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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap is on sale. A report on Bloomberg informed us all that Magic Leap is exploring a sale of the company. The sales never skyrocketed and now Magic Leap is in desperate need of cash , after many layoffs, disappointing sales, and having put its IP as collaterals to a bank.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.07.01): Valve Index shipping, Cosmos display revealed, Oculus Rift S may work with next-gen Xbox and much more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Road To VR review) More info (Ars Technica comparison with other devices) More info (Polygon review) More info (Playing Oculus games with the Knuckles) More info (Orders backlog) More info (Valve Index fitting guide) More info (Wireless Index) More info (All games compatible with Index) More info (Gabe Newell talking about the Index).

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.25): new rumors on Apple Glasses, Oculus Quest anniversary, HP Reverb G2 and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Jon Prosser’s video) More info (Apple’s proprietary QR Codes) More info (Steve Jobs AR glasses). Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest becomes 1 year old, and Facebook makes many announcements. The Oculus Quest is now one year old. Happy birthday, Oculus Quest! Other relevant news.

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SIF: LG not interested in VR hardware anymore, Veer entering LBE and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Popular VR videos streaming service VeeR is planning to enter the LBVR sector with an all-in-one VR video installation. It is experimenting with a chair that will let people spend their time watching 360 videos. Me while trying the VR video chair. I think that it may be an interesting solution for 360 videos.

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‘Bigscreen’ Social VR Desktop App Raises $3 Million Seed Investment Led VC Firm Andreessen Horowitz

Road to VR

Flat content like movies and videogames won’t suddenly disappear or get replaced by 360 videos and VR games.” As Bigscreen CEO Darshan Shankar puts it: “2D content isn’t going anywhere. Microsoft Word won’t be text flying around you in 3D space.

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Tough Opinions: The Critic’s Guide to Sundance

VRScout

I have seen the ODG R9, HoloLens and the Meta in controlled demos and so far only the HoloLens comes close to magic. And I mean actual magic – not the VC Kool-Aid-drinking Magic-Leap magic. Who: Oculus Story Studio (Saschka Unseld, Wesley Allsbrook). Dear Angelica. WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO: Nothing.

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The NBA and TNT Partner With Intel For Biggest VR Push Yet

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Just this week, Magic Leap announced the company’s first sports partnership with the NBA and Turner, to bring in what they are calling, “the next generation of sports viewing and interactivity.”. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play.

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