There’s a virtual reality racing league, and then OPEN, a third-person battle royale experience from Ernest Cline’s The Readyverse. This title is claimed to be the first AAA quality ‘metaverse experience interoperable with AAA IP that leverages web3 technology’.
A new immersive Honda Extended Reality (XR) Mobility Experience debuted at SXSW 2024, combining personal mobility with virtual reality technology. At the heart of this experience is Honda’s UNI-ONE, a hands-free, personal mobility device equipped with advanced self-balancing technology and sensors that enable the user to move in any direction based on postural movements.
After trying the Apple Vision Pro, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that the Meta Quest 3 not only offers a more comprehensive experience, but is also the better product overall, especially with its $499 starting price tag. The interview itself was shot on a Meta Quest 3, which features 4-megapixel RGB cameras for seamless passthrough and augmented reality (AR) experiences.
Ever wonder what playing a Game Boy Advance emulator with an interface that matches the original hardware could be like with the Apple Vision Pro? Riley has you covered with this mockup showcasing a virtual console running in passthrough mode.
The Simpsons have done it again with yet another prediction, the Apple Vision Pro, or so fans of the series claim. Some of the other predictions that came true in one form or another include accessible space travel, smartwatches, the Walt Disney / FOX merger, the pandemic, and we can’t forget the Donald Trump presidency.
Finally, the first Apple Vision Pro teardown video has been released, and it comes from none other than the experts at iFixit. The most fascinating feature might be its EyeSight display, which is essentially a lenticular screen that projects a 3D version of the user’s eyes to emulate their gaze.
You’ve seen the Stranger Things Xbox Series S console, now check out new gameplay footage of Stranger Things VR, which hits the Meta Quest on February 22. Fans will be able to get a fresh perspective as they uncover new secrets as Vecna’s influence on the events of prior seasons is revealed.
Lanny Smoot, a Disney Research Fellow, unveils HoloTile, an omni-directional treadmill AR / VR applications. While you may have seen similar devices before, this one claims to support multiple users simultaneously.
Tim Cook has just released a video showing how the Apple Vision Pro spatial computer is made, and the process includes the use of several robots. As you can see, just about everything is fully automated, although we imagine the more sensitive parts, like the display as well as logic board, are hand assembled.