A bit of a shorter edition this month, both because there wasn't a great deal of news and because of a vacation forcing me to keep things a bit shorter this time. Still, plenty of interesting things going on! For my Dutch readers, be sure to check out XR Creators
While Meta’s Quest has always relied heavily on cameras for tracking location of the headset, controllers, and the world around the user, developers haven’t had the same privileged access to the headset’s cameras. Earlier this year Meta gave developers the ability to experiment with direct access to...
Google released the schedule for its upcoming I/O developer conference, which includes developer-focused sessions promising to deliver more insight into its upcoming Android XR operating system. At least from the schedule, it doesn’t seem Google is getting that vocal about Android XR just yet. Andro...
Apple engineers have offered to contribute Vision Pro support to the Godot engine, which is a free, open source game engine that's available to...
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/62221221
There have been quite a few comics in this style recently. For this specific comic, the background is always changing.
China has the luxury of being a totalitarian state. Xi does not need to worry about upcoming elections. Unfortunately in Europe any moves that requires great sacrifice might be political suicide.
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I am assuming undetectable waves. That is the enemy won't know where the waves are being fired from or even that they are being fired at all.
Yes but they need to obey Turkish law if they want to offer their services there. Like how US websites have to show a "cookies" disclaimer within the EU due to EU privacy laws.
Eh as much as I would like it to be true, I would take the word of captured enemy combatants with a grain of salt.
Well as a company bluesky, would need to abide by the laws of where it is offering it's services.
They can't just ignore the request of the country's government. They could either challenge it in court or stop offering their services altogether.
Valve is Building Key XR Components, Suggesting "Deckard" Standalone is Moving into Production
Valve’s rumored standalone XR headset, codenamed ‘Deckard’, has been the subject of speculation since mention was first discovered back in 2021. Now, information obtained by tech analyst and VR pundit Brad Lynch (aka ‘SadlyItsBradley‘) points to Valve gearing up production for the long-awaited devic...
To be fair I don't think the russians would conceive of such a plan. Anyone who would suggest it would have been laughed out of the room.
Question would be how to track sales of said data outside of Italy.
I think they hate "the west" in general as the population can criticize and pressure those in power. Whereas dictatorships have unquestioned control.
In this case they should have been using government systems for internal transparency and opsec.
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Ironically this scandal was caused by fools
PC VR Headset Bigscreen Beyond 2 Promises Big Boost to Field-of-view & Clarity,
Bigscreen today announced its next-gen Beyond PC VR headset, promising a big boost in field-of-view (FOV) and clarity thanks to the inclusion of new pancake lenses. Bigscreen is also making the slim and light headset more attractive to at-home and enterprise users too thanks to its new adjustable in...
Meta has finally released the long-awaited Passthrough Camera API for Quest, which gives developers direct access to the headset’s passthrough RGB cameras for better scene understanding—kickstarting the next generation of more immersive mixed reality experiences on Quest. Until now, Quest’s passthro...
LG was previously tapped to partner with Meta to advance its XR efforts, however after high-level talks fell through, LG has now confirmed it’s closed its XR product division, instead focusing on long-term research and development. According to South Korean news outlet The Bell (via UploadVR), LG is...
Frankly I think Trump sees western nations not led by dictators as threats.
There are people who use tesla parts to make electric car conversions
To be fair, Trump seems to be harsher on western allies than China.
I mean anti-vaxxers believe vaccines to be essentially poisen, hence why they are opposed to them. They believe there are other remedies to cure diseases.
So to answer your question, yes they are worried but woefully misinformed.
I can already guess the excuse: "Europe started the war by not negotiating a peace deal with Russia when it came to Ukraine."
Board of the UZA*
We are living in times where countries are doing or threatening land grabs even to their supposed allies. I think this is a preemptive message of don't fuck with.
Microsoft to Transition Away from HoloLens, Mixed Reality Hardware
Apple Ceases AR Smart Glasses Production, Retaining Vison Pro Focus
Ofcourse! A convicted pedophile is a convicted pedophile until proven innocent.
With a life sentence you can at least get some of your life back if proven innocent. With the death penalty not so much.
Sony released its long-awaited PC VR adapter for PSVR 2 this week, however early reports maintain some user don’t even need the company’s $60 adapter to start playing PC VR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020). A number of early user reviews of the adapter are echoing many of the same points right now:...
WWDC 2024 XR news round up
Apple's WWDC contained a ton of visionOS 2 updates for XR developers, spread across no less than 29 separate prerecorded sessions which became available throughout the week. I've gone through all of them to sort out the most interest news and figure out which ones are worth watching. In this
Vive AI body tracking can substitute Vive trackers
HTC has teased that some users may not even need to wear their latest Vive Ultimate Trackers soon thanks to an upcoming AI-powered body tracking update. HTC’s Vive Ultimate Trackers are capable of inside-out body tracking thanks to the inclusion of two on-board cameras that track its own position in...
Sony announced it’s slated to release its long-awaited PC VR adapter for PSVR 2, which will finally let users play PC VR content like Half-Life: Alyx (2020), Fallout 4 VR (2017), and more. Besides requiring a VR-ready PC, you’ll also need to shell out $60 bucks for the adapter itself, and need to wa...
Google and Magic Leap today announced a “strategic technology partnership.” The move shows Google seeking to gain ground to keep up with the likes of Meta, Apple, and others in a race to control the AR headset market. While consume VR headsets have been around for years now, none of the world’s majo...
Meta is Opening Quest's Operating System to Third-party Headsets
Today Meta made what is likely to be an industry-altering announcement: it plans to open up the Quest operating system to third-party device makers. Asus, Lenovo, and Xbox have been tapped to create new headsets built on the operating system which is being branded ‘Meta Horizon OS’. Meta has just ma...
OpenXR, the open standard that creates a standardized way for XR hardware and applications to interface, has seen its first major update. OpenXR 1.1 evolves the standard by incorporating new functionality that was important to the industry but previously not standardized. Facilitated by the standard...
Bevy OpenXR
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A crate for adding openxr support to Bevy
MagicLeap: Phasing out of MLSDK in favor of OpenXR extensions in Unity
In order for an existing Magic Leap 2 Unity application to continue working under OpenXR, here are the minimum steps required:
Meta announced it’s overhauled its aging PC software with a few new features, which should make using Quest for PC VR gameplay a little less 2019 and a little more 2024, as it now includes more modern features such as a higher refresh rate on Quest 3, longer playtime via Air Link, and broadened supp...
