Google’s Early VR Modeling Tool ‘Blocks’ is Getting Revived as Open Source Software

Google announced that Blocks, the 3D asset creation tool released for VR in 2017, is following in the footsteps of Tilt Brush by going open source. Google announced the news in a blogpost,…

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AR Content is Coming to Google Maps, But It Won’t Matter Until There’s a Headset to See it Through

Google today announced it’s starting a pilot program that will soon allow select partners to create AR content and display it within Google Maps. While it seems like an important…

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Meta Reportedly Rejected Google Partnership to Bring Android XR to Quest

According to a report from The Information, Google and Meta held a meeting late last year wherein the two companies discussed the possibility of bringing Android XR to Meta headsets.…

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Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it’s bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro. The studio’s seminal ‘Simulator’…

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