Microsoft Flight Simulator VR close beta is now open for sign-ups

For simulator fans, the latest iteration of the well-aged Flight Simulator could be the franchise’s biggest release yet and in more ways than one. The complete set of launch assets spans 10 dual-layer DVDs and that’s not yet including the updates that ... more - slashgear

Android 11 officially kills Daydream and the dream of smartphone VR

It was, like Thanos, inevitable but some might still get some feels with the revelation that Daydream VR is truly no more. At least not as far as Google is concerned. The writing on the wall has been there since last year so it was really only a matter ... more - slashgear

Google Maps Live View to soon show landmarks, share locations on mobile

For many people these days, Google Maps has become an indispensable tool for navigating the real world. Not everyone, however, finds it easy to use even a digital and advanced map and prefer visual cues to orient themselves. Google developed its AR-based ... more - slashgear

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit trailer explains how the AR game works

Mario Kart is one of the most beloved Mario Bros. “spin-offs” and is present on almost all platforms Nintendo has touched. But while Mario Kart’s smartphone incarnation has been widely regarded as a disappointment, the company surprised fans last month ... more - slashgear

Verizon’s new 5G home gateway taps faster mmWave and AR

Verizon has a new 5G home router, promising potentially more performance than your traditional cable or DSL broadband might deliver, and a slick augmented reality setup process. The new Verizon 5G Internet Gateway taps the carrier’s fledgling 5G Home ... more - slashgear

HP Reverb G2 is getting a big upgrade, but not for you

HP today announced that the Reverb G2 VR headset will soon be the at the center of a new platform called the HP Omnicept Solution. The HP Omnicept Solution includes the Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition and a matching SDK that gives developers “an ecosystem ... more - slashgear

2021 Ram 1500 TRX Know & Go mobile app teaches about truck features

RAM has announced a new employee-developed app that will debut for the 2021 RAM 1500 TRX. The app is called the Know & Go mobile app and uses augmented reality to teach owners about features of their truck. The idea came from the automaker’s first ... more - slashgear

New MYST game revealed for 2020 (with translation)

This afternoon the developers at Cyan revealed a new version of the classic PC game MYST. This game is a “brand new version of Myst, completely re-imagined for modern game systems and – for the first time for any game in the Myst series – including optional ... more - slashgear

All of the Fortnite secrets you missed in Sony’s PS5 teaser yesterday

Yesterday, Sony revealed the gameplay for a number of titles coming to the PlayStation 5, as well as one game we’re already familiar with: Fortnite. The entire clip was quite brief at only around 40 seconds in length and it mostly served to highlight ... more - slashgear

Facebook Infinite Office tries to sell the idea of VR productivity

Virtual reality has always carried the stigma of being more of an entertainment-centric technology. With Facebook at the helm of one of the two biggest VR platforms today, that identity seems to get even more cemented, just with a dash of social networking ... more - slashgear

Ray-Ban AR glasses announced in first push for Facebook Project Aria

Today, Facebook announced that it’s diving into the world of augmented reality glasses. This may have been the obvious direction for Facebook given its ownership of Oculus and the array of VR headsets it makes, but we now have official confirmation that ... more - slashgear

Oculus Rift discontinued, focus now Quest VR for all

Oculus announced today that they’ll discontinue the Oculus Rift line of VR headsets entirely. The only current Rift device available from Oculus is the Oculus Rift S, but that’ll soon be over as Oculus focuses all its efforts on single headset: Oculus ... more - slashgear

Oculus Move VR fitness feature will track how many calories you burn

Amid its various virtual reality announcements today, Facebook revealed that Oculus users will soon get access to fitness-tracking features, capitalizing on the growing trend of exercising with a VR headset strapped to your face. With these features, ... more - slashgear

Oculus Quest 2 released for $100 less than original

The Oculus Quest 2 was revealed today with a redesigned body, next-generation Touch controllers, and a new higher-resolution display. This version of the Oculus Quest was released for approximately $300 – or $100 less than the launch price of the original ... more - slashgear

Oculus Quest 2 outed early in pair of leaked Facebook videos

It seems that Facebook is starting the work week off with an unexpected bang. Earlier today, the company published a couple of videos about the Oculus Quest 2, revealing a decent amount of information about the upcoming VR headset. This definitely isn’t ... more - slashgear

The Android 11 statue is here, there, and everywhere

Google revealed a statue for the release of Android 11 this week, complete with an augmented reality experience for your phone. Google used to make a slightly bigger deal of revealing a special statue at the launch of each new version of Android, each ... more - slashgear

Minecraft PS VR is finally happening this month

When Microsoft acquired Minecraft creators Mojang, some might have presumed the company would be restricting the highly popular game to its own platform and other “friendly” platforms. Few probably predicted that Microsoft would actually expand Minecraft’s ... more - slashgear

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit serves up real-world AR kart racing

Nintendo made of a bunch of announcements for the 35th anniversary of the Super Mario franchise today, but the reveal of Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit is one that caught us completely off guard. Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit attempts to take the always-popular ... more - slashgear

HTC CEO Yves Maitre bows out in less than a year due to personal matters

Once one of the kings of the mobile market, HTC has all but become a footnote in history even as it tries to make ends meet via its Vive VR business. Part of its plans to turn the ship around involving putting a new captain in the person of former Orange ... more - slashgear

Apple’s slate of 5G iPhones will be the star of a packed 2020 product lineup

September is usually a big month for Apple in terms of new devices, and while the COVID-19 pandemic might have delayed some of the launches Apple had lined up for this fall, those device reveals are still on the way. A new report today is essentially ... more - slashgear

Amazon’s latest AR tool puts many virtual objects in the same room

Amazon has introduced a new augmented reality tool that enables users to view more than one virtual object overlaid into their real-world environment. This builds upon the AR system Amazon first introduced back in 2017. This time around, users aren’t ... more - slashgear

Facebook Reality Labs re-launch keeps Oculus separate

The VR company Oculus was acquired by Facebook, which means Oculus is owned by Facebook. There’s been a bit of worry lately, and pretty much since the acquisition was made, that Facebook might envelope Oculus and dissolve the VR brand. That worry transformed ... more - slashgear

Facebook just renamed Oculus Connect

Oculus Connect 2020 is now no longer an event, as the name of the event has been changed to Facebook Connect. Facebook introduced “the new Facebook Reality Labs” at the same time as they’ve announced a re-naming of the annual Oculus developer event. This ... more - slashgear

Pixel phones losing Playground AR stickers could just be the start

Google has had a rather unstable relationship with virtual and augmented reality, expressing belief and commitment one time and then simply dropping the ball the next. That has been the case especially for Google’s VR efforts and it could be starting ... more - slashgear

iPhone 12 images say Nokia dreams could shock Android devout

Today we’re taking a look at a set of renderings of the iPhone 12, the smallest version of the next iPhone. This newest version of Apple’s hero phone was rendered in a number of wild, vibrant colors, not unlike the iPhone 11, or the iPhone XR, or even ... more - slashgear

Oculus VR devices require Facebook accounts soon

Oculus announced that Facebook accounts will be required for all Oculus devices in the future. There’ll be two waves of requirement, starting this year for NEW users – all will need to work with a Facebook account right out the gate, starting in October. ... more - slashgear

HTC Vive Sync VR enterprise tool gets web browser and Android support

HTC’s Vive Sync, an enterprise tool designed to help teams interface with each other using virtual reality headsets, just received a big update. According to the company, it has added a number of features that users have requested, the biggest one being ... more - slashgear

2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class interior is meant to delight the senses

Mercedes-Benz is gradually drip-feeding precious information about its next-gen S-Class luxury sedan. We first caught wind of the new S-Class’ augmented reality heads-up display last July, and we now know the S-Class will come with a plug-in hybrid version ... more - slashgear

Nreal Light AR glasses launch bundled with Galaxy Note 20 5G

If you’re any kind of an augmented or mixed reality enthusiast, you might now finally have a reason to buy Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 20. That is, if you leave in South Korea. Almost like a proverbial unicorn, AR glasses that don’t look like bulky headsets ... more - slashgear

Niantic won’t make its own Pokemon GO smart glasses

Pokemon GO developer Niantic may be creating a set of augmented reality smart glasses, but it has no intention of building them itself, the company has confirmed. Niantic had announced last December that it would be working on a set of AR glasses using ... more - slashgear