Russia Bans Facebook & Instagram, Quest See Ripple Effects

Russia Bans Facebook & Instagram, Quest See Ripple Effects

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‘Pokémon GO’ Developer Niantic Expands AR Toolset with WebAR Acquisition

‘Pokémon GO’ Developer Niantic Expands AR Toolset with WebAR Acquisition

FacebookTwitterLinkedinRedditSubscribe The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox.  Email Address Niantic, the company behind Pokémon GO, the Lightship AR SDK, and more, announced this week that it has acquired 8th Wall, creators of AR…

Tundra Tracker Bundles Sold Out in Just 3 Minutes Yesterday

Tundra Tracker Bundles Sold Out in Just 3 Minutes Yesterday

FacebookTwitterLinkedinRedditSubscribe The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox.  Email Address Tundra Tracker, a SteamVR Tracking puck born out of a successful Kickstarter last year, was sold to the general public for the…

Quest Fitness Tracker is Getting Baked into Apple Health & Oculus App

Quest Fitness Tracker is Getting Baked into Apple Health & Oculus App

FacebookTwitterLinkedinRedditSubscribe The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox.  Email Address Oculus Move is Quest 2’s onboard activity layer that tracks just how much you’re moving during gameplay. Now the company says its…

New Data from Valve Reveals the Growth of VR Users on Steam in 2023

New Data from Valve Reveals the Growth of VR Users on Steam in 2023

FacebookTwitterLinkedinRedditSubscribe The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox.  Email Address New figures directly from Valve reveal the growth of VR users on Steam in 2023. Shared by Valve this week, the Steam…

Missing Apps & Account Issues on Quest Largely Fixed, But Linger for Some

Missing Apps & Account Issues on Quest Largely Fixed, But Linger for Some

FacebookTwitterLinkedinRedditSubscribe The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox.  Email Address Earlier this month Meta acknowledged a Quest account issue that which led to some users being logged out of their headsets and…

Making ‘The Remedy’ – How A Veteran Illustrator Made one of VR’s Best Short Films With ‘Quill’

Making ‘The Remedy’ – How A Veteran Illustrator Made one of VR’s Best Short Films With ‘Quill’

FacebookTwitterLinkedinRedditSubscribe The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox.  Email Address Perhaps no project to date shows the potential of Quill—Oculus’ VR illustration and animation tool—quite like The Remedy. Created by veteran animator Daniel Martin…

Delighting Users with Rich Interactions is Key to Making VR Engaging & Effective

Delighting Users with Rich Interactions is Key to Making VR Engaging & Effective

FacebookTwitterLinkedinRedditSubscribe The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email The Daily Roundup is our comprehensive coverage of the VR industry wrapped up into one daily email, delivered directly to your inbox.  Email Address VR software has introduced many new challenges to developers. Among these challenges, rich interactions are at the very core of all the…