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As of today, Anduril Industries is taking the reins of the largest project of its kind in history: the United States Army s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program. For me, this announcement is deeply personal. Since my pre-Oculus days as a teenager who had the opportunity to do a tiny bit of work on the Army’s BRAVEMIND Continue reading "Turning Soldiers into Superheroes"
Today is November 6th, 2022, the day of the SAO Incident. Thousands of VRMMORPG gamers were trapped by a mad scientist inside a death game that could only be escaped through completion. If their hit points dropped to zero, their brain would be bombarded by extraordinarily powerful microwaves, supposedly killing the user. The same would Continue reading "If you die in the game, you die in real…
"And what a seductive dream, that technology can transport us into worlds we cannot hope to experience in real life, or augment our reality to shape it closer to our desires!"
anduril.com/ghost I’ve been going to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) every January ever since I wasn’t allowed to, back when I was 16 years old with a specious ModRetro business card and little tech industry experience beyond my very first prototype of what would eventually become the Oculus Rift. While Anduril doesn’t make consumer electronics, Continue reading "China made the best drones.…
Rift S is very cool! It takes concepts that have been around for years and puts them into a fully functional product for the first time. Sure, sure, I see people complaining about how Rift S is worse than CV1 concerning audio quality, display characteristics, and ergonomics some of the tradeoffs are real, some Continue reading "I can t use Rift S, and neither can you."
TL;DR: The RR1 repair kit can repair the busted audio on your Oculus Rift. I will send one to you for free. Vive la VR revolution!The Oculus Rift CV1 is not perfect. Some issues are the result of carefully considered design tradeoffs, but others are design flaws that did not become apparent as such until Continue reading "Fix your Oculus Rift audio failure for $0.00 with the RR1 repair kit"
Oculus Go, like all products, is the result of a series of compromises around cost, schedule, quality, and competence. It is clearly the best standalone VR platform on the market, but anyone with a bit of technical skill can make it even better. I have been modding my Go over the past few months, and Continue reading "Oculus GoBlack How to make your Oculus Go Better"
What if I told you of a new entrant to the VR market that allows you to truly experience anything, anywhere? What if I told you they provide a full-dive virtual reality experience that is absolutely indistinguishable from the most thrilling lucid dream or the most mundane real-world experience, all in a lightweight visor that Continue reading "Free isn t Cheap Enough"
The title of this review was carefully chosen, not glibly. I want what is best for VR and all other technologies on the Reality–Virtuality Continuum, Magic Leap included. Unfortunately, their current offering is a tragedy in the classical sense, even more so when you consider how their massive funding and carefully crafted hype sucked all Continue reading "Magic Leap is a Tragic Heap"
Silicon Valley needs to get smart on national security. In many cases, it will mean picking sides. Which side will you choose? You can read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/silicon-valley-should-stop-ostracizing-the-military/2018/08/08/7a7e0658-974f-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html