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Meta A new face-tracking extension lets Meta Quest Pro users poke their tongues out at you in a wordless statement of their feelings or even blow a raspberry. How better to express a sweltering day or an exhausting workout? This could be the technology that revolutionizes VR in 2024. Am I being too tongue-in-cheek? Honestly, it’s a nice option to add to the Quest Pro’s current hand-, eye-, and face-tracking. Meta’s most expensive VR headset allows quite a range of expression already. I can gesture with my hands,…

Apple is making final preparations for the highly anticipated launch of the Vision Pro, the $3,499 mixed-reality headset that it unveiled in June. As it’s a new product line for the tech giant, a crucial part of the preparations include training Apple Store staff on how to present it and demonstrate it to potential customers. The seminars for staff are being scheduled now and will begin in January, according to a Bloomberg report on Sunday by Apple tipster Mark Gurman. According to Gurman, each Apple Store in the…

For a long time, video game hardware cycles were pretty straightforward. You’d only have to worry about three major video game systems and a handheld or two at any given time. It was possible to own pretty much every major piece of gaming tech released in a generation without going into debt. The gaming hardware landscape has significantly changed in the 2020s, though. You’ve got consoles and their frequent upgrades, VR headsets, handheld PCs, cloud-streaming devices, quirky indie hardware, and much more. It can be…

Appke/Meta Two exciting new VR headsets are on the horizon, each offering advanced mixed-reality capabilities and better performance than current standalone headsets. Meta is the leading manufacturer of VR headsets, and the Quest 3 pushes its platform to new heights. Meanwhile, Apple has announced the Reality Pro, its first headset. While the price difference between these next-generation mixed-reality devices is vast, there is significant overlap in how you can use them. Neither are out yet, but let’s explore how…

We’ve already learned quite a bit about the Vision Pro since Apple’s WWDC event, but many details are still unknown. Now that the software developers kit (SDK) is available, coders are digging in and uncovering more about Apple’s first mixed-reality headset. Here are some of the best finds so far. Limited VR range A surprising fact revealed in the visionOS SDK is what seems to be an arbitrary limitation of movement while using VR. When you turn the dial to enter a fully immersive space that obscures your…

Marcus Kane Meta last launched a low-cost VR headset, the Quest 2, in 2020. A next-gen headset has been confirmed for 2023, and it’s almost guaranteed to be called the Quest 3. Plenty of rumors, leaks, and forward-looking statements from Meta have surfaced that paint a good picture of what should be expected from the Quest 3 at the next Meta Connect event this fall. The Quest 3 name Meta itself seems to have confirmed the name by reportedly listing the Quest 3 in its app store. I don’t see that reference in my…

VR, or Virtual Reality, is a technology designed to make you feel immersed in a virtual world. It’s a distinctly different feeling than playing a game or navigating a 3D environment on a static 2D monitor, giving a real feeling of presence in the virtual space. This is typically achieved with a VR headset that places one or two displays very close to your eyes, whilst tracking your position so that it can be translated into the virtual world. The technology has grown and improved in leaps and bounds over the past…

ByteDance Ltd., the China-based owner of TikTok, is starting to snare market share in the virtual-reality headset space that Meta Platforms Inc. has identified as critical to its future. ByteDance Ltd., the China-based owner of TikTok, is starting to snare market share in the virtual-reality headset space…

Some entrepreneurs at the annual CES gadget fest that ends Sunday in Las Vegas were eager to combine real and virtual worlds to help people stop and smell the roses. Immersive technologies that can better lives, whether helping people treat dementia or learn to pilot fighter jets, is the future of the metaverse, virtual reality startups say. Some entrepreneurs at the annual CES gadget fest that ends Sunday in Las Vegas were eager to combine real and virtual worlds to help people stop and smell the roses.…

For fans of VR, 2016 promises to be an exciting year, but high costs suggest that most headsets will remain out of the reach of the public. For the rest of us, there's always Google's ultra-cheap Cardboard headsets. But while there are games and movie apps for the more expensive headsets, the content available for cardboard is a little limited. Google's Street View offers some great content for VR - you can look around the world and feel really transported. Street View isn't available in all countries though, and you…