We keep counting Snap out, but we’re having second thoughts. They’re definitely not the most popular social media platform around, far behind the big three – Facebook, YouTube, and Whatsapp – each …
Read more Snapchat Fitness Lens – The Future of AR is About Engagement
SenseGlove’s haptic gloves claim to make “the digital feel real,” and while we haven’t tried them yet, they’re a step closer to making haptic feedback part of our VR experiences. Coming out …
Read more SenseGlove’s Haptic Gloves – Touching the World in VR
For the first time ever, the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will be a virtual event due to the pandemic. All the AR / VR and other hardware demos at …
Read more CES 2021: What to Expect at the First-Ever Virtual Show
We will be at the ShapingEDU Winter Games this week – it’s a free, virtual event for an international community of changemakers (educator leaders, smart city experts, students, faculty, and technologists). We’ll …
Here are the Top Ten AR/VR Articles in 2020 from Digital Bodies. This has been a year – and with the tragedy of the global pandemic, it’s a year we are ready …
We all know this is not the year to go anyplace where there are crowds, so here are the best New Year’s events in VR. It’s either flat screens or virtual reality, …
The New Frontier Program at the Sundance Film Festival has always positioned itself at the intersection of film, art, and technology. Its experimental projects in VR have been groundbreaking, from Nonny de …
Read more Sundance 2021 Goes Virtual for the New Frontier VR Program
Jean-Michel Jarre returns for his second immersive music event with a VR concert in Notre-Dame on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2020. His first effort, Alone Together, was an innovative attempt to …
No matter how you look at it, it hasn’t been a good week for Facebook. New York Attorney General Letitia James summed up the Facebook lawsuit from the 48 state and regional …
Read more The Facebook Lawsuit and Investigations – the Impact on VR
Time for some tips and mods for your Oculus Quest 2. Facebook’s new headset has been out for less than eight weeks, and it’s already garnered a significant share of the VR …
Read more The Best Tips, Tricks, and Essential Mods for your Oculus Quest 2
Microsoft’s Flight Simulator in VR arrives this December. At 38 years old, the remarkable simulation is the company’s longest-running software product line. At that age, it even predates Windows by three years. …
Read more Microsoft Flight Simulator in VR: The World gets its Digital Twin
Updated: November 27, 2020. This is not going to be the year to score great Black Friday VR deals in this peculiarly American holiday event. The most popular VR headset around, the …
The 2020 Thanksgiving Day parade will be one like no other. In the midst of a raging pandemic with increasing infection rates and deaths (over 2,000 today), the well-known holiday celebration has …
Read more The 2020 Thanksgiving Day Parade – Stay Home and Watch the 360 Video
Remember Cyan World’s groundbreaking and now classic game? You likely know it well if you have a few gray hairs or any interest in the history of gaming. Myst transformed game environments …
Read more Myst VR Comes to the Oculus Quest on December 10th
Facebook’s new VR headset showed up barely a month ago, and we have our first Quest 2 update. It adds a ton of new features and, more importantly, reveals Facebook’s plans for …
Read more Oculus Quest 2 Update Arrives – 90Hz Support, Fitness Tracker, and More
CARNE y ARENA (Virtually present, Physically invisible) originally premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in 2017. It was the first VR story featured at the festival, which like most film festivals, …
Read more A Harrowing VR Story: Carne y Arena Returns for a Global Tour
It’s been a brutal election this week, and as of Thursday evening, votes are still being counted. It’s simultaneously tense and draining, with angry tirades on social media and protests in major …
Read more Politics and Social Media – Will Virtual Reality Polarize Us Even More?
Facebook reported yesterday that Oculus Quest 2 sales surpassed their expectations, coming in at 5X the initial sales of the original headset. That’s hardly a surprise, given that it’s the best standalone …
Read more Oculus Quest 2 Sales: 5X More Popular than the Original
The calendar has rolled around, and once again, it is Halloween night in the West Village in New York City. Usually, this evening has one of the most massive parades for the …
Read more Halloween in AR and VR During a Time of Social Distancing
We’ve been using Facebook’s new VR headset since it first arrived, and in our initial review, it comes in as the best standalone HMD we’ve ever used – with the major exception …
Read more Latest Quest 2 News: Facebook Account and Head Strap Issues
One aspect of the AR/VR revolution that deeply concerns us is the Digital Divide. Just when it seems that a significant portion of the world’s population is finally getting access to a …
Read more Zapbox AR: A Solution for Inexpensive Augmented Reality?
Our Oculus Quest 2’s arrived (yes, we bought more than one), and we’ve been running them through our favorite VR experiences. Is it the best standalone VR headset you can buy? The …
Read more Oculus Quest 2 Review – The Best VR Headset (Almost)
David Attenborough never ceases to delight with his innovative use of virtual reality to expand our knowledge of the natural world. His latest project, Micro Monsters, shrinks you down to the micro-level …
Read more David Attenborough’s Fascinating Look at Insects in VR
The Jenny Holzer AR art app debuts today at the University of Chicago. The work of the well-known conceptual artist is well suited for augmented reality. She began in New York in …
Read more Jenny Holzer AR Art Debuts at the University of Chicago
In a fascinating development, the HP Reverb G2 VR headset will get eye-tracking and the capability to measure cognitive load. We don’t have all the details, but let’s unpack what we know …
Read more HP Reverb G2 VR Headset will Measure Cognitive Load
As virtual reality gains popularity, there is an increasing challenge of uncovering good creative work amidst all the VR experiences hosted online. Searching through content on SteamVR can be an exercise in …
Read more The Festival Collection: A Platform for Creative VR Projects
Ekto One VR Boots is a fascinating attempt to resolve the difficult challenge of simulating walking in VR. They promise “fully immersive natural movement” through a pair of wearable robotic boots. It’s …
Read more Ekto One VR Boots Will Keep You Walking in One Place