{"id":229060,"date":"2024-06-06T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/skatrix-for-apple-vision-pro-now-features-room-scale-mixed-reality-gameplay\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:17:44","slug":"skatrix-for-apple-vision-pro-now-features-room-scale-mixed-reality-gameplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/skatrix-for-apple-vision-pro-now-features-room-scale-mixed-reality-gameplay\/","title":{"rendered":"Skatrix for Apple Vision Pro now features room-scale mixed reality gameplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Niantic\u2019s AR skating sim <em>Skatrix Pro<\/em> <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/nianticlabs.com\/news\/skatrixavp?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:just got a beefy update;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a> for Apple Vision Pro that adds room-scale mixed reality gameplay, among other features. This means that the little skater boi avatar is free to roam the living room, doing gnarly tricks on your furniture.<\/p>\n<p><em>Skatrix Pro<\/em> was a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/here-are-the-most-useful-apple-vision-pro-apps-at-launch-222817206.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:day-one release for Apple Vision Pro;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a>, but the full mixed reality gameplay wasn\u2019t ready yet. At launch, you skated in a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/niantic-is-bringing-an-ar-skateboarding-game-to-apple-vision-pro-183740925.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:floating cube in AR space;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a>. Now, thanks to the headset\u2019s advanced scanning capabilities, the real world is transformed into a skatepark. This allows for interaction with \u201cvirtually any object, shape or terrain.\u201d Who among us hasn\u2019t wanted to grind off of a washing machine, flip and land on top of a sleeping cat? It\u2019s the stuff dreams are made of.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-iframe-wrapper\" data-embed-anchor=\"5112ccd0-a92e-5e9c-9dac-6c9f2bf41b50\">\n<div class=\"caas-iframe youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-type=\"youtube\">\n<blockquote data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CtluRAszi2k?si=4XiMGndVuJs1z0De\"><p><noscript><iframe title=\"Skatrix Pro 2 0 trailer 4k\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CtluRAszi2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Basically, the headset uses LiDar scanning to construct a detailed 3D mesh of the environment, which captures \u201cgeometry with high precision.\u201d In other words, the skater should interact with an object as if both were in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>As for controls, there\u2019s a virtual joystick that floats in AR space, but Niantic has also implemented 3D hand input gestures. The company said this makes it \u201ceasier to control the avatar while exploring new tricks in new spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Skatrix<\/em> is available for mobile devices and Niantic says it\u2019s planning future updates that \u201cconnect the dots between headset and mobile gameplay\u201d to deliver cross-platform play. The company will also continue to improve the physics engine to allow for greater accuracy. <em>Skatrix Pro<\/em> for the AVP costs $20, but the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apple-vision-pro-review-beta-testing-the-future-201430272.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:headset itself is still $3,500;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/skatrix-for-apple-vision-pro-now-features-room-scale-mixed-reality-gameplay-165417900.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Niantic\u2019s AR skating sim Skatrix Pro for Apple Vision Pro that adds room-scale mixed reality gameplay, among other features. This means that the little<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":229061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}