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After a disappointing Best Buy visit last year, I explored Meta’s new retail experience in NYC and Long Island. Some surprising results 👇

I’ve been testing Liminal: Walking Meditation with my Ray-Ban Meta glasses and it's really interesting. It uses what the glasses see around you to shape the meditation as you walk. Check out the details of what's coming from the team at Liminal VR 👇

First look at the new Supernatural VR fitness design. Looks like they’re adding more color and maybe hand tracking? Read more here 👇

New immersive content from Meta. The first of many planned immersive content releases. Check it out 👇

Meta finally set a concrete timeline to ship realistic avatars, shoulders-up on Meta Ray-Ban Display and then full-body on Meta VR Glasses. We briefly tried both at Connect. Read our impressions here: www.uploadvr.com/meta-hologra...

I’ve been working out in VR almost daily for years, and I’ve learned what makes the experience more comfortable. These are the accessories I use and recommend. 👇

I didn’t know much about Kacey Musgraves before this, but the VR experience made me a fan. I’d love to see more artists try something like this.

I tested Meta Virtual Display across Apple Silicon and older Intel Macs, including Quick Connect, input forwarding, display options, and a few limitations. 👇

Really enjoyed seeing this one come together. Brink Traveler’s Iceland Riverbed is a great fit for Virtual Desktop, and there’s more going on behind the scenes than you might expect. Hope we see more collaborations like this.

Ten people. Apple Vision Pro. Volumetrically captured actors. One shared branching story. Empire At Sea is a fascinating approach to mixed reality storytelling, premiering at #VeniceImmersive this week. My latest for @uploadvr.com 👇

FitXR is expanding beyond the headset. I went hands-on with the new mobile workouts and spoke with CEO Sam Cole about where the platform is headed.

Five months ago, Supernatural looked like it was nearing the end. Now its original founders are back, all six coaches are returning, and a team that once numbered nearly 200 is rebuilding with 15 people. As a Supernatural athlete, this was a meaningful story for me to report.

I tested FitXR's new knee strikes and learned how the app detects them without lower-body tracking.

This is FitXR's Mid-Atlantic environment on Meta Quest. A pretty good example of why working out in VR can feel a lot less like working out. 🥊 You're having so much fun, you don't even realize how hard you're working. 😅 #VRFitness #FitXR #MetaQuest

I spent several days with FitXR's latest update before writing this piece. Journey is the headline feature, but I also came away impressed by the revamped sound design, Profile Levels, and Oceana. My latest hands-on look:👇

I came away from ArtQuest VR wanting to visit more museums. It turns out that was exactly what creator Eric Mosinger hoped would happen. My latest for @uploadvr.com 👇

I spent time with FunFitLand’s SwingFit preview and spoke with the team behind it. My latest feature looks at the new workout mode, the company’s growing wellness ambitions, and where FunFitLand fits into today’s VR fitness landscape. 👇

I thought I understood the Temple of Dendur when I visited The Met in New York City. It turns out I didn’t. My latest for UploadVR looks at how The Met is using immersive technology to tell stories beyond the museum walls. The experiences are free. If you try them, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

I recently spoke with immersive creator Marc Zimmermann about Realms of Flow, the evolution of the project over time, and the role atmosphere, music, and environmental design play in shaping immersive experiences. Latest piece on @uploadvr.com 👇

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The VR community in Supernatural is rallying around the return of its coaches. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/supernatur...

Supernatural's future looked uncertain after Meta halted new content earlier this year. Today's announcement points in a very different direction.

I had a lot of fun with this one. It was the subtle spatial depth and parallax that made locations feel a little more present in VR. My latest for UploadVR digs into WorldLens VR’s new AI-powered 3D Street View feature 👇

Immersive concerts may end up being one of VR180’s strongest long-term use cases. The Goo Goo Dolls concert in Horizon TV really clicked: atmosphere, scale, lighting, and proximity to performers all working to create the experience - and you're there on stage with them. New piece for UploadVR 👇

Spent some time with Outside The Lines VR and came away impressed with how thoughtfully designed it is. Simple VR coloring app focused on comfort and accessibility. My latest UploadVR review 👇 www.uploadvr.com/outside-the-...

May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19.

The 15” MacBook Air is actually a pretty stunning value. Compare to the first Retina display MacBook Pro, which was super high end when it launched.

💪Spent real time with all of these VR fitness apps. 🥊 None replace my main apps, but I keep coming back to each of them for different reasons. There’s a real “best of the rest” layer in VR fitness that doesn’t get enough attention.

Spent some time with FitXR’s new Flow Studio. Feels less like a new feature and more like something built to keep a routine going. Makes a lot of sense if you’re unsure about Supernatural long term. And takes advantage of FitXR's rich art style. www.uploadvr.com/fitxr-builds...

With all the NASA Artemis excitement, I figured I’d work from the “captain’s seat” today. I’m not a developer or engineer. Just someone who tried this and realized virtual screens are the way. This is already changing how I work. Not someday. Right now. #normalizeVR

The VR version of the best hobbies are only a decade old and face a tremendous marketing problem. They have to reach fans of the hobby where they play or congregate, adding targeting costs while (as lone devs) simultaneously building core features. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/first-time...

Episode 3 of my podcast is up. I hadn’t used virtual screens until I tried Vision Pro when it first came out. That changed pretty quickly. Got me thinking about what Apple actually did here. Curious how others see it. Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/0Zps...

New piece is up on UploadVR. Beat The Beats by @parallelcircles.bsky.social isn’t really a straight fitness app or a pure rhythm game. It kind of sits in between, and that’s what makes it interesting. 👀👇

Sometimes there’s no substitute for the right tool. My father-in-law “loaned” me this chainsaw years ago knowing full well it probably wasn’t coming back. Thinking about him today.

Good chapter header here from Mark Schramm for a potential book about VR. You could do much worse as far as personal missions go, just: Build Cool Shit

Most esports involve watching people behind monitors. At a Global Gaming League event, the main event was VR boxing in Thrill of the Fight 2. It raises an interesting question: can VR actually work as a spectator sport? I wrote about it for UploadVR 🥊

AWE now has an art festival listing, but I'm not sure if film made with VR/AR is accepted. I submitted anyway. You should send your work if you make XR-involved art: www.awexr.com/art-festival

Scrolling my #VR feeds tonight feels like a better use of my time than watching this performative bullshit.

NEW YT channel for 3D content on Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro. Good to see - more please! www.aipop-3d.com/post/eyepop-...

New UploadVR article is live: Best Quest 3 soft head straps for reclined + lying down use. Comfort matters more than people think, especially for movies and “lean back” VR. www.uploadvr.com/the-best-que...

I spoke with @ianhamilton.net on getting fired from UploadVR, and the potential AI bot author that catalyzed a fundamental disagreement. He claims as editor in chief that he would’ve not had any say or oversight over disclosed AI bots rewriting press releases. More: voicesofvr.com/1709-ian-ham...

Apple Vision Pro turns 2 today. I think they added rings around Jupiter recently, one of many subtle updates that sometimes require a double take to notice. goodvr.substack.com/p/as-apple-v...

The surface keyboard and trackpad on v85 is pretty amazing. It’s a 🤯 moment when the cursor just works on your PC.

My second independent piece of writing is asking the question of @buddingmonkey.bsky.social: When do we get to 1 billion people in VR headsets? open.substack.com/pub/goodvr/p...

I'm not just interviewing people in VR-first games, I'm interested in the internet itself ("Painting The Internet", duh!). If you do something cool in a gaming community and that game allows for custom map uploads, I might want to paint you. DM me! See pinned post for what the project looks like.

A traditional artist embarks on a journey to paint the internet. "Painting The Internet" goes live Weds January 28th. Featuring @whsprsmusic.bsky.social as special guest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urvv... #art #painting #vr #resonite #vrchat