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Apple announced it’s introducing a host of accessibility features to Vision Pro, which is set to include Live Captions for the deaf or hard of hearing. It certainly feels like an important first step in eventually kitting the device with real-time translation at some point down the road. The visionOS update, which is said to …
Google announced it’s partnering with HP to commercialize Project Starline, the company’s light-field display for immersive, headset-less video conferences. Google says it’s partnering with HP to start commercialization of Starline in 2025, which the company says will “focus on connecting distributed teams and individuals in the workplace.” Additionally, Google says it wants to eventually bring …
The Pico 4 virtual reality headset might not be the latest wearable produced by the Bytedance-owned XR firm, but it’s still one of the most intuitive and affordable headsets. Offered in both an enterprise and consumer-focused version, the Pico 4 is powered by the same Snapdragon XR2 processor as Meta’s Quest 2, and it even …
Meta Quest Travel mode Meta Meta has struck a deal with Lufthansa to promote the use of its VR headsets on flights. Your first reaction to this might be — couldn’t we already do that? On the Meta blog, the company claims its new Travel mode for Quest 2 and Quest 3 tweaks the behaviour …
Quest users searching the Store will now be able to more easily find games published through its early access distribution channel, App Lab, which previously weren’t visible, effectively giving smaller studios a more level playing field. Meta is making its operating system and app store available on third-party VR headsets sometime soon, and one of the …
As we covered when it was first announced, Apple’s new Vision Pro might just finally make augmented and virtual reality the new “it” thing for the future. However, while we’ve been left to speculate about what the Vision Pro could eventually mean for 3D movies and just how the heck features like virtual keyboards might …
Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, announced it’s opening 25 new locations as a result of a partnership with Apparel Group, the United Arab Emirates-based fashion and lifestyle company. The partnership is described as a “massive franchise deal” with Apparel Group, which has 85 brands and more than 2,200 stores across 14 countries, including much …
The Apple Vision Pro headset is reportedly being prepped for a global launch that will allow customers outside the U.S. to get their hands on it for the first time. And, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, that could happen as soon as next month after the Worldwide Developer’s Conference in Cupertino. The $3,499 spatial computing …
Meta has begun opening up Quest App Lab, making previously unlisted games and apps viewable on the main store. Introduced in 2021 as a secondary distribution method for on-platform app sales, Quest App Lab is being retired soon to make the Quest Store more open. Taking place in two stages, today’s first step sees Meta’s …
Research team at Stanford from left-to-right: Brian Chao, Manu Gopakumar, Gun-Yeal Lee, Gordon Wetzstein, Suyeon Choi (Photo by Andrew Brodhead). Image: Stanford Engineering One of the biggest criticisms of AR and VR, and especially Apple’s vision of what it calls “spatial computing,” is the bulk of the eyewear. There’s no doubt we’ve reached the point …