Facebook’s Oculus Quest VR platform has continued adding updates over the past year and a half, but its latest one could turn it into a full-fledged workout ecosystem for the winter. The Oculus Quest 2 is also getting visual upgrades to support 90Hz refresh rates in games and for PC use. It’s all part of …
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Doing office work in VR isn’t easy. It isn’t just the lack of software plugins for VR and most productivity apps, since VR headsets can already transform into wearable monitors. The keyboard part is what gets really frustrating. Facebook’s working on a way to bypass physical keyboards altogether with hand tracking. Facebook Reality Labs’ latest research project, being presented at …
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The US Department of Defense has announced it’s providing $600 million in funding for 5G experiments at five military bases. The tests will focus on things like virtual reality training, robotics and drones, with the DOD on Thursday calling 5G “vital to US national and economic security.” The test sites are located at Naval Base San Diego; Hill Air Force …
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In late 2014, I pulled CNET TV editor David Katzmaier into a conference room to show him a black plastic pair of goggles fitted over a Samsung phone. I seated him in a comfy swivel chair. I wanted to see what he thought of what I was about to show him, from a display perspective. A few 3D 360-degree videos …
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Imagine you’re training to be a pilot or a doctor, experiencing a simulation in VR with convincing images and tools that feel like the real thing. And not only do you get to know how you did afterwards, but you can see how you focused, what your pulse rate was and maybe even what you were feeling. VR headsets like …
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Minecraft’s PlayStation VR update will be available to download on Tuesday, the company tweeted on Monday. Earlier this month, PlayStation said users who already own the popular world-building game will get the patch for free. Otherwise, you’ll have to pay for the game, which according to the PlayStation Store, is $20. Once you’ve downloaded the update for PlayStation VR, you can play …
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Egocentric. It’s a weird word. To Facebook, regarding AR and VR, it means a world where computers start processing the world as you perceive it. It’s a cornerstone of a strange future we seem to already be heading towards, where assistants and notifications and social media meet us where we’re already looking. Or where we seem to be looking. Virtual …
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When Apple sent invitations to the press and public to watch its “special Apple Event from Apple Park” on Sept. 15 through apple.com, the company included an artistic rendering of its logo, along with two words: “Time Flies.” Most people interpreted that to mean a next-generation Apple Watch, but there was an augmented reality surprise that hints at much more. If you tapped …
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A pair of promotional videos have seemingly revealed Facebook’s Oculus Quest 2 VR headset after being uploaded to the social network’s marketing hub, as previously reported by The Verge. It’s powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 processor and is lighter than last year’s original model, according to the videos. It apparently includes up to 256GB of storage and 6 GB of …
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Facebook’s future plans for AR smartglasses are still in the works, but one part of the equation that could soon see the light of day is smart audio. Spatial audio and augmented audio reality are two arenas in which Facebook is actively interested, and the company’s newest Facebook Reality Labs research update details how the company plans to make devices …
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