Microsoft Is Shutting Down Its 3D Asset Platform, Remix 3D
Microsoft is getting rid of its answer to Sketchfab and Google Poly early next year. Remix 3D, the company’s online hub for storing 3D assets, will be ‘retiring’ on January 10, 2020. A message at the...
View ArticleRift S Boosts Oculus, Index Starts Small In July Steam Hardware Survey
Late last week we reported on initial findings from the July Steam Hardware Survey. But Valve has since updated its listings to finally include the Oculus Rift S and its own Index headset. Last week we...
View ArticleReport: Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 Set To Launch Next Month
It seems like we finally have a release window for HoloLens 2, and it’s fast approaching. Reuters reports that the AR headset will go on sale in September. Executive Vice President of Artificial...
View ArticleVRecap #6: New Beat Saber Track, Vader Immortal Returns & Win Acron!
It’s playtime; this week’s VRecap is gaming heaven. Gamescom may have been last week but this week’s recap has even more news for fans of fun. There’s plenty of fresh content to be talking about,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Shows Off Force Resistance VR Grasping Feature Prototype
Microsoft Research showed off a prototype VR controller which provides force feedback for grasping small objects with the thumb and index finger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btZoEgiwRA0Video can’t...
View ArticleRift And Index Shrink Slightly, Vive Grows In October Steam Hardware Survey
Oculus Rift headsets and the Valve Index have surrendered a tiny share of overall VR headset usage to HTC Vive in October’s Steam Hardware Survey. September was another month of growth for both Rift...
View ArticleHoloLens 2 Now Shipping, Microsoft Announces
HoloLens 2, Microsoft’s second enterprise-level AR headset, is now shipping. HoloLens 2 was introduced at Mobile World Congress earlier in the year. It succeeds the original device with a sleeker...
View ArticleXbox Scarlett VR Support Unlikely As ‘Nobody’s Asking’ For It – Phil Spencer
If you were holding your breath for Xbox Scarlett VR support, best stop. Xbox head Phil Spencer recently reemphasized his reservations with VR to Stevivor, saying that it was “not where our focus is”....
View ArticlePhil Spencer Hopes Xbox VR Becomes A ‘No Brainer’, But No Series X Support At...
Late last year Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s Head of Xbox, caused a bit of a stir up in the VR industry when he stated that “nobody” was asking for Xbox VR support. Spencer later clarified that, while he...
View ArticleCommunity Download: When Will VR Be Big Enough For Xbox?
Community Download is a weekly discussion-focused articles series published (usually) every Monday in which we pose a single, core question to you all, our readers, in the spirit of fostering...
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