August 6, 2025

Category: Virtual Reality

Developer Gets PlayStation VR2 Eye Tracking Working On PC
Virtual Reality

Developer Gets PlayStation VR2 Eye Tracking Working On PC

A software engineer managed to get PlayStation VR2’s eye tracking working on PC, though they caution that it’s currently “extremely WIP” and lacks calibration. The developer currently goes by the handle whatdahopper, and releases their software open source as Bnuuy Solutions. Their first publicly released VR tool was OculusKiller, three years ago, which makes Quest […]

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Meta and UFC Sign Deal to Tighten Partnership Across All Meta Platforms, Including Quest & Smart Glasses
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Meta and UFC Sign Deal to Tighten Partnership Across All Meta Platforms, Including Quest & Smart Glasses

Meta has signed a multiyear deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to become its ‘Official Fan Technology Partner’, which means we could see even tighter integration of the organization’s mixed martial arts matches across Quest and the companies other platforms. The UFC says it’s set to leverage Meta’s “leading technologies to deliver unprecedented engagement […]

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Amazon Will Restart Theft Screenings for Warehouse Workers
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Amazon Will Restart Theft Screenings for Warehouse Workers

Amazon is reinstating a pre-pandemic policy bringing back metal detector screenings for its 750,000 U.S.-based hourly warehouse employees, per a new Bloomberg report. The retail giant will also require workers to register their phones so security personnel know they haven’t stolen the devices. Amazon reportedly began telling workers in select test locations about the phone […]

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Testing Sony’s Full Body Tracking
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Testing Sony’s Full Body Tracking

I went body-in with Sony’s new mocopi Pro motion capture system with 12 points of body tracking at GDC 2025. The mocopi Pro system from Sony aims to elevate its body tracking system beyond the six points of the base system by adding six more. It integrates with Sony’s XYN Motion Studio, a motion capture […]

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Samsung Reportedly Planning to Release XR Glasses This Year
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Samsung Reportedly Planning to Release XR Glasses This Year

We’ve been waiting to hear about Samsung’s entrance into XR for a few years now, with the company’s still unnamed mixed reality headset ‘Project Moohan’ set to debut sometime this year running Google’s Android XR operating system. Now, a report from ETNews (Korean) maintains the South Korean tech giant may also have a pair of […]

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