How to watch the Facebook Connect livestream

Facebook Connect 2021 event site Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to deliver the opening keynote to the Facebook Reality Labs event, Facebook Connect, this Thursday, October 28th at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. The annual VR / AR announcement and live demonstration ... more - theverge

Let’s discuss how we’re reviewing the 2021 MacBook Pro

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales It is morning. The birds are chirping, a coffee percolator is bubbling, keyboards are clacking, and an Apple startup chime is ringing. The Verge ’s Dieter Bohn, Nilay Patel, and Monica Chin are also walking into the recording ... more - theverge

Supernatural, the VR workout app, adds boxing for more variety

You will punch your way to a much higher heart rate. | Supernatural Supernatural, the Beat Saber -like VR app for the Oculus Quest and Quest 2 that gets you to work up a sweat by beating targets with virtual bats, has added another way to wreck a target: ... more - theverge

Facebook is spending at least $10 billion this year on its metaverse division

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook plans to spend at least $10 billion this year on Facebook Reality Labs, its metaverse division tasked with creating AR and VR hardware, software, and content. “We are committed to bringing this long-term ... more - theverge

This sure looks like Facebook’s rumored Oculus Pro

Oculus.com Facebook has been teasing work on a pro version of its Oculus Quest headset for quite some time, and now a series of what appear to be setup videos for the unreleased product have leaked from its own servers. The videos were first spotted ... more - theverge

Elgato’s app that turns iPhones into webcams gets AR Snap Lens support

Image: Elgato EpocCam, the app from streaming brand Elgato that lets you repurpose your iPhone as a webcam for your PC or Mac, has been updated with native support for Snap Lenses augmented reality filters, Elgato’s parent company Corsair has announced. ... more - theverge

Facebook Messenger now lets an entire group share an AR experience

Facebook Messenger is adding “group effects” that allow everyone on a video call to participate in the same augmented reality experience at the same time. The effects are available now across Messenger video calls as well as Messenger Rooms, the service’s ... more - theverge

VR treatment for lazy eye in children gets FDA approval

Luminopia The Food and Drug Administration approved a virtual reality-based treatment for children with the visual disorder amblyopia, or lazy eye, the company behind the therapy announced today. Patients watch modified TV shows or movies through a virtual ... more - theverge

Resident Evil 4 in VR shouldn’t work — but somehow it does

Oculus I didn’t have stellar hopes going into Resident Evil 4 ’s virtual reality adaptation. VR versions of non-VR games are often at best superfluous and at worst painful — sometimes literally if you’re prone to motion sickness. Resident Evil 7 supported ... more - theverge

Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Facebook is planning to change its company name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter. The coming ... more - theverge

Vergecast: HTC’s new VR headset, and what to expect at next week’s tech events

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast , where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. ... more - theverge

I have a hard time believing your wearable is good if you had to Photoshop it onto a model

Wearable gadgets live or die on whether they’re actually comfortable to wear — it’s tough to recommend a fitness tracker that gives me a rash or a headset constantly dragging my head down. So, for HTC’s new, exceptionally light Vive Flow VR headset, ... more - theverge

The $499 HTC Vive Flow is VR for people who don’t like VR

HTC wants to find a new VR market — but what is it? Continue reading… ... more - theverge

Facebook is researching AI systems that see, hear, and remember everything you do

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook is pouring a lot of time and money into augmented reality, including building its own AR glasses with Ray-Ban. Right now, these gadgets can only record and share imagery, but what does the company think ... more - theverge

Facebook execs tease VR prototype hardware with new photos

Image: Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook virtual reality lead and soon-to-be CTO Andrew Bosworth (or “Boz”) are playing around with prototype VR (or AR) tech and want to show it off. Both executives have posted pictures of themselves wearing prototype ... more - theverge

Why look at reality when you can edit what you see in real time?

The adoption of augmented reality is happening slowly but surely, and it’s easy to see one possible future for the technology: hardware that lets you edit what you see in real time, replacing objects around you with virtual overlays. Call it mixed reality, ... more - theverge

HTC’s new headset has leaked and it’ll make you look like a bug

A leaked marketing image of the unannounced HTC Vive Flow VR headset. | Image: Evan Blass on Twitter On Monday, I wrote about leaked details of an unannounced HTC Vive Flow VR headset that’s expected to be announced at an event on Thursday. Just one ... more - theverge

Vudu brings its TV and movie streaming app to Facebook’s Oculus VR devices

Image: Vudu Vudu’s freemium streaming app is now supported on Facebook’s Oculus Quest 1 and Quest 2 VR devices, with a spokesperson telling The Verge more than a hundred 3D titles are available to buy or rent. The Fandango-owned streaming service — which ... more - theverge

The Tile Ultra takes on AirTags with UWB-powered AR tracking, coming early 2022

Tile has officially announced its first ultra-wideband (UWB) tracking tag, the Tile Ultra, coming in 2022 and which Tile claims is the first tracking tag from any company to offer UWB support on both Android and iOS. Tile isn’t giving any information ... more - theverge

HTC’s new Vive Flow headset reportedly launches this week

A promotional image for HTC’s upcoming event. | Image: Engage HTC is planning to release a new VR headset this week and is also working on its own metaverse-like virtual world, according to a report from Protocol . Let’s start first with that new headset. ... more - theverge

Magic Leap somehow raised $500 million to make another AR headset

Magic Leap Magic Leap has raised $500 million in funding and is preparing to release a new AR headset, the Magic Leap 2, next year, the company announced Monday. The headset will be generally available next year, the company said, and “select customers” ... more - theverge

Facebook says outage affecting Instagram, Messenger, and more has been fixed

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook says it has fixed an outage that lasted for about two hours across some of its services on Friday. The outage, which Facebook says was caused by a configuration change, impacted Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, ... more - theverge

Facebook’s new $10 million fund for VR creators is hopefully just the beginning

A screenshot from Horizon Worlds. | Image: Facebook Facebook has announced a $10 million Creator Fund to encourage people to build experiences on its Horizon VR platform, which it is now calling Horizon Worlds. Although Horizon Worlds is still in beta, ... more - theverge

Canon’s new dual-fisheye EOS R lens is for creating 3D VR content

Canon has announced what’s easily the oddest glass yet for its EOS R mirrorless camera system: a dual 5.2mm f/2.8 fisheye. The fisheye lenses are 60mm apart and are designed for creating 3D VR images and video content; Canon calls out the Oculus Quest ... more - theverge

Facebook explains the backbone shutdown behind its global outage on Monday

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The massive outage that took down Facebook, its associated services (Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Messenger), its platform for businesses, and the company’s own internal network all started with routine maintenance. ... more - theverge

Facebook has finally given a reason for the six-hour outage Monday

Facebook was down for six hours on Monday | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook said in a blog post Monday night that the six-hour outage that took it offline along with Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp, and OculusVR was the result of a configuration ... more - theverge

Facebook is coming back after a six-hour outage

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook is back online after a six-hour outage due to DNS routing problems. The outage took down Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger, and Oculus VR as well. For some, those services are back online now; however, after ... more - theverge

Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Just as Facebook’s Antigone Davis was live on CNBC defending the company’s policies and its handling of research data suggesting Instagram is harmful to teens, its network of services suddenly went offline. On ... more - theverge

Nreal’s new AR sunglasses are made for binge watching TV

The Nreal Air smart glasses. | Image: Nreal Augmented reality company Nreal is launching a cheaper, iOS-compatible, more compact version of its smart glasses. The new Nreal Air glasses are supposed to ship starting in December 2021 across Japan, China, ... more - theverge

Valve reportedly developing standalone VR headset codenamed ‘Deckard’

Valve’s first VR headset, the Index. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Valve could have a second VR headset in development with a standalone design similar to what’s currently offered by Facebook’s lineup of Oculus Quest headsets. Evidence ... more - theverge