The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Zuck always said that Meta is the “open ecosystem” that fights against Apple’s closed ecosystem, but until today there was nothing open at all. Meta risked being squeezed again between the two giants Apple and Google , ready to bring their domination directly from the phones to the XR headsets.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

.” The company hasn’t shown any of the headsets as such, but this symbolizes a monolithic shift in how the company is controlling its hardware-software stack , likening it to a more Android-style approach as opposed to Apple’s walled garden approach with iOS and Apple Vision Pro.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Google and Samsung have been cooking up some kind of headset of their own , and surely have the same play in mind, but in a sense, Meta is beating them to the punch here—with the added irony that Meta Horizon OS itself is based on Android.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2024

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is coming. Apple will host a widely published in-person keynote showcase during the event, followed by three days of virtual content to bring budding developers the latest updates. Apple has not confirmed any Vision Pro-related WWDC news. Could WWDC 2024 be an XR Showcase?

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Upload VR

APRIL 22, 2024

UploadVR David Heaney Samsung is the first announced hardware maker adopting Android XR, and Google is reportedly trying to court other companies too. The history of technology suggests there's only room for one open platform alongside Apple's closed offering. Will this be true for XR too? And if so will it be Meta, or Google?

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