The Pico Neo 3 is the latest VR headset to arrive, with a release date of May 10th. We don’t have many details outside of the following: It appears to be a …
Read more The Pico Neo 3 VR Headset Highlights XR’s Expanding GeoPolitical Challenges
When you hear the latest news about Snapchat’s AR glasses, the first impulse is to think – not again? The company has already released three versions of its Spectacles, though they are …
Read more Snapchat’s AR Glasses Coming – But Will Anyone Use Them?
I’ll be doing a keynote at 10:30 am (EDT), Tuesday, March 23rd, at the GESS Education Global Leadership Summit. The conference holds a special significance for me – not only is it …
Read more GESS Education Keynote: How AR/VR is Transforming Learning During the Pandemic
The latest news on Facebook’s wrist devices is fascinating – it might just provide the UI solution we need for AR glasses and haptics in XR devices. The company has already revolutionized …
Read more Facebook’s Wrist Devices for AR Glasses and Haptics Will Raise Profound Privacy Issues
The massive SXSW 2021 festival is almost here, and its vast sweep of talks, films, music, games, and VR/AR projects will be entirely online due to the pandemic. If you have a …
Read more SXSW 2021: A Powerful Lineup of XR Projects and Virtual Cinema
Crytek’s long-awaited Climb 2 VR game finally arrived on the Oculus Quest. Originally due for the 2020 holiday season, it’s a needed sequel that addresses many of the issues in the original …
Read more Climb 2 Review: Summiting Mountains and Skyscrapers in your Living Room
Alex Kipman has a unique talent for placing himself in remarkable digital stage sets, and the opening of Ignite conference was no different. Kipman used his virtual presentation to introduce Microsoft Mesh, …
Read more Will Microsoft Mesh Fulfill the Dream of Mixed Reality?
We don’t have the sales data, but it’s clear that the Quest 2 has been a hit. Facebook lowered the cost and improved the specs to the point where it’s cornered much …
Facebook has released a new set of Oculus Quest 2 upgrades that bring needed features to the headset. You’ll now have the ability to share your headset and apps with other users. …
Read more Oculus Quest 2 Upgrades: Multiuser Support and App Sharing Arrives
As many have noted, the arts will be the last to return once the pandemic is over. Until then, artists are working with whatever innovative solutions they can find. Musicians in New …
Read more See an Interactive Virtual Shakespeare Play in March 2021
The nation’s preeminent sporting event will be different this year – short on attendees in the stands but big on cinematic video and augmented reality. While the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade could …
Read more Super Bowl LV Goes Big on Cinematic Video and Augmented Reality
There hasn’t been much news on the Mixed Reality front, so it’s good to hear that Magic Leap’s new headset will arrive by the end of this year. After years of promises …
The Sundance 2021 VR projects in the New Frontiers program will be available this week (January 28 – February 3) in the Festival’s first attempt at a virtual world. Like every other …
Read more Can the Sundance 2021 New Frontier Program Deliver as a Virtual World?
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