Hacker News with Generative AI: Virtual Reality

WSJ: Some Apple Vision Pro Buyers 'Feel Total Regret' (macrumors.com)
Apple's Vision Pro headset has left many early adopters expressing dissatisfaction over its weight, limited use cases, and sparse software ecosystem, according to a new article from The Wall Street Journal.

Apple, Virtual Reality, Consumer Products, User Reviews, Technology

11 points by retskrad 6 days ago | 6 comments

Vuntra City (vuntracity.com)
Vuntra City is an immersive city exploration game where every building can be entered.

Video Games, City Exploration, Virtual Reality

37 points by ibobev 20 days ago | 15 comments

VR Design Unpacked: The secret to Beat Saber's fun (roadtovr.com)
Our series Inside XR Design highlights and unpacks examples of great XR design. Today we’re looking at Beat Saber (2019) and why its most essential design element can be used to make great VR games that have nothing to do with music or rhythm.

Virtual Reality, Game Design, User Experience, VR Games

109 points by stevenalowe 21 days ago | 84 comments

Meta's Reality Labs Has Now Lost over $60B Since 2020 (slashdot.org)

Meta, Virtual Reality, Financial Losses, Technology

69 points by geoffbp 21 days ago | 115 comments

Meta is laying off employees in Reality Labs (theverge.com)
Meta has laid off an unspecified number of employees in its Reality Labs division, a company spokesperson confirmed.

Meta, Layoffs, Reality Labs, Virtual Reality

11 points by imadj 25 days ago | 0 comments

WorldGen: Open-source 3D scene generator for Game/VR/XR (worldgen.github.io)
WorldGen is a model that can generate interactive 3D scenes from text and image inputs in seconds.

3D Modeling, Game Development, Open Source, Virtual Reality, Extended Reality

138 points by ziyangxie 25 days ago | 19 comments

Isolated older adults find joy and connection through virtual singing (news.northwestern.edu)
A new Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine study finds that, even when singing with others in a virtual setting, the benefits abound.

Social Isolation, Music, Mental Health, Seniors, Virtual Reality

26 points by gnabgib 31 days ago | 11 comments

Virtually Tour Salvador Dali Theatre Museum in Figueres, Spain (salvador-dali.org)
The Foundation is happy to make publicly available the virtual visit of the Theatre-Museum Dalí.

Virtual Reality, Art, Museums, Spain

9 points by rmason 39 days ago | 3 comments

Virtual human – a living cadaver – pushes boundaries of anatomical science(2018) (news.cuanschutz.edu)
When Victor Spitzer, PhD, director of the Center for Human Simulation at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, talks about his friend Susan Potter, he often describes her as “persistent.”

Virtual Reality, Medical Science, Anatomy, AI

31 points by the_red_mist 39 days ago | 12 comments

AI Avatars Escape the Uncanny Valley (a16z.com)
What happens when AI doesn’t just generate content, but embodies it?

Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Virtual Reality

27 points by asparagui 45 days ago | 62 comments

3D Army Land Navigation Courses (army.mil)
Use Edge, Chrome, or Firefox for best experience.

Military, Training, Virtual Reality

99 points by b_mc2 45 days ago | 46 comments

Glubux's Powerwall (2016) (secondlifestorage.com)
A quick presentation of my project.

Virtual Reality, Second Life, 3D Modeling

389 points by bentobean 52 days ago | 273 comments

Play the Virtual Organ from Arp Schnitger (orgelstadt-hamburg.de)

Music, Virtual Reality, History

127 points by ohjeez 61 days ago | 29 comments

Bigscreen Beyond 2 (bigscreenvr.com)

Virtual Reality, Entertainment, Gaming

140 points by nipponese 63 days ago | 125 comments

It Might Be Time to Admit the Great VR Experiment Has Failed (howtogeek.com)

Virtual Reality, Technology, Gaming, Opinion

8 points by elorant 65 days ago | 3 comments

Tonari Portals: be together in-person, anywhere (tonari.no)

Virtual Reality, Remote Collaboration, Technology

7 points by zero_ 68 days ago | 2 comments

What went wrong with Horizon Worlds? Ex-Meta dev shares insider insights (ycombinator.com)
After writing about Meta’s highly misguided $50 million bounty for developers to create content in Horizon Worlds, a former software engineer at Horizon Worlds reached out to me.

Meta, Virtual Reality, Gaming, Software Development, Business

17 points by SLHamlet 77 days ago | 10 comments

GTA 3 on a Volumetric Display [video] (youtube.com)

Video Games, Technology, Gaming, Virtual Reality

10 points by pr337h4m 80 days ago | 1 comments

Meta's Awful 'Horizon Worlds' Ad Helps Explain $70B Metaverse Loss (forbes.com)
This is supposed to be a “pivotal” year for the metaverse, according to the company that spearheaded the concept, Meta, even renaming the entire company after the idea. But if you want to check in on its flagship product, Horizon Worlds, you will quickly understand why this division of the company has lost nearly $70 billion over the last few years.

Meta, Metaverse, Virtual Reality, Business, Finance

37 points by ChrisArchitect 95 days ago | 19 comments

What will happen if you do an entire woodworking project using a VR headset? [video] (youtube.com)

Virtual Reality, Woodworking, Technology, Video

48 points by zdw 97 days ago | 35 comments

The NBA Apple Vision Pro app now has a 3D tabletop view (uploadvr.com)
The official NBA Apple Vision Pro app now has Tabletop, a diorama-scale virtual representation of the live game you're watching.

Sports, Augmented Reality, Apple, Virtual Reality

133 points by matheussampaio 98 days ago | 108 comments

Google Confirms Android XR Allows Passthrough Camera Access (roadtovr.com)
Developers of mixed reality games have been clamoring for passthrough camera access on Quest for a while now, something now-departed Meta VP of XR Mark Rabkin said would come with the release of a new camera Passthrough API sometime in early 2025. Now, Google has confirmed that Android XR includes access to passthrough cameras, letting developers fine tune their mixed reality experiences from the get-go.

Android, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, Gaming, Technology

5 points by LorenDB 99 days ago | 0 comments

John Carmack: PCVR a Boutique Niche, Beat Saber Far More Important Than HL: Alyx (uploadvr.com)
John Carmack described PC VR as "a boutique niche", standalone VR as "the biggest win that VR ever had", and Beat Saber as "far more important than Half-Life: Alyx".

Virtual Reality, Gaming, Industry Analysis

4 points by LorenDB 102 days ago | 0 comments

Android XR will allow camera access like on the phone (skarredghost.com)
Passthrough camera access is a hot topic in the XR community right now and while the positions of Meta, Apple, and Pico are known, everyone is wondering what Google will do with Android XR. After I’ve spoken directly with the company, I can tell you that they will offer a solution similar to the one on the phone. Keep reading to discover more!

Android, XR, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Privacy

14 points by LorenDB 106 days ago | 3 comments

Dungeons and Dragons VR is finally official, and it sounds incredible (androidcentral.com)

Virtual Reality, Gaming

7 points by jaderobbins1 112 days ago | 1 comments

Make your chair rotate in VR (skarredghost.com)
On my last day at CES, I tried the Roto VR Explorer chair. It’s been an interesting experience, not without some flaws, but certainly one worth telling. So keep reading to discover this VR accessory!

Virtual Reality, Hardware, Reviews

14 points by LorenDB 123 days ago | 11 comments

Saint Peter Basilica digital experience (basilicasanpietro.va)
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Virtual Reality, Tourism, Italy, History, Religion

114 points by matco11 127 days ago | 23 comments

Virtual Vette – Racing Simulator Built from Wrecked Corvette (instructables.com)
This project started because I was looking for a way to encourage and reward my son, Daniel, for earning his Eagle Scout rank.

Virtual Reality, DIY Projects, Automotive, Video Games

95 points by starkparker 131 days ago | 11 comments

Apple Vision Pro May Now Be Out of Production (macrumors.com)
Apple's first-generation Vision Pro headset may have now ceased production, following reports of reduced demand and production cuts earlier in the year.

Apple, Virtual Reality, Technology, Hardware, Production

39 points by uladzislau 143 days ago | 29 comments

Tokyo makes 3D data available (tokyo.lg.jp)
サイバー空間上に東京都を再現し、様々なデータを重ねることで、これまでは気づき得なかった新たな視点に出会うことができます。

Tokyo, 3D Data, Virtual Reality, Urban Planning, Open Data

20 points by sabman 148 days ago | 1 comments