May 17, 2025

Category: Virtual Reality

Meta’s Project Warhol Recruits Participants To Train Codec Avatars
Virtual Reality

Meta’s Project Warhol Recruits Participants To Train Codec Avatars

‘Project Warhol’ is offering $50/hour to capture facial expressions, speech, and gestures of participants to train Meta’s Codec Avatars model. “Project Warhol aims improve virtual reality of the future. In a recorded session, you’ll perform various tasks, such as mimicking facial expressions, reading sentences, making hand gestures, following eye targets, and doing full-body range-of-motion exercises.” […]

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Hands-on: Bear Sunny transition lenses for AR glasses
Virtual Reality

Hands-on: Bear Sunny transition lenses for AR glasses

During my first day at VR AR Expo China, I tried various interesting pieces of hardware. The first one that I’m going to describe to you today is the Bear Sunny transition lenses for AR glasses! [A little disclaimer: the organizers of the VR AR Expo China paid for my accommodation in Shanghai for the […]

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Barbara Corcoran Finds a Buyer in One Day for M Penthouse
Virtual Reality

Barbara Corcoran Finds a Buyer in One Day for $12M Penthouse

Longtime “Shark Tank” investor Barbara Corcoran, 76, announced last week that she was putting her beloved New York City penthouse on the market for $12 million — and the apartment almost immediately found a buyer. According to the latest Olshan Luxury Market Report, Corcoran’s duplex penthouse at 1158 Fifth had multiple bidders and sold for […]

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Meta Quest Developers Face Bugs & Performance Regressions
Virtual Reality

Meta Quest Developers Face Bugs & Performance Regressions

Meta’s frequent Horizon OS updates are coming at the cost of performance issues and bugs for developers. Quest headsets arguably get new features, improvements, and changes at a greater pace than any other consumer tech device. Last year alone, for example, Meta overhauled how Horizon OS handles 2D apps to allow free positioning and keeping […]

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These States Have the Most Affordable Housing in US: Ranking
Virtual Reality

These States Have the Most Affordable Housing in US: Ranking

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the normally robust spring housing market was a “dud” this year, as economic and stock market uncertainty, coupled with mortgage rates hovering around 6.72% at press time, have kept buyers away. The outlet notes that with more homes hitting the market, demand is not aligning with the […]

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Pimax Delays Dream Air & Announces Cheaper Dream Air SE
Virtual Reality

Pimax Delays Dream Air & Announces Cheaper Dream Air SE

Pimax announced a delay and price increase for Dream Air, alongside a much cheaper Dream Air SE with lower resolution and inferior lenses. Pimax claims Dream Air and Dream Air SE will be sub-200 gram tethered PC VR headsets with micro-OLED panels, eye tracking, integrated audio, and either inside-out SLAM or SteamVR base station tracking. […]

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