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

The XR Week Peek (2021.12.13): Horizon Worlds is now in open beta, Among Us VR is coming, and more!

vrcoin on December 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application.  But now, before starting the new week, it’s time to look back at the most important news of the previous one! Top news of the week (Image by Meta)Horizon Worlds goes open beta Finally, after two years in the works, Meta has decided to open the gates of its social VR space Horizon Worlds (previously known as Facebook Horizon). Or at least, sort of: the experience is still in beta (so this is officially an open beta stage) and it will be accessible without an invite only in the US and in Canada. Ah, and you must be 18+ years old.  The North-America-only limitation is quite a bummer for us Europeans, but

The XR Week Peek (2021.12.06): Upload VR Showcase, Apple headset rumors, and more!

vrcoin on December 6, 2021

I guess all companies have finished their important announcements before US Thanksgiving and now we are in a calm moment where there is some news here and there, but nothing incredible. Probably we’ll hear new big shots fired at CES in January 2022. So yes, this roundup won’t be amazing… interesting, but not exciting. I know, I’m too honest… and this is not good for views on my blog. So let’s try to rephrase this last paragraph using the same style used by VR Youtubers in the title of their videos to attract more people: THIS EXPLOSIVE WEEK IN VR HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING!!!!! YOU MUST READ THIS POST!!!!!!!!!! PS I’ll be a panelist at the XR Safety Week today and at Stereopsia (remotely) on Wednesday. If you may be interested, follow me 🙂 Top news of the week (Image by Upload)The Upload VR Showcase has been full of announcements about VR games Upload did it

The XR Week Peek (2021.11.29): Black Friday deals, investments in Niantic, and more!

vrcoin on November 29, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you all American friends have celebrated it with your families and have eaten a lot of turkeys (or whatever vegan alternative), enjoying good times with your peers. If you were wondering, we in Italy do not celebrate Thanksgiving, but I would love one year to participate in its celebration hosted by an American family. Who knows, maybe next year 🙂 Before leaving, I have to tell you that in a few days I will be hosted by a podcast organized by Deltatre Innovation Lab, where I’ll meet again my partner in crime at Immotionar! Here you are all the platforms where you can watch/listen to it: Top news of the week (Image by Steam)Enjoy Black Friday deals! Due to Thanksgiving, this week we had almost no really relevant news for the industry. So let’s enjoy the good that Thanksgiving has given to us, that is the sales for Black

The XR Week Peek (2021.11.22): Quest maybe has sold 10 M units or maybe not, Roblox goes VR, and more!

vrcoin on November 22, 2021

I am back in Italy! The trip to the US has been incredibly interesting: I have met many amazing people and tried many innovative devices, so I have been very satisfied with having gone there. I still miss a bit having a walk around University Street in Palo Alto and seeing a lot of young people having fun in the restaurants. I’m sure I’ll return there. But now it’s time to get back to routine work, so let me tell you about the most important news in AR and VR from this week. Top news of the week (Background image from Meta)Meta Quest 2 has sold 10M units, or maybe not The most important announcement of the week has been the one that never existed. Going on the stage at an investor event, Qualcomm CEO and President Cristiano Amon has revealed that Oculus Quest 2 (now Meta Quest 2) has sold 10 million units