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Microsoft to Cut Back Staff for US Army’s IVAS Headset amid Layoffs

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Bloomberg reported the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant will slash 10,000 jobs and several hardware projects. Apple may focus on key projects that are more competitive in the current XR market, namely those led by Meta Platforms, HTC VIVE, HP, and Pico Interactive.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.17): HTC announces Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, PSVR 2 to feature eye tracking, and more!

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Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Focus 3 and Vive Pro 2. In the end, the rumors were correct and HTC launched two headsets at VIVECON: the Vive Pro 2 and the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. But this device got also some criticism: first of all , HTC has not released new controllers and still sells it with the old Wands.

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Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 2: Setup, Props, and Full Body Virtual Reality

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Disclaimer: HTC provided three of their Vive Tracker 3.0 What is an HTC Vive Tracker? Whilst the first part of this article looked at the history of the HTC Vive Tracker and its three different versions, the second part will focus on some practical experiments with the latest HTC Vive Tracker 3.0. HTC Vive Tracker 3.0

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HTC Vive ecosystem expands with eye tracking. The module is called the aGlass and it will be available for “limited pre-order sales” next month, according to HTC. link] 7invensun-eye-tracker-for- vive/. The company is referring to this first roll-out as a developer kit, but pre-orders are open to anyone.”

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XR Technologies in Service of the Human Experience, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 2

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And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then he went to go start the HITLab in Washington. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. Alan: Well, I think we’re we’re already in that position where we’ve got Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Walmart.

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XR Technologies in Service of the Human Experience, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 2

XR for Business Podcast

And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then he went to go start the HITLab in Washington. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. Alan: Well, I think we’re we’re already in that position where we’ve got Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Walmart.

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XR Technologies in Service of the Human Experience, with Voices of VR Podcast's Kent Bye - Part 2

XR for Business Podcast

And so we have something meaningful come from HTC Vive with the Focus, or Focus Plus. And then he went to go start the HITLab in Washington. And then there's Amazon, they have Sumerian. Alan: Well, I think we're we're already in that position where we've got Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Walmart.