Holoride details its in-car VR entertainment system and the opportunities for content creators [Exclusive]

vrcoin on December 29, 2021

I’ve had the immense pleasure of interviewing Marcus Kuehne from Holoride, one of the most interesting and original XR startups out there: they provide in-car entertainment via VR headsets, with the VR content that has the movements synchronized with the actual movements of the car. I’m following Holoride since when it has been one of the most popular XR companies at CES 2019, and I have even had the pleasure of trying its product at AWE USA some weeks ago. That’s why I wanted so much to speak with people from the company to ask them more details about the company, its vision, its stance of safety, and the opportunity for us developers in creating products for their platform. This exclusive interview contains all of this, and through it, you can discover almost everything you need to know about Holoride. The first part of the interview is about the company

The XR Week Peek (2021.12.27): a great Christmas for Quest 2, Rec Room is worth $3.5B, and much more!

vrcoin on December 27, 2021

Happy Winter Holidays! It is that time of the year when people relax, eat, and hope for a better future, and while I’m not relaxing that much, I’m for sure eating a lot :D. This week I have written a long post to wish you Happy Holidays and a wonderful new year, and if you haven’t done that, go reading it now, because I’ve also used the word “Christmasverse” in it haha Working-wise, it’s been a great week for me: my article on my hands-on with AR contact lenses had success, and with New Technology Walkers, I have launched the final update of the free demo for our game HitMotion: Reloaded, and until now it’s going pretty well (please get it on App Lab and leave a positive review!). Top news of the week (Image from Reddit)Oculus Quest 2 had a great Christmas The VR ecosystem can end 2021 with a big smile

Happy XR Winter Holidays 2021!

vrcoin on December 24, 2021

It’s that time of the year again where I wish you great Winter Holidays! I can’t believe another year has passed by… and it’s been a crazy one for XR. We had the Quest making strides, new intensifying rumors on the Apple headset, a partial reveal of PSVR, Bytedance entering the field with Pico, Valve that may be working on a standalone headset, and many other things happening. We had insane news about people spending $50K to buy a JPEG of a monkey that anyone can copy-paste. But especially we had all the M-word hype that happened as soon as Zuck renamed Facebook as Meta. Everyone now is talking about the “metaverse”, even if no one knows what it means. And everyone invents names that end in -verse, like the twinverse, the gameverse, the musicverse, and other similar abominations. That’s why I wanted to go full dystopia and I coined

Somnium Space Reveals Modular VR Headset

vrcoin on December 22, 2021

Somnium’s PC VR headset allows you to program its sensors and buttons to meet your individual needs.At the beginning of the year, social VR platform Somnium Space began teasing a new VR headset with a unique modular design. During the first-ever Somnium Space Connect event, Artur Sychov, CEO of Somnium Space, gave us a more detailed look at a combination standalone/PC VR headset centered around an open source community-driven software ecosystem.The headset, which Sychov refers to as the “Somnium VR Headset”, is packed with some killer specs and designed specifically for a VR audience that doesn’t want to be tied to a specific app store or be boxed into any sort of platform restrictions. “We wanted to create a headset that you truly own. We didn’t want to lock you down into our ecosystem,” said Sychov. “We didn’t not want to allow you to do things with your own items. If

Somnium Space Plans Modular 2800×2800 Standalone VR Headset With XTAL Maker

vrcoin on December 21, 2021

Somnium Space is planning to release a new standalone VR headset with the help of XTAL maker, VRgineers.But, wait, who are Somnium Space? You’d be forgiven for not having heard of the company before today, but Somnium has been around for a number of years working on what it claims is “the world’s only VR metaverse built on blockchain”. It operates a social VR platform of the same name, available on SteamVR, in which users can buy virtual land. In 2019 the company raised $1 million to expand its platform. The headset itself was revealed at Somnium’s own ‘Connect’ event (no, not that Connect) in Prague earlier this week. The company says its device is powered by Qualcomm’s XR2 platform with 6DOF inside-out tracking via four cameras and sports 2,800 x 2,800 displays with a horizontal field of view greater than 115 degrees. VRgineers — known for its professional-grade

The XR Week Peek (2021.12.21): Google is building an AR OS, Nike acquires RTFKT, and more!

vrcoin on December 21, 2021

I’m super-late with this newsletter because we of New Technology Walkers are working on some cool stuff for our game HitMotion: Reloaded! Be sure to check it out on App Lab in a few hours, even if you have already completed it in the past… 😉 And please, give it 5 stars, it’s super-important to have a positive review for our future… do it as a Christmas gift to me!  I’ll write a separate post for that, but in case you won’t read it, let me wish you all some amazing Winter Holidays to spend with the people you love the most! Top news of the week (Image by Google)Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Google owns the best search engine (Google), all the data of the

Someone Spent $450K To Be Snoop Dogg’s Neighbor In The Metaverse

vrcoin on December 17, 2021

How much would you pay to live next to your favorite celebrity in the metaverse? In case you’ve been living under a rock, NFTs are taking over the metaverse. At this point, it seems like everyone and their mother is investing in non-fungible tokens and cryptocurrency. This includes famed California rapper Snoop Dogg who—earlier this year—partnered with blockchained-based 3D open world game The Sandbox to launch his own world inside the metaverse.‘The Snoopverse’, as it’s being called, is a portion of The Sandbox metaverse owned and operated by Snoop Dogg. Earlier this month, 122 LANDs (plots of virtual land) and 67 Premium LANDs were put up for auction, allowing early investors the chance to purchase NFT property inside the ever-growing Snoopverse. How much does this land cost exactly? Well, that depends. Much like the actual real estate market, location is everything. Take it from The Sandbox user P-Ape who, earlier

Nike Just Bought Leading Metaverse Fashion House RTFKT

vrcoin on December 13, 2021

The company’s acquisition could be a major step forward for the metaverse, NFTs, and the digital fashion industry.Nike today announced the purchase of RTFKT Studios, a leading metaverse fashion house best known for its lineup of high-end digital clothing. Since 2020, the company has employed a variety of cutting-edge technologies such as NFTs, crypto, blockchains, and AR technology to establish a one-of-a-kind brand that blends the physical and digital worlds.What began with NFT sneaker drops has since expanded into a full-fledged digital clothing brand.Image Credit: Nike / RTFKT Studios“This acquisition is another step that accelerates Nike’s digital transformation and allows us to serve athletes and creators at the intersection of sport, creativity, gaming, and culture,” said John Donahoe, President and CEO of NIKE, Inc in an official statement. “We’re acquiring a very talented team of creators with an authentic and connected brand. Our plan is to invest in the RTFKT brand,