Virtual reality

Apple Patent Hopes We’ll All Show Feet in AR

One thing that most Big Tech companies working on smart glasses haven’t figure out yet is how to effectively interact with an augmented reality environment. Apple is heavily rumored to be working on its own pair of AR glasses and apparently considered vibrating haptic socks to tackle this problem. A new patent spotted by AppleInsider…

Tech News Victoria Song Mar 16

No, Mark Zuckerberg, Virtual Reality Goggles Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

The billionaires are once again claiming that tech will save us. In an interview published Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that by the end of this decade, he expects we’ll all have access to virtual reality goggles that will allow us to feel like we’re teleporting into other people’s houses and hanging out. That could, in…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Mar 9

Facebook Details Its Dream for AR Glasses, and Honestly, I Don’t Hate It

It’s well-known that Facebook’s partnering with Ray-Ban to develop a pair of augmented reality glasses. What’s less clear is how Facebook envisions these glasses will function, and how the company imagines people will interact with the device. A new Facebook Reality Labs blog sheds a little light on that front—and it possibly involves haptic gloves…

Social Media Victoria Song Mar 9

Some AMD Ryzen 5000 Processors Are Back in Stock

You are definitely not hallucinating that Micro Center display case full of AMD CPUs. Consumers can purchase AMD 5000-series CPUs again, and there seems to be plenty of stock to go around. Over the last couple of weeks, as PCWorld also noticed, Ryzen 5 5600X and Ryzen 7 5800X stock has been available at in-store retailers…

Gadgets Joanna Nelius Mar 9

New Report States Apple Will Release Mixed Reality Headset in 2022 and AR Glasses by 2025

While the rumblings over Apple’s planned venture into augmented reality, virtual reality and mixed reality have been getting louder recently, we now have a series of dates for these devices by prognosticator Ming Chi-Kuo, a good source with a reliable track record on all things Apple. In a research note with TF International Securities obtained…

Tech News Jody Serrano Mar 7

Mesh Is Microsoft’s Vision for Sending Your Hologram Back to the Office

Today at Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference, the tech giant revealed a bold glimpse at the future of digital collaboration with Mesh, a new mixed reality experience set to shape how people work and socialize online. Powered by Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and designed to run on a range of devices, including Microsoft’s Hololens headsets, traditional…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Mar 2

Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub Go Monster-Hunting in Werewolves Within

We’ve got our first look at the upcoming horror comedy Werewolves Within and it’s got serious whodunnit energy. Based on the Ubisoft videogame, Werewolves Within stars Sam Richardson (who was also a producer), Michael Chernus, Michaela Watkins, Cheyenne Jackson, Milana Vayntrub, and Harvey Guillén, any of whom could be a potential werewolf causing mayhem in…

Movies Courtney Enlow Feb 28

The Oculus Quest Will Now Let You Mark Your Real Couch

Virtual reality has come a long way, but tripping over your couch while mid-game is still one of the more annoying things about the format. But, good news for Oculus Quest owners. A new experimental update will now let you mark your actual couch as an object in your virtual space. The update, which was…

Gadgets Victoria Song Feb 24

Bramble Is the Video-Conferencing Platform I Wish Existed at the Start of the Pandemic

Being a teacher is rough. Being a teacher trying to teach a class of more than 20 students virtually in the middle of a pandemic is even rougher. Not only do you have to come up with clever ways to teach the same material and keep your class engaged, but you often find yourself troubleshooting…

Reviews Joanna Nelius Feb 18

11 Games That Make the Oculus Quest 2 Worth Buying

The Oculus Quest 2 has finally given us what we want from virtual reality headsets: simplicity in its standalone operation, affordability in its $300 starting price, and a selection of decent games that’s wide enough to actually make it worth buying the headset. If you already own or are planning to buy an Oculus Quest…

Gadgets David Nield Feb 18

VTubing Is More Than Just Livestreaming With Cute Anime Avatars

There’s a new type of livestream building steam: It’s called VTubing, and for many people, it might only exist as thumbnails in YouTube’s recommended videos section. But VTubing is way more involved than just clips that feature kawaii anime avatars. It’s an important evolution of our social media landscape. Until fairly recently, VTubing was a…

Internet Sam Rutherford Feb 10

Stop Ruining Oculus, Facebook

Facebook is now rolling out Messenger on Oculus Quest and Quest 2 headsets, and trust me, I’m cringing too. Messenger will only be available to those who have already connected their Facebook accounts to their Quest or Quest 2 headset, so those who have been holding out on merging their separate Oculus account are safe for…

Social Media Joanna Nelius Feb 4

Apple Reportedly Making a VR Headset Few Will Actually Buy

It’s an open secret that Apple is working on some kind of augmented reality or virtual reality headset. Some, have been so bold as to predict sleek Steve Jobs-style smart glasses as soon as summer 2021. But now Bloomberg is reporting that before we get smart glasses, Apple is attempting a niche VR headset that…

Tech News Victoria Song Jan 21

This Gorgeous Soul Art Tribute Was Made in Virtual Reality

This tribute to Disney and Pixar’s Soul is impressive, and even moreso when you find out how it was made. Virtual reality is a cool medium for a lot of things. One of those is art—programs like Tilt Brush let artists like That Sabby Life create three-dimensional art pieces entirely in VR. It’s not an…

Movies Julie Muncy Jan 9

Wacom’s New Stylus Will Let You Create 3D Drawings in Virtual Reality

One of the more practical uses for virtual reality is product design, allowing engineers and artists to create, refine, and perfect something in 3D instead of spending the money to iterate real-life prototypes. Wacom, a company synonymous with art and design, has created a new version of its stylus that offers functions like pressure sensitivity,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Dec 4

Google Is Shuttering the Expeditions App, but Its VR Field Trips Aren’t Going Away For Good

Another one of Google’s virtual reality ventures is biting the dust. The company says it’s ending support for its VR educational app, Expeditions, next year, though it’ll fare far better than Google’s shuttered Daydream VR platform. Instead of discontinuing Expeditions completely, Google’s folding many of the app’s functions into its Arts & Culture app. It…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Nov 13

The Best VR Headsets You Can Get Right Now

In the short time since Oculus and HTC basically ushered modern consumer VR into existence, VR HMDs (aka VR headsets) have come a long way from the big, bulky contraptions with low resolutions we first saw in 2016. But now, not only is there a huge library of VR games and experiences, there’s a wide…

Reviews Sam Rutherford Nov 7

These Wrist-Worn Hammers Swing Into Your Hands So You Feel Virtual Objects

One of the remaining struggles with making virtual reality experiences feel more ‘real’ is the lack of tangible interactions between the user and objects that only exist in VR. To help bridge that gap, Microsoft Research has developed a wearable device with a hammer-like appendage that swings in and out of a VR user’s palm,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 21

10 Tips to Make You an Oculus Quest 2 Master

Cast VR to your TV for maximizing your time with the Quest 2 specifically.

Gadgets David Nield Oct 15

Finally, You Can Use VR to Hide From Jurassic Park‘s Dinosaurs

High on the list of things you’d rather not actually be doing has got to be running around Jurassic Park with a bunch of ferocious, free-roaming dinosaurs. You may, however, may want to emulate the experience from the comfort of your own home. Jurassic World: Aftermath gives you that opportunity. Set two years after the…

Movies Germain Lussier Sep 16

Apple Patent Hopes We’ll All Show Feet in AR

No, Mark Zuckerberg, Virtual Reality Goggles Won’t Solve the Climate Crisis

Facebook Details Its Dream for AR Glasses, and Honestly, I Don’t Hate It

Some AMD Ryzen 5000 Processors Are Back in Stock

New Report States Apple Will Release Mixed Reality Headset in 2022 and AR Glasses by 2025

Mesh Is Microsoft’s Vision for Sending Your Hologram Back to the Office

Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub Go Monster-Hunting in Werewolves Within

The Oculus Quest Will Now Let You Mark Your Real Couch

Bramble Is the Video-Conferencing Platform I Wish Existed at the Start of the Pandemic

11 Games That Make the Oculus Quest 2 Worth Buying

VTubing Is More Than Just Livestreaming With Cute Anime Avatars

Stop Ruining Oculus, Facebook

Apple Reportedly Making a VR Headset Few Will Actually Buy

This Gorgeous Soul Art Tribute Was Made in Virtual Reality

Wacom’s New Stylus Will Let You Create 3D Drawings in Virtual Reality

Google Is Shuttering the Expeditions App, but Its VR Field Trips Aren’t Going Away For Good

The Best VR Headsets You Can Get Right Now

These Wrist-Worn Hammers Swing Into Your Hands So You Feel Virtual Objects

10 Tips to Make You an Oculus Quest 2 Master

Finally, You Can Use VR to Hide From Jurassic Park‘s Dinosaurs

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