We discuss Oculus Quest coming back in stock, Half-Life: Alyx getting mods, AI Beat Saber Maps, Quest 2's possible specs, and the layoffs at Magic Leap.
Ian , Kyle , and Tatjana discuss Half-Life: Alyx's reception, Facebook killing Gear VR, Vive Cosmos Elite, Facebook's AR displays, and ask whether PC VR is growing fast enough.
Jamie, Ian, and Harry discuss Half-Life: Alyx , Valve's monumental AAA SteamVR game changing the VR industry.
This is a special episode of the show. We are joined by three guests to discuss remote work amidst the current global pandemic. We apologize for the occasional audio stuttering in this special.
We discuss Valve Index stock, VR conferences, LIV mixed reality for Quest, developer success on Quest, and question whether or not Half-Life: Alyx will live up to the hype.
We discuss Valve's hint of more Half-Life, Index stock returning, Facebook's hints of non-store Quest distribution, and the effect of pandemics on society & how we use technology.
Ian & Tatjana discuss FB acquiring the Asgard's Wrath's devs, the VR Power Quest mod, Qualcomm's XR2 reference design, Virtual Desktop wireless PC VR streaming, and ponder whether Xbox not getting VR is a mistake. We apologize for the audio stutter.
We discuss Half-Life: Alyx getting a release date, JDI's new small LCD panels, PSVR2's controllers, and question whether HTC Vive will make a comeback.
We discuss VR's all time high on Steam, Quest going out of stock in NA, the LYNX-R1 passthrough headset, arena scale VR projects, and we discuss our Hot Topic: will sony fully commit to PSVR2?
We discuss the four camera Samsung Odyssey patent, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners crouching hotfix, Oculus Quest getting Vulkan, the Steam Hardware Survey results, Facebook's earnings call, and we debate what the terms VR AR MR XR mean (or whether it even matters).
The News Discussion: - Half-Life: Alyx - 80 person dev team, the game is finished, Valve confident it won't be delayed - Facebook removes Oculus Go from its new Enterprise VR platform (right after the closed beta), leaving only Quest - Facebook releases PTC fix for Rift stuttering issues, over 1 month after the issues were introduced - Lenovo announced a 4K Oculus Go competitor for classrooms The Hot Topic: is Facebook's Oculus Quest store curation policy working as intended?...
SideQuest is an alternate app store for Oculus Quest which allows users to defy Facebook's curation.
We discuss the Oculus Go price cut , Pimax customer support situation , Rift stuttering issues , and the Vive Pro price cut . This week’s Hot Topic was: with Sony skipping E3 again, what does 2020 have in store for PlayStation VR? Our Special Guest this week was Diane Hosfelt , Senior Research Engineer at Mozilla. Hosfelt is security and privacy lead for mixed reality, identifying emerging threats and potential mitigations to create a better immersive web....
We discuss all the best VR & AR technology we've seen and reported on at CES 2020, including Panasonic's goggles, Nreal's AR glasses, Pico's standalone headsets, new Pimax headsets, the $8K military-grade XTAL headset, and more.
We discuss the Oculus Link Cable , Bigscreen Cinema , the Snow Crash HBO series , and more. This week’s Hot Topic was Oculus Quest and Valve Index being backordered to February . What does this mean for VR? Our Special Guest this week was Nonny de la Peña , a pioneer in Immersive journalism, founder and CEO of Emblematic Group !...
We discuss Quest Hand Tracking, Magic Leap's enterprise pivot, Facebook's data collection, and the releases of Budget Cuts 2 and Boneworks. This week’s Hot Topic was Facebook’s social integration (text chat, user events, etc) and data collection in the Oculus Platform. Our Special Guest this week was Marko Permanto , a game designer and programmer on Budget Cuts 2 !...
We discuss VR selling out over Black Friday, Oculus Link cable woes , Vive Focus wireless PC VR streaming , PC VR's growth, and more. Our Special Guest this week is Meghan Lee , the Executive Director of Virtual Science Center (VSC). VSC will soon be hosting Reinventing Reality ; an exciting new immersive exhibition where visitors can explore the science, creativity, and innovation behind virtual reality. This week’s Hot Topic : is Oculus Go (and 3DoF VR in general) an on-ramp or roadblock to ma...
We discuss the UploadVR Holiday VR Showcase, Black Friday deals, and Facebook's acquisition of Beat Games!
We discuss Valve's recently announced full-length "flagship" SteamVR game, Half Life: Alyx.
Our Special Guest this week is Mike Daly, the Lead Designer of Stormland ! He’ll be joining us for the duration of the show, and at the end we’ll be interviewing him. This week’s Hot Topic is Oculus Link, the new feature which allows Quest to act as a PC VR headset via USB 3.0 cable with Type-C connector.
We discuss John Carmack's semi-departure, Boneworks release trailer, Oculus Quest home environments, Apple's VR plans, and interview the Creative Lead of The Curious Tale Of The Stolen Pets. Our Special Guest this week is James Hunt, the Creative Lead of Fast Travel Games. That's the studio behind Apex Construct and The Curious Tale of the Stolen Pets , which was released today! He'll be joining us for the duration of the show, and at the end we'll be interviewing him. This week's Hot Topic is A...
We discuss Echo Arena's Quest release delay, SteamVR audio selection improvements, HoloLens 2 shipping, Cosmos Wireless, $399 official used Vives, and more. This week's Hot Topic is VR killer apps. Is this a meaningful idea? Does VR need a killer app? Is Beat Saber already a killer app? Or will the metaverse be the killer app? Our Special Guest this week is Denny Unger, CEO of Cloudhead Games. That's the studio behind The Gallery story-based adventure VR game series, and recently released VR act...
We discuss the Tilt Five tabletop AR system, subtitles in VR, missing announced VR games including The Elder Scrolls Blades, the shutdown of Facebook Spaces, and VR as a medium for horror. Our special guest this week was Rick Loco, Animation Director at Polyarc Games, the studio behind 3rd person VR adventure game Moss, which we called “one of PSVR’s most essential games to date” in our review, giving the game 9/10.
We discuss the Borderlands 2 PC VR launch, Budget Cuts 2 release date, the Avengers The VOID experience, Microsoft's next generation VR research, Grand Theft Auto 5's VR mod, and location based VR. Our special guest this week was Mat Kraemer, Creative Director at Sanzaru Games, the studio which just released the norse-themed AAA VR RPG Asgard’s Wrath.
We discuss the PVSR's top games, the new Varjo VR-2 enterprise headsets, Microsoft's next-gen Flight Simulator, Oculus Quest casting improvements, and smartphone VR's death. Today's special guest is Nathan Rowe, developer of SculptrVR.
