XR Daily: A $150 Camera Fix for Steam Frame
Arcturus gives Steam Frame true passthrough for $150, Meta opens a $1M hands-first contest, Hologram avatars get a hands-on, and Walkabout cuts staff again.
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How Passthrough Works in VR Headsets
Passthrough is the live camera view of the real world inside a headset. Here is the pipeline from sensor to display, and why depth and latency are hard.
XR Daily: Steam Frame Gets Color Passthrough
A $149 add-on gives Steam Frame 6MP-per-eye color passthrough and tracked 3D capture, and Godot 4.8 dev 6 lands a multi-layer projection camera.
XR Daily: Steam Link Goes Wired
Steam Link finally adds wired USB streaming for Quest, working without WiFi, plus a color passthrough add-on headed for Steam Frame.