan: Today’s guest is Greg Caterer.