Virtual & Augmented Reality - Global Issue #53

We’re opening our first retail space and making it easier to shop all our hardware products in one place online.

Share TweetEnter the Coachellaverse. Everyone’s favourite music & arts festival Coachella is currently underway in Indio, California. This year’s event is expected to attract over 750,000 attendees as people from around the globe gather to celebrate music, art, technology, and everything in between.

Razorfish and VICE Media Group released findings from new research that examines the metaverse’s impact on identity, social interactions, and commerce

Geenee AR’s unique software uses full-body tracking to let you wear NFT clothing and accessories via the Ready Player Me platform.

Several of South Korea’s largest companies, including Samsung, participated in a $25 million funding round for metaverse startup DoubleMe. 

We are pleased to announce that Epic Games has made an investment in M-XR. The investment will be used to expand our team and resources to further develop innovative 3D production solutions for studios and creators as demand for virtual world-building grows.

Gravity Sketch leverages tools like virtual reality headsets to let designers and others dive into and better visualize a product’s design as it’s being made.

Axon, the company best known for its Taser stun guns, has announced the acquisition of VR studio Foundry 45 which it says will bolster its VR training offerings. Founded in 1993, Axon is the company behind the well-known Taser stun guns which are employed by police and military forces around the world. In modern …

In the race to create the future of AR—and maybe even make the metaverse real—the Snapchat maker has already made more progress than some tech giants.

Chinese augmented reality start-up Nreal says it will launch its Nreal Air glasses in the U.K. later this spring through a deal with local carrier EE.

Canon announced its next enterprise XR headset, MREAL X1. The device, which offers passthrough AR, appears to be a modestly upgraded version of the company’s 2021 model, MREAL S1, as it boasts a field of view (FOV) that’s “2.5 times larger.”

Here are the best VR headsets, from high-spec PC-only devices to the standalone Oculus Quest 2.

V.R. treatments may provide relief similar to intravenous opioids — a tantalizing prospect for the millions of Americans living with chronic pain.

New research from experts at the IET has predicted that the next generation of children will spend approximately 10 years in VR over the course of their lifetime – or around 2 hours 45 minutes per day.

OculusKiller makes Oculus Link load directly to SteamVR, disabling Oculus Dash.

Charlie Fink is an AR/VR consultant, speaker, and Forbes columnist. He is the author of “Charlie Fink’s Metaverse, An AR Enabled Guide to VR & AR”.

Beyond AR vs. VR: find out all the differences between all extended reality (XR) technologies, including augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR).

The Metaverse can present so many opportunities, so can businesses fully adapt to an increasingly immersive world?

5th International VR Awards Winners will be doing an AMA!

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Listen to episodes and learn more about This Week in XR Podcast. Enjoy spirited banter about the week’s spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink, and guest hosts.