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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.10): Epic releases Unreal Engine 5, Meta cancels F8, and more!

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Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5. Epic Games has finally released the latest iteration of its popular game engine: Unreal Engine 5. This means that while great, Unreal Engine 5 is not disruptive for us VR users and developers, yet. Image by Apple). Apple WWDC is back in June. Top news of the week.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.17): Apple Glasses are sleek, UE5 rises hype, NVIDIA releases CloudXR SDK, and more!

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Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Apple is really good at selling stuff.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.18): Magic Leap 2 price revealed, new rumors about Apple, and more!

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Apple to launch a second “more affordable” headset in 2025. Since the rumors about the upcoming Apple headset were not enough, the famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has thought well to release rumors about the next-generation headset. Magic Leap reveals prices and availability of ML 2. Other relevant news. Image from the web).

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Xreal Supports Apple MacBooks: Shape of XR Competition to Come

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Today, Chinese AR smart glasses manufacturer Xreal debuted Apple Macbook integration for its Nebula operating system (OS), significantly improving productivity opportunities for the firm’s Air and Light product lineup. The firm first introduced the Macbook service as a Beta in November 2022.

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PlayStation VR 2 Coming in 2023

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million units for the second half of 2022. (1/5). Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) May 30, 2022. Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) May 30, 2022. Genius also provides aspherical lenses for the PSVR 2 device, and Ming-Chi Kuo states that Genius is working with other extended reality (XR) clients, including Apple.

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Myst Sequel Riven Is Coming To VR In 2024

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Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5, Riven is 1997's sequel to the atmospheric puzzle game Myst. We played through the course with Cyan's developers in late 2022 and they vaguely teased a Riven adaptation at the time. The studio also created Firmament and Obduction and the flat version of Myst plays great with a gamepad on Apple Vision Pro.

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Big News XR from BMW, Meta, Apple, Campfire, Nreal, and Cannes XR

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Amidst rumours of Apple’s new headset, many firms are ramping up efforts, perhaps partly due to a looming sense of competition. In November 2022, the automaker partnered with Varjo Technologies to develop an MR platform that allows drivers to race physical vehicles while collecting digital coins in a virtual circuit.

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