John 🚀 VR/AR/XR

Desperately trying to survive the IT warzone, stumbling through VR/AR/MR/XR... don't know what to call it anymore. (We're calling it 'spatial computing' now?)

[「Fauxx」 @Its_Fauxx]

Now presenting: StreamXR! 🥽

A Free, Open Source Chrome Extension that gives you the full YouTube Desktop Experience on #SteamFrame !

- Full 360°/180°/2D support
- Full Search, Channel, Comments, Description, Recommended, Home, and Subscriptions pages
- Easy VR UI/UX

Out NOW!

[Driss Hamadaine ドルス @thereisnomouse]

A Reddit user named AstroPC has transformed their PSVR2 into a standalone headset by combining adapters with a RedMagic smartphone that serves as a compute puck. Major improvements are in the works (Custom PCB). @SadlyItsBradley @GAMERTAGVR

https://t.co/dK0E4BqZLq

[Brad Lynch @SadlyItsBradley]

I have released “HoloPrinter” on TestFlight. For those who have a Bambu Labs 3D Printer

With this app, you can slice your models with a fully hand tracked focused UX

During prints, a virtual laser will draw out each layer your IRL printer is manifesting

https://t.co/PNKg8G1Xe0

[Ben Lang @benz145]

In the near term, I'm far more bullish on the '3D portal' means of making flatscreen games work in VR than shoddy conversations which end up with a 'VR-compatible' version of the game that's more work and less fun (and for many people, uncomfortable) to play in a headset than on a flatscreen.

This is a matter of pragmatism. If every flatscreen game could get the amount of time and investment needed to be thoroughly redesigned to be *great* in VR, then I'd obviously prefer that. The reality is that that's a time consuming, expensive, and very challenging to do right for 95% of games, and the ROI simply isn't there for the developer.

[Arcturus Vision @arcturusvision]

We’ll be honest: our spatial video recorder & player launched with… basic controls.

That changes today. Our latest update brings a modern player with scaling, scrubbing, repositioning, a passthrough toggle, and more.

Same spatial videos. Much better controls.

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

i now have an on-device vibecoding setup to build openXR vr apps on my steam frame!

godot even has live editing, so i can make changes to the scene (and i think even code) while the game's running. killer!

[Cas and Chary XR @CasandChary]

This is amazing. People underestimate how much Valve and essentially, the Steam Frame has effect on everything.

[Catsuka @catsuka]

"Evangelion: Δ Cross Reflections", an upcoming VR/XR game by Pixelity Inc (2027)

[Azad Balabanian @Azadux]

the Steam Frame works in pitch black thanks to its IR blasters and IR sensitive SLAM cameras

with the default passthrough view, you can see some prettty cool things including:

1. Steam Frame's internals
2. Steam Frame's controller internals
3. Apple Vision Pro's LiDAR pattern
4. iPhone 13 Pro's LiDAR pattern
5. iPhone 13 Pro's FaceID pattern
6. My Asus monitor's proximity sensor

https://t.co/OcUNFlbTly

[TonyVT SkarredGhost @SkarredGhost]

I INTERVIEWED BOZ AT META CONNECT! Let me tell you all the incredible story of how this happened, with all my emotional rollercoaster. It has been he craziest thing that has happened to me in my career as a blogger. I promise you’ll have fun reading this. And you will find the words @boztank said to me pretty insightful

https://t.co/ymwpMeEvrt

#VirtualReality #VR #Meta #MetaConnect #technology #blogging

[Ben Lang @benz145]

Frame's core module is tiny. The issue with form-factor in VR headsets right now isn't so much volume, but weight. You need a large head mount of some sort to hold this little module in front of your eyes in a way that's comfortable.

[Arcturus Vision @arcturusvision]

We shipped a new page to explore the FOV & PPD for the Arcturus Vision Camera at https://t.co/bIiI490bJN

[Chyado先生 - Japan Guy - That dude in VRChat gifs @chyadosensei]

Should you buy the Steam Frame for VRChat? Let me help answer that question with my own on hands review!

[Cas and Chary XR @CasandChary]

Half-Life Alyx standalone vs the PC VR version, side by side on Steam Frame.

I still can't quite believe this is running on the headset with no PC. Valve made a native ARM port with foveated rendering and depth reprojection, and your saves sync between both versions through Steam Cloud.

It's not as smooth as PC VR, but it's a mobile chip running Alyx. That's some real magic.

[BaywillyVR @WFriky]

https://t.co/FCIt8Dm32P
📡 Snake, the mission begins now. The first BETA of Metal Gear Solid VR Standalone is now available to download. From here on, you're on your own. Good luck. 🐍🥽

[Cas and Chary XR @CasandChary]

I've had Valve's Steam Frame for a week, and the full video is up!

Short version: it's trying to be four devices at once, and most of it already works. Half-Life Alyx runs on the headset with no PC. The streaming is the best I've used out of the box. Linux desktop and SteamOS freedom is amazing. Battery is about an hour. And it costs $1,059.

I tested as much as I could, and it's a lot. So if you're deciding whether to sign up for a reservation before the 17th, this should help.

Curious what you think: https://t.co/jiRwWjVoVD

[Valve @valvesoftware]

Steam Frame is here! Our wireless VR headset + controllers, available now in the following models:

Steam Frame 256GB
Steam Frame 1TB
Sign up now and learn more on @Steam https://t.co/N9IvWskQRP

[Brad Lynch @SadlyItsBradley]

OpenXR 1.1.63 specification just released

And adds some major Spatial Computing functionality to supported platforms

XR_EXT_spatial_container and XR_EXT_spatial_container_self_rendering, the big ones, allows apps to be rendered as visionOS-esque volumes

https://t.co/3tbrYM09bW

[Brad Lynch @SadlyItsBradley]

Arcturus Industries, who built the Steam Frame’s camera tracking system, is launching an official Color Passthrough Module

Dual 32 megapixel sensors, 10 bit HDR capture, 64mm IPD

Realtime environment mapping
Spatial Video recording
Gaussian Splatting support with tools

[Wu Xu @xuwu]

Three of the most interesting headsets coming in the next few months.

Based on publicly available information and leaks:

PICO Space Pro (PICO Swan)
200g+ • 100°+ FOV • 4K-per-eye Micro-OLED • 40–45 PPD • PICO Silicon + flagship SoC • external compute and battery • eye tracking + face tracking + hand tracking • gaze-and-pinch interaction • MR

Steam Frame
~435g • up to 110° FOV • 2160×2160-per-eye LCD • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 • SteamOS • Steam game ecosystem • dedicated 6GHz Wi-Fi 6E wireless streaming • eye tracking

Meta Phoenix
~100g • 70°+ FOV • 2560×2560-per-eye Micro-OLED • Snapdragon Reality Elite • external compute and battery • eye tracking + face tracking + hand tracking • gaze-and-pinch interaction • MR

Price aside, which one would you pick?