Kevin Carbotte

• December 2020
• Tundra Labs will launch a Vive Tracker alternative on Kickstarter
• Lynx R1 production delayed for better hand tracking cameras
• Flight Simulator VR may be out, but that doesn't mean you can play it
• Oculus is investigating reports of skin irritation and taking action
• Noctua's passive cooler reportedly nearing production, pictured here
• HTC's next headset said to take VR industry 'to another level'
• One of the founders of Magic Leap left the company this month
• VR Cover now sells controller grips for Quest 2 Touch controllers
• Anker just released a magnetic charge dock for Oculus Quest 2
• Flight Simulator VR is out but your computer might not be ready for it
• Xbox is giving away this sweet pair of Mandalorian-themed controllers
• One of the last new apps for Oculus Go is called Poo With a View
• Patriot's Viper Steel RGB Memory has five addressable lighting zones
• Virtual Battlegrounds Season 2 gets dynamic weather, improved graphics
• Phanteks joins the AIO party with its Glacier One liquid cooler lineup
• MegaDodo is sending 300 'blogger edition' DecaMove units to YouTubers
• Jurassic World Aftermath lands on Oculus Quest December 17
• Bitcoin blew past $20,000 peaking at $22,900 for new all-time-high
• The Quake, Wolfenstein, and Half-Life VR ports now run at 90Hz
• The Wizards: Dark Times is coming to Oculus Quest next year
• The first patch for Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond is already out
• Doctors in Zurich are using HoloLens 2 to help with spinal surgery
• Facebook simultaneously under fire from US and German authorities
• Oculus quietly dropped the price for Rift S, now $299
• Hyundai dropped almost $900 million to take control of Boston Dynamics
• VRCover for Quest 2 sold out almost immediately
• GIGABYTE's x470 and B450 motherboards now support Ryzen 5000 CPUs
• Japan's largest contact lens maker signed a deal to build AR contacts
• Cyan's Myst is now available on Oculus Quest
• The lenses in the Lynx-R1 headset are like none we've ever seen before
• Oculus brings Phase Sync frame timing technology to Quest SDK
• Medal of Honor VR's recommended specs are a little bit crazy
• XPG expands its chassis portfolio with the XPG Defender Pro E-ATX Case
• In Death: Unchained gets free Siege of Heaven DLC and it's out today
• HP mistakenly replaced a few Reverb G2 headsets with the old model
• China's new Quantum tech is 100 trillion times faster than Google's
• Magic Leap is 'focusing 100%' on enterprise for next 3 to 4 years
• Oculus now has over 50% of the SteamVR market share
• If you have an NZXT H1 you should stop using it and call support now
• Google killed another project: Google Poly shutting down in June
• Vodafone will distribute Nreal Light smartglasses in Europe
• Medal of Honor VR has five multiplayer modes, available Dec 11
• Pimax is testing an experimental virtual desktop mode
• Wacom is betting on the immersive future with a VR Pen for 3D artists
• Oculus is pulling the plug on MARVEL Powers United VR
• Varjo's new VR-3 & XR-3 professional headsets have extreme resolution
• November 2020
• Forget monoblocks, EK just launched its first multiblock!
• This AR headset can read your brain and speak for you
• One of the scariest games in VR just got creepier with a prison level
• Universal Studios and Nintendo built an AR Mario Kart ride in Japan
• Pimax's new 5K headset doubles the refresh rate of most VR devices
• Future XR hardware will read your thoughts with OpenBCI's Galea
• SideQuest is now part of Khronos Group and helping shape OpenXR
• Microsoft Flight Sim getting full VR support in December update
• Star Wars: Squadrons 3.0 update brings new VR performance features
• Is SideQuest Facebook's next target for destruction?
• Pimax completely overhauled the Pimax VR Experience beta
• Vive headsets are on sale and include Hal-Life: Alyx in the UK
• VR Cover finally released its Quest 2 cushion replacement
• Covid killed Intel's mixed reality Hollywood studio dreams
• StarVR is calling on simulation racers to try its ultrawide VR headset
• Sony's PS5 controller 'just works' on games using Steam input API
• Lian Li's PC-011D Mini is like a Tardis: It's bigger on the inside
• Oculus extended the Asgard's Wrath promotion to all Quest 2 owners
• Asgard's Wrath is free if you buy a Quest 2 and use Oculus Link
• Kat VR is about to release a new version of its VR locomotion sensors
• HTC's Vive Focus Plus headset just got a big update
• JVC is building an ultra-high-resolution MR headset for enterprise
• Mad Catz developed new mechanical switch technology for its new mouse
• Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge available now on Quest
• Cybershoes for Quest is fully funded on Kickstarter
• The military is using Valve Index headset for helicopter training
• Myst, Warhammer, Pistol Whip update coming to Quest 2 next Month
• Oculus might be exploring a 120Hz mode for the Quest 2 headset
• HP Reverb G2 is now backordered into next year
• Google's Expeditions VR education platform shutting down next summer
• Bigscreen's new green screen room lets you put your avatar in anything
• You should play these 12 VR Game of the Year candidates
• Oculus Move fitness tracker coming to Quest and Quest 2 next week
• Oculus Link exits beta, Quest 2 gets 90Hz suppor
• The bounty for the Quest 2 jailbreak is still up for grabs
• Valve wants to tell you about making Half-Life: Alyx while you play
• People are already breaking this small part of their HP Reverb G2
• PTC's Vuforia AR Enterprise Suite coming to Magic Leap next year
• Microsoft improved Windows MR image quality for HP Reverb G2
• The Marvel's Iron Man PSVR bundles to include PS5 camera dongle
• Deca can actually make a profit on DecaGear 1, components cost $200
• EK really did build a TEC cooler, and it uses Intel Cryo Cooling Tech
• This virtual reality pirate game looks incredible!
• Seeya Technology now producing a 1-inch 2560x2560 OLED microdisplay
• The GodView Tech smart glasses are a wearable 5K big screen TV
• bHaptics TactSuit X haptic feedback vests for immersive VR gaming
• G.Skill revamped the Trident Z Neo series for Ryzen 5000
• HP Reverb G2 deliveries have begun, first customer review surfaces
• Protect your Quest 2 with this silicone cover from VRCover
• It looks like EK is making a thermoelectric CPU cooler
• Oculus halts Elite Strap shipments while it investigates failures
• EK's newest monoblock is perfect if you hate RGB
• HoloLens 2 Developer Edition now available, financing coming soon
• October 2020
• The DecaMove locomotion system works with any VR headset
• Five times as many people pre-ordered Quest 2 compared to Quest
• Is Sony letting the original PSVR die a slow death?
• The PlayStation 5 PSVR dongle is a USB adapter
• Microsoft shifting the Windows Mixed Reality platform to OpenXR
• Immersed adds virtual keyboard overlays to its VR workspace platform
• Tilt Five lands $7.5 million to fund its AR tabletop gaming platform
• HP Reverb G2 in full production, first units out to partners
• CML says its depth camera is better than Apple's LiDAR system
• Lenovo is now selling ThinkStation computers with Varjo XR headsets
• Huawei is building a 6-DoF VR headset that tethers to a phone
• No, Facebook won't ban you for having two Quests
• Infinadeck wants to put its Ready Player One tech in your home
• DecaGear 1 is a 4K VR headset with face and hip tracking for $449
• PNY joins the PCIe 4.0 craze with a line of 5,600MB/s SSDs
• There may be a problem with the Quest 2 Elite Strap design
• Population: One is out today with crossplay between all VR platforms
• Acer just announced a metal & carbon fiber laptop designed by Porsche
• Adobe's AR Together solves object persistence in multi-user AR
• Facebook researchers are working on keyboard-less typing for VR
• Quest 2 is selling even better than Facebook anticipated
• Quest 2 is very good for developers, sales through the roof
• It is now possible to do mixed reality with a Quest 2 and an iPad
• Pimax secured a $20 million investment to improve customer experience
• A $10,000 bounty for a Quest 2 jailbreak has already been claimed
• SideQuest is seeing rapid growth following Quest 2 release
• Facebook abandoned the whole Go platform; Quest 2 can't play Go games
• FitXR is adding dance workouts to its VR fitness repertoire
• 3dRudder is now shipping a wireless model for standalone headsets
• Cybershoes for Quest is in the works, Kickstarter campaign coming soon
• Google Meet for Glass offers hands-free collaboration for technicians
• Check out this teardown of a Quest 2 headset
• All of EK's water cooling starter kits are now copper-based
• Snap's Lens Studio 3.2 supports Apple's LiDAR camera for seamless AR
• iPhone 12 Pro could be the best phone ever for AR content
• The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners shuffles its way to Oculus Quest
• Beat Saber now has a multiplayer mode to battle your friends
• FOVE0 eye-tracking headset gets new features with software updates
• HTC now selling Vive Cosmos bundled with AORUS laptops
• Quest 2 requires Facebook even for existing Oculus accounts
• Western Digital expands WD_BLACK series with three NVME SSD options
• NZXT's new Z490 motherboard perfectly compliments its elegant cases
• Corsair's MP400 packs up to 8TB of PCIe storage
• HTC introduces Vive Pro Secure VR headset for classified environments
• ZapBox is a 6-DoF mixed reality headset that you can buy for $40
• Virtuix has a new Omni that includes a headset and fits in your home
• The creator of The Void is launching a VR wingsuit attraction in 2021
• Population: One VR battle royale hits Standalone and PCVR October 22
• These Five Quest games are getting updates for Quest 2
• NVIDIA's CloudXR brings photorealistic VR to mobile headsets
• Google killed Daydream a year ago but Android 11 wipes it away
• Foveated rendering gives Reverb Omnicept 39% performance uplift
• Microsoft is looking for beta testers for Flight Simulator VR
• Foxconn developing Micro-LED smart glasses for 2023
• Canon's new mixed reality device is smaller than a smartphone
• Forget haptic gloves, HaptX is making a full-body haptic suit
• September 2020
• These VR boxing gloves give you an authentic fighter feel
• Gravity Lab gets Quest 2 update ahead of headset launch
• HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition has a face camera, heart beat sensor
• Pimax VR Experience gives you control of your headset from inside VR
• HoloLens 2 gets automatic eye-calibration in latest Insider Preview
• Development of Pimax Sword motion controller nearly complete
• Sony working on inside out tracking and new controller for future PSVR
• Photon Lens is building the sleekest AR smart glasses we've ever seen
• HP preparing to ship Reverb G2 VR headsets in November
• Oculus founder backs SideQuest hobbyist Oculus Quest marketplace
• Is HP getting ready to reveal Reverb G2 Omnicept? Possibly!
• Azure Object Anchors let you attach 3D content to physical objects
• Quest 2 is in high demand, pre-orders backordered in several regions
• Facebook may have acquired Lemnis Technologies for its varifocal tech
• IDC says VR headsets sales set to climb rapidly next year
• Quest 2 Infinite Office is a science fiction productivity environment
• UltraLeap's advanced hand-tracking hardware now widely available
• VividQ, ARM bringing holographic display technology to mobile devices
• EKTO VR built a set of robotic shoes to solve VR locomotion
• Project ARIA takes Facebook's AR research to the next level
• Oculus Quest 2 doesn't support Ultraleap hand-tracking after all
• Oculus is selling a whole bunch of accessories for the Quest 2
• Rift S is the last PCVR headset from the Oculus brand
• All the leaks about Quest 2 were true; white, powered by XR2, $299
• Facebook Connect starts at 10 am PT, here's what to expect
• If you get banned from Facebook, you could get banned from Oculus too
• Oculus Quest 2 headset box images surface outing unannounced VR games
• Facebook dun goofed: Oculus Quest 2 announcement leaks ahead of time
• Tactical Haptics developing modular accessory for Touch controllers
• The SaberGrip VR controller use shear forces to simulate anything
• Viper Gaming's new memory kits come in 4133MHz, 4266MHz and 4400MHz
• You can build your own VR headset for $200 with this open-source guide
• A Geekbench score may have outed HTC's next VR headset
• Far Cry VR is coming to an arcade near you next year!
• Apple's next iPhone will produce better AR because of Lidar
• Another Reality's Gorn is coming to Oculus Quest... eventually
• The RealMax Qian is an AR and VR headset rolled into one package
• HoloLens 2 available at Microsoft Store for anyone who can afford it
• Mojang is bringing the full Minecraft experience to PSVR within days
• ASRock's BOX-4000 mini PCs can drive four 4K@60Hz displays at once
• It is getting very hard to buy an Oculus Quest - is it discontinued?
• GeForce RTX 30 doesn't include USB-C port because VirtualLink is dead
• Fanatec's CSL Elite WRC steering wheel is ready for next-gen consoles
• No germs: Acer's Spin 7 convertible laptop has antimicrobial coatings
• Vuzix expect to bring smart glasses to the masses in 2021
• NVIDIA's DLSS SDK 2.1 now supports VR gaming titles in Unreal Engine
• Alphacool's leak testing tool pressurizes your loop before you fill it
• Teamgroup's QX SSD packs an astounding 15.3TB in a 2.5' package
• Pimax is getting ready to finally ship stretch goal rewards
• Facebook temporarily halts Oculus VR headset sales in Germany
• RealMax is building an AR headset with a super wide field of view
• Infinite Production created a database to compare VR headset FOV
• Acer Predator Orion desktops now support GeForce RTX 30 series cards
• Vuzix demonstrates the benefits of augmented reality for race drivers
• Walmart may have leaked the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset - it's cheap!
• ASUS drops two new Zenbook laptop models just in time for school
• August 2020
• Face tracking might feature on HP's high-end Reverb G2 VR headset
• Pimax is taking on extra quality control for 8KX VR headset shipments
• Asetek is expanding its business into... sim racing?
• Tilt 5 making 'steady progress' on holographic table top game system
• D-Link's super fast EXO AX5400 Mesh Wi-Fi 6 router available now
• Facebook Horizon will have a closed beta and it's starting soon
• Corsair's Hydro hardline kits include everything, even a hacksaw!
• Thermaltake introduces 32GB & 64GB Toughram RGB memory kits
• Qualcomm's XR2 Reference Headset Includes Ultraleap Hand Tracking

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