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I Spent Hundreds of Hours Working in VR. Here’s What I Learned
This is how it feels in the future Mark Zuckerberg promised—disembodied and unaware of my surroundings.
Felicity Jones Reflects on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Felicity Jones was just coming off of what would become her Oscar-nominated turn as Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything when she stepped into the Star Wars galaxy as the lead in the franchise’s first standalone film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in 2015. “I couldn’t believe what an amazing part it was,” […]
Star Wars: Best of 2021
This year, Lucasfilm marked its 50th with a year-long celebration of the company’s galaxy-spanning stories created over five decades. But like Luke Skywalker, our eyes are also on the horizon and the things yet to come. Star Wars: The High Republic ushered in a new multimedia initiative set in a previously unexplored era on the galactic […]
Gareth Edwards Looks Back on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
It’s not typical that a major studio releases a tentpole film in which all the heroes die at the end. But then, Rogue One wasn’t a typical Star Wars movie. Released December 16, 2016, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story told the tale of how the rebels stole plans to the Death Star, leading directly into […]
Facebook Reaches for More Realistic VR With Haptic Gloves
The company has unveiled a new prototype wearable that mimics the feeling of handling real objects in the virtual world.
Meta Isn’t the Only Company Building the Metaverse
This week, we look at Niantic and Snap, whose augmented reality plans are quite different than what’s being hyped elsewhere.
The New Pocket-Sized R2-D2 Tamagotchi is Big Fun
I heard it from across the room. A series of panicked astromech boops, and it could only mean one thing: R2-D2 was in trouble. I ran over. Sure enough, Boba Fett had shown up. Soon, I vanquished the bounty hunter and there were happy beeps all around. My droid friend was safe, and I felt […]
FitXR Is Gonna Make You Sweat (in the Metaverse)
The virtual reality workout app for Quest is a sweaty good time.