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• The Future of Apple Augmented Reality Wearables Through the Lens of Steve Jobs & His Legacy
  Today is the 10-year anniversary of the death of Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs. To commemorate the occasion, Apple has posted a message and a mini-documentary on its website. But beyond Jobs' visionary accomplishments, this anniversary is also an opportunity to peer into the possible future of what Apple has in store in […]
• Facebook Outage Takes Down the Metaverse, Oculus Quest & Ray-Ban Smartglasses Users Impacted
  On Monday, the social media giant Facebook suffered a massive outage that, as of this writing, is still in effect. The company's flagship services, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are all currently inaccessible. But one unexpected development is that this outage is also hurting Facebook's "metaverse" products, including Oculus Quest users and Ray-Ban Stories smartglasses […]
• Market Reality: NASA AR Launches, Smartglasses Showdown, Vuzix Secret Lab, Magic Leap Turns the Corner
  The beginning of autumn has delivered a number of new augmented reality developments, and we're on top of it. This week, NASA launched several major new initiatives that involve AR as an essential piece of the puzzle. Also, Magic Leap's history turned a major new corner, while one mainstream retailer move could hint at an […]
• Microsoft HoloLens 2 & Unity Used to Highlight the Threat to Endangered Whales at the Smithsonian
  Although the enterprise use cases for the Microsoft HoloLens 2 continue to impress, the arts community just can't stay away from the best augmented reality headset on the market. The latest example comes from a new exhibit that highlights one of Earth's most powerful but vulnerable sea creatures: orca whales. • Don't Miss: Microsoft's HoloLens […]
• What Is the Difference Between Facebook Ray-Ban Stories, Snap Spectacles, & Amazon Echo Frames Smartglasses?
  The emergence of Facebook's collaboration with Ray-Ban to launch Stories smartglasses has finally put an exclamation point on a new category of smartglasses: the pre-augmented reality wearable segment. And while the Facebook device isn't particularly groundbreaking in terms of features already explored by other wearables, it does distinguish itself in a few important ways. But […]
• NASA Launches First Woman to Moon via AR App, & Delivers Interactive Visit to New Space Telescope
  The team at NASA is in full mission preparation mode as they prepare to send a new team to the moon for the first time in decades via the Artemis program in 2024. But one of the key points of interest in that upcoming mission is the fact that NASA will also be sending the […]
• BlueJeans Video Conferencing Giant to Launch Native Google Glass App for Remote Assistance
  If you're a normal, non-corporate video conferencing user, you may not have heard of BlueJeans, but in the corporate world, the software has long been a major staple when it comes to remote meetings. Now the company is finally catching up with the rapidly unfolding wearable augmented reality device segment by adding Google Glass to […]
• Vuzix Smartglasses Factory Reveal Gives Another Glimpse of Next-Gen AR Wearable
  Away from the hype around Facebook's smartglasses, the high-end fascination with the Microsoft HoloLens, and the unending rumors about Apple's AR wearable is the small but powerful darling of the enterprise AR world—Vuzix. Well, now we're getting an inside look at where the wearable magic happens at the Vuzix factory based in unlikely confines upstate […]
• NASA Integrates Microsoft HoloLens into Regular Maintenance Operations on International Space Station
  As NASA nears the launch of another mission to the Moon in 2024, and a subsequent mission to Mars in the 2030s, augmented reality is increasingly being woven into the normal space operations to test various capabilities. The latest example comes via the current International Space Station (ISS) crew, several of whom are using the […]

VR Heads

• Keeping prying eyes away with these tips and tricks for your Android
  Am I the only one who's palms get sweaty when lending my phone to someone? It's 2020, and almost everything is becoming more accessible on mobile devices. You work on them, play games, keep up with all your favorite shows, listen to your favorite music, and stay updated on the latest news. That's not to […]
• Access 18+ content with these great apps for Android
  If you're reading this, chances are you have an awesome pocket computer running Android at your disposal. Today's Android phones and tablets can pretty much do anything, and that includes things of an adult nature. We want to help you find and see that content the best way possible, whether safely on-the-go or while you're […]
• Check out "forbidden fruit" with these adult apps for your iPhone
  You might not know it, but there are plenty of adult apps available on the iOS store. When it comes to adult content on mobile devices, there are a variety of apps that you can enjoy. From apps that help you to try and improve your sex life, to those that help explain exactly what […]
• LGBTQ VR scenes sure to get 'The Job' done
  Due to six-foot distancing, some of us have had a lack of human contact and some much needed TLC. VR allows us not only to think outside the box and explore our creativity, but we can also become a part of our favorite porn scenes to explore our sexualities under our comfort. So here are […]

VR Scout

• Niantic's Real-World AR Map Is Now Open To Developers
  Niantic's Lightship VPS will be available free for a limited time before eventually switching to a paid tier system.
• VR Simulation Allows Police To Train Using Real Tasers
  VR technology and wrist trackers combine to offer a next-level training program. Axon, a weapons technology company based out of Arizona, today launched a new VR simulation designed to train law enforcement officers in de-escalation tactics by immersing them in realistic scenarios they may face out in the field. Not only that, but trainees can […]
• Keep Drunk To Stay Alive In This Hilarious VR Zombie Game
  Sober people are turning into flesh-eating zombies. It's your job is to get absolutely smashed and start slaying.
• A VR Cannabis Store Has Officially Opened To The Public
  Here you can chat with cannabis specialists, review ingredients, and buy products straight from the metaverse.
• AR Technology Invades Electric Daisy Carnival In Vegas
  Those attending in-person can use their smartphone devices to access four unique AR experiences powered by the Snapchat app.

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Animation World Network

• Metaverse = Multiverse
  Everything, everywhere, all at once.
• Watch: Bigger Better Meta’s ‘Welcome to the Metaverse’ Music Video
  Creators set out to prove that the VR/Metaverse is a viable path for creators to engage and connect with each other and their audiences; filmed completely in Microsoft's AltspaceVR, the collaboration was built at ‘the cross-section of artistry and technology.’
• Annecy 2022 Juries Announced
  Judging at this year’s festival will be handled by 18 notable industry experts from 13 countries; awards will be revealed at the event’s June 18 closing ceremony.
• Annecy 2022 Looks at Immersive Realities
  Official selections in VR works revealed, WIP XR 2022 line-up to showcase two VR narratives, and the Immersive Reality Conferences tackles the future of creation; festival runs June 13-18.
• Baobab Studios Expands its Creative Team
  New hires at the multiple Emmy Award-winning studio include Oscar nominee Erick Oh and Jony Chandra as directors, Brian Tinsman and Michael McCormick as games creative directors, and Hayley Porter as director of marketing.
• Quantum Storey and Hasbro Ink Multi-Year XR Content Deal
  Company’s extended reality platform brings immersive and experiential storytelling to children’s entertainment company’s popular franchises; ‘My Little Pony-Virtual Magic’ will launch in spring 2022
• Another Great Set of FMX 2022 Program Highlights Revealed
  Conference confirms more talks, presentations, and masterclasses including a look at rendering challenges behind ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines,’ creation of Mixed Reality with Microsoft’s Darren Cosker, and Machine Learning with Foundry’s Mairéad Grogan; the event runs onsite May 3-5, online May 6 and on demand through May 31.
• BOXX to Feature New NVIDIA RTX GPUs in Workstations
  Next gen technology accelerates GoBOXX SLM Laptop and APEXX Workstation performance; AI and ray-tracing enhancements optimize GPUs for media and entertainment as well as manufacturing and product design, architecture, engineering, and construction workflows.
• FMX 2022 Shares More Program Highlights
  Conference confirms presentations that include a behind-the-scenes look at Netflix’s anthology ‘The House,’ the blending of 2D and 3D in Marvel’s ‘What If...?’ and the future of NFTs; the event runs onsite May 3-5, online May 6 and on demand through May 31.

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VRTifacts

• Fuji Real 3D W1 – top or flop?
  The post Fuji Real 3D W1 – top or flop? appeared first on V-Rtifacts.
• A VR Who’s Who From 1994 – uniVRsum
  1994 marks the peak of what many view as the first “Big Bubble” in VR popularity. There were literally hundreds of (mostly) entrepreneurial startups taking a wild fling and what seemed to be a game-changing technology. You could strike sparks anywhere! By 1997 most had either vanished or transformed themselves. If you stood in just […]
• Oculus DK2 Lens – Characteristics
  The Oculus DK2 is a remarkable VR headset, producing a remarkably wide field of view with very inexpensive single element optics. VRtifacts was curious about the characteristics of the Oculus DK2 lens: what size, what material, and what focal length? The lenses themselves have quite a bit of chromatic aberration, giving the impression that they […]
• The State Of Consumer VR
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• Recent Job Posting: Seeking – Principal Teledildonics Integration Engineer
  According to several women writers, a hot hi-tech hiring wave will be seeking: Teledildonics Integration Engineers and Fleshlight API Programmers (FAPs.) While porn has been trying to edge into Virtual Reality Sex, and VR keeps trying to penetrate the porn market, maybe the moment for this market to explode has finally come. As with most provocative blogs, […]
• Bookshelf: Sex, Drugs and Tessellation
  Hot off the press is Ben Delaney’s authoritative new book, Sex, Drugs, and Tessellation which collects 6 years of wisdom from Ben’s CyberEdge Journal, the go-to virtual reality publication from 1991 through 1996. Ben has always been both a proponent of, and realist about VR, offering insightful market insights and lucid explanations of ofttimes opaque technology. Both students […]
• Why Sell Out? Oculus -> Facebook
  A lot of people are fuming over today’s announcement that Facebook would be buying Palmer Luckey’s Oculus. Palmer and company produced two mainstream marketed development kit head mounted displays which became darlings of the grassroots VR/Gamer community. Starting with Kickstarter, Oculus, channeled through Palmer’s and later John Carmack’s charisma and a hacker friendly attitude, built […]
• W-Industries Unscripted
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• Virtual Reality (1991) – “Many Believe It Will Revolutionize The Way We Live”
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Road to VR

• Lynx Secures $4M in Series A Funding, Aims to Become "European Champion of Mixed Reality" – Road to VR
  Lynx, the French XR hardware startup known for crowdfunding the Lynx R-1 mixed reality headset, today announced it’s secured $4 million in its Series A round, led by social VR platform Somnium Space. Alongside Somnium Space, participants in the latest funding round also include what Lynx calls early supporters of the company and “other investors involved […]
• Pico Neo 3 Link Releases for €450 in Europe with Hopes of Competing with Quest 2 – Road to VR
  Pico Interactive primarily targets enterprise users outside of China, however now the company has taken a significant step into European consumer market, as it’s officially launched its new Neo 3 variant there, Pico Neo 3 Link, which features both standalone and PC-tethered capability. Update (May 25th, 2022): Pico announced the news in a tweet yesterday, seen […]
• Meta Research Shows Progress on Dynamic Focus LC Lenses for VR
  New research from Kent State University and Meta Reality Labs has demonstrated large dynamic focus liquid crystal lenses which could be used to create varifocal VR headsets. Vergence-Accommodation Conflict in a Nutshell In the VR R&D space, one of the hot topics is finding a practical solution for the so-called vergence-accommodation conflict (VAC). All consumer […]
• Niantic Launches City-scale Visual Positioning System for Multi-user AR
  Niantic today launched its Lightship Visual Positioning System at its first developer summit. The system aims to form an underlying 3D map of the world so that AR devices can share the same frame of reference even on massive scales. Update (May 24th, 2022): Today during the company’s Lightship Summit event, Niantic launched its Lightship […]
• Magic Leap is Selling Its First AR Headset for Just $550 – Road to VR
  It looks like Magic Leap is holding a barn burner of a sale on its first AR headset, Magic Leap 1, as the one-time $2,300 device can now be had for $550. As first reported by GMW3, Magic Leap appears to be flushing excess stock of the 2018-era AR headset via the Amazon-owned online retailer Woot.  […]

360 Rumors

• Your Drone Can Fly First, SHOOT LATER with Insta360 Sphere
  How would you like to be able to focus on flying your drone and then magically compose the shot after the fact?  Insta360 Sphere lets you do exactly that. Insta360 Sphere is a 360 camera for your DJI Mavic Air 2 or Air 2S that turns your drone into an “invisible” 360 drone. If this […]
• Sony a7R V might disappoint virtual tour photographers
  The specs of the rumored Sony a7R V were supposedly leaked by Photo Rumors (no relationship to this site).  If the specs are true, the a7R V could be a disappointment for virtual tour photographers. With 60 megapixels, the a7R IV has the highest resolution among full frame mirrorless and DSLR cameras.  Because of its […]
• Here is Insta360’s NEW camera on May 24
  Insta360 teased a new camera coming on May 24.  Here’s my analysis of what the new camera is.  UPDATE: nope, I’m wrong — it’s Insta360 Sphere, a drone camera for Air 2 / 2S, not FPV. The post Here is Insta360’s NEW camera on May 24 appeared first on 360 Rumors.
• New Insta360 camera on May 24: Elevate Your Creativity
  Insta360 is releasing a new camera on May 24. Here’s the teaser video.  UPDATE: here is my analysis of what the new camera is. This announcement is a bit of a surprise, given that they released the Insta360 One RS (reviewed here) only a couple of months ago on March 22.  I don’t recall Insta360 […]
• Better video quality? Qoocam EGO 3D vs Insta360 One RS vs Lenovo Mirage VR180
  How does the Qoocam EGO’s video quality compare to that of a 360 camera or a VR180 camera?  I compared the EGO’s video quality to Insta360 One RS and Lenovo Mirage. Yesterday, Kandao officially released the Qoocam EGO, a 3D camera that surprised many 360 camera users.   It is the first non-360 3D camera from […]
• Qoocam EGO review, samples, tutorial and FAQ (3D camera for Quest)
  If you want to capture immersive photos and videos for Oculus Quest, check out the Qoocam EGO, a new 3D camera with removable 3D viewer.  Here is a Qoocam EGO review and sample video, shot in 3D with the Qoocam EGO. Background When Kandao first announced the Qoocam EGO, many were surprised that it was […]
• Qoocam EGO launch on May 19 at 10am EDT
  Kandao has finally announced the launch date for the Qoocam EGO, a 3D camera with removeable 3D viewer.  Previously, they only said that it would be in May.  Now they’ve pinned it to a specific date: May 19, 2022 at 10pm China time, which is 10am EDT and 7am PDT. I’ve been testing the EGO […]
• Meta’s Project Cambria will make Tony Stark’s JARVIS interface possible
  A demo of Meta’s VR headset Project Cambria showed how it will soon give us a gesture-based augmented reality interface, similar to how Tony Stark works with JARVIS in Iron Man and other Marvel movies. Meta Quest (formerly Oculus Quest) is the most popular VR headset today in part because of cutting edge features such […]
• Insta360 Power Selfie Stick review: why it’s an excellent VALUE for your One X2, One R, or One RS
  Insta360 has released the new Power Selfie Stick, an invisible selfie stick that can power your Insta360 One X2, One RS, or One R while also controlling it remotely.  Here are its advantages and disadvantages, and why I think it’s an excellent value. Advantages and disadvantages + Extended battery life: the Power Selfie Stick has […]

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VR Focus

• A Bizarre, Tranquil World Awaits in London’s Latest VR Artstravaganza
  HTC’s Vive Arts programme once again teams up with artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster.
• Robotics Manufacturer Kawasaki Joins Microsoft’s “Industrial Metaverse”
  To aid remote repairs, learning and other industrial applications.
• Decentralized Metaverse The Sandbox Enters new Partnership to Safeguard its Community
  The Sandbox has brought in WebHelp to improve community engagement.
• Apex Construct Creator Drops PlayStation VR2 Tease
  It seems more than one game is on the cards.
• Quest 2 Rival Pico Neo3 Link Officially on Sale in Select EU Countries
  Customers in Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands can get their hands on the new headset now.
• Sandbox VR is Finally Coming to the UK This Summer
  It'll have its own robotic bartender.
• Grab an AR Bargain Magic Leap 1 for Only $549
  The best AR deal you'll likely ever see!
• The Virtual Arena: Immersing the Performing Arts Audience
  The Virtual Arena steps inside the Barbican Theatre’s latest VR dance experience.
• Women in the Metaverse – Paula Marie Kilgarriff
  As a brand activation strategist and luxury fashion expert, Paula is helping brands enter the metaverse with ease.