VR Download

David and Kyle discuss:

• Civilization VII VR
• PlayStation VR2's Eye Tracking Working On PC
• Quest 3 Winning Best Inflight Entertainment Award
• Quest's Horizon OS v76
• DaVinci Resolve supporting editing Apple Immersive Video
• the report claiming Apple Vision Pro 2 mass production has begun
• Pico Motion Tracker Waist Version
• Half-Life: Alyx's first scene being ported to Quest 3 standalone via Unity

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss: 

- Will Nintendo Switch 2 Get VR?
- Bigscreen Beyond 2 Still Selling Very Fast
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Getting Foveated Rendering
- visionOS 2.4
- Virtual Desktop's new macOS update
- Meta Is Now The UFC Technology Partner, Including For Quest
- Meta HUD Glasses Price, Features & Input Device
- Will Trump's Tariffs Drive Up Headset Prices In The US?

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:

• VR Headset Prices Now Used To Measure UK Inflation
• Apple Reveals The Date It's Expected To Unveil visionOS 3
• Vivo Vision Looks Like A Blatant Apple Vision Pro Clone
• Bigscreen Beyond 2 Selling Impressively Fast Already
• Pico 4 Ultra OS 5.13.0
• Inside The VR Holodeck That Sells Real Estate
• Quest v76 PTC Lets You Use Your Meta Avatar As A Virtual Webcam
• Quest Could Soon Let You Screenshare 2D Windows
• Is Valve's Lack Of Investment In VR Excusable?
• Could Valve Deckard Use LCD Panels & A Quest-Like Chip?

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:

• Varjo XR-4 To Require Subscription For Some Features
•  Metallica On Apple Vision Pro
• Quest Thumb Microgestures & Improved Audio To Expression
• Quest Passthrough Camera API
• Snap Spectacles See Peridots Play Together & Now Use GPS
• LG Ceases XR Product Efforts, But Will Continue R&D
• Meta CTO Responds To Controversy Around Using "MR" To Mean Both MR And VR
• Meta's CTO Says He "Loved And Hoped To Keep" The Oculus Brand
• Meta Claims Open Store & Worlds Push Didn't Affect Spending
• Meta Says Quest Headset Usage Up 30%
• Meta "Still Investing Massively In VR Gaming"
• Bigscreen Beyond 2 & Beyond 2e

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney talk for over three hours covering more than a dozen subjects in this week's episode:

• Samsung's Headset Could Launch In Q3, With A Very High Price
• Niantic Sells Pokémon Go To Saudi Arabia To Fund Spatial AI Transition
• GOLF+ Tests Tracking Your Real Putter Using Logitech's MX Ink
• Major Developers Are Already Using Quest's Passthrough API
• MAGE Uses A Custom Engine To Drive 120 FPS Physics With Dynamic Shadows On Quest 3
• Meta To Recommend Using Unity & Unreal's Built-In OpenXR Support From Next Week
• Meta: Suppliers "Heavily Pursuing" Producing "Wonder Material" Enabling Orion's Field Of View
• Immersed Now Says Visor Mass Production Will Begin "After Summer"
• VRChat Now Testing Drones, Dolly Cams And Desktop Webcam Mode
• visionOS 3 Will Reportedly Be A "Feature-Packed Release"
• Google Set To Acquire Ultra-Low-Power Eye Tracking Startup For Headsets & Glasses
• Steam Link App Seemingly Coming To Pico & HTC Vive Standalone Headsets
• D-Link VR Air Bridge No Longer Works In Windows 11 24H2
• Valve Working On "SteamVR Link Dongle" For Reliable Wireless PC VR

Kyle Riesenbeck and David Heaney discuss:

- PlayStation VR2's Price Cut To $400

- Apple's New Spatial Gallery Platform On Vision Pro

- Yankee Stadium Friday Night Baseball Apple Immersive Video Coming In  - AMD RX 9070 & 9070 XT Graphics Cards Out Now

- Aria Gen 2 Research Glasses

- Meta Researchers Generate Photorealistic Avatars From Just Four Selfies

- F2P Apps Now Account For 70% Of Time Spent On Quest

- Meta Is Discontinuing Move, Quest's Fitness Tracking Feature

- Inseye "Pauses" Lumi, Its Quest 2 & 3 Eye Tracking Addon

- Meta's Unity & Unreal "OpenXR" SDKs Block Other PC VR Headsets

- Meta Support Page Suggests Quest's Passthrough API Is Imminent

- "Never Give Up", Meta CTO Responds To Leaked Memo Discourse

- Samsung's Headset Will Reportedly Use Sony's New 4K Micro-OLED Displays

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:

- HTC's Viverse Worlds
- visionOS 2.4 Coming In April
- First Feature-Length Apple Immersive Video Announced
- Meta For Education Brings Quest To Schools & Universities
- Valve Deckard This Year At $1200?
- PlayStation VR2 Price Cut

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:
- Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Production To Be Vastly Increased
- The Highest Quality Immersive Video Yet
- Anduril's EagleEye Helmet Will Give Soldiers Superhuman Senses
- Quest v74 Brings Web Shortcuts, DisplayPort Out & More
- PlayStation VR2 Hand Tracking Review
- Horizon Now Has 'Fantastical Avatars', Including Captain America
-  Potential Of Computer Vision For MR & AR
- Meta Horizon Desktop Editor & Creator Fund

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:

• dbrand's "Trypophobic" Apple Vision Pro Faceplate
• TouchDesk On Apple Vision Pro
• NBA Apple Vision Pro App's Tabletop View
• First PlayStation VR2 Game To Support Hand Tracking
• Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Super Bowl Ads With A-List Celebrities
• SideQuest & Meta Dependency
• Android XR Will Let Apps Access The Passthrough Camera View
• Anduril Taking Over The IVAS Program, Replacing HoloLens
• John Carmack's Comments On PC VR And Standalone VR

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss:

• Apple & Sony Still Bringing PS VR2 Controllers To Vision Pro
• Apple Reportedly Cancels Mac-Connected AR Glasses
• Quest 1 No Longer Gets New App Updates
• Over 1 Million Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Sold
• Quest 3 & 3S SteamVR Usage Share Growth
• Meta's Head Of Quest & Horizon OS Leaving The Company
• Meta CTO's Leaked Memo
• Meta's Shifting Priorities Affecting Developers