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JANUARY 16, 2024

After the announcement of the release date of the Apple Vision Pro, the whole community is just waiting for its preorders to open up this Friday. The headset will be sold in physical stores and on the Apple website. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple has only 60–80K units available at this time , so most likely they’ll go sold out.

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MARCH 28, 2024

An inventive early concept for adapting the classic game of billiards to VR is now on Quest's App Lab today after just a few days of development. We don't normally cover games this early in development, but Hayden Jackson 's spatial adaptation of pool caught our eye.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

update, brings support for hand tracking and colocation. Resolution also confirmed today that Demeo is in development for Apple Vision Pro. 0:00 / 1× In our video above, you can check out some footage of Demeo running in mixed reality with hand tracking. A new Demeo update, dubbed the Mixed Reality 2.0

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JULY 21, 2023

Apple’s entrance into the XR space via their announcement of the Apple Vision Pro was one of the most anticipated events in recent XR history. Years of Watching Apple Neso Brands is an investment company specializing in tech-augmented eyewear. Somehow I’ve been following it for the last seven years,” said Almeida.

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MARCH 15, 2024

Looking for the best spatial games available on Apple Vision Pro? Offering a standalone headset more focused on productivity and media watching, Apple Vision Pro hasn't exactly set the world of gaming alight. Here are our current recommendations. But does it deliver? And what’s it really like to own and use?

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JUNE 8, 2023

Both Apple and Meta revealed highly anticipated headsets in the last seven days. Where previous Quest headsets were announced at last year’s Connect – Meta’s biggest annual event – the Quest 3 was announced through a relatively low-key social media campaign on the morning of the Meta Gaming Showcase.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Interested in what games you can play on Apple Vision Pro? Out on February 2 in the US, Apple Vision Pro is almost here but the $3,500 headset isn't specifically focused on gaming. A virtual game board with up to four-player co-op, you battle monsters within dungeons through turn-based combat across fantasy campaigns.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Today at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) the Cupertino tech giant unveiled its long-awaited XR headset, dubbed Vision Pro. Apple Vision Pro’s input is based on optical hand tracking, eye-tracking, and voice input, and doesn’t feature controllers like headsets decidedly more dedicated to gaming.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A Unity sign-up page confirmed two of the best-selling VR games are coming to Apple Vision Pro: Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator. USD on Apple Vision Pro. Google-owned Owlchemy Labs is the studio behind both games, which are currently available on Meta Quest, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, and even Pico headsets.

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JULY 31, 2023

Apple Vision Pro is coming next year, not only making for the Fruit Company’s much awaited first XR headset, but also spurring a resurgence in public interest (and likely investment) in the XR space. Apple has a tendency to undervalue gaming initially, though perhaps reluctantly, eventually acknowledges its importance.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it’s bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro. Whatever the case, it’s clear the studio is continuing its mission to release its most popular VR games on every headset possible.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 6, 2022

PlayStation announces four games for PSVR 2. Apple WWDC may reveal something about Apple’s upcoming headset. Apple WWDC may reveal something about Apple’s upcoming headset. Today is the day of the Apple WWDC event and maybe we can have more info about its upcoming headse t. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro 2 may come in 2026 The rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2 continue. It seems that most of the rumors are aligning on the launch of an Apple Vision Pro 2 in 2026–2027. What a time to be alive! Matt Miesnieks said that the rumor aligns with some things he heard.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

Kluge Interactive CEO Arturo Perez confirmed to UploadVR the studio is exploring Synth Riders hand tracking support. In a snippet from an upcoming interview we'll publish soon, we asked whether Kluge's future plans include supporting Apple Vision Pro. Perez expressed interest, saying, "we'd like to, but we'll see.

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JUNE 20, 2023

Apple has confirmed that Safari on Vision Pro will support WebXR, a web-standard that allows immersive experiences to be delivered through the browser. In a somewhat surprising move, Apple confirmed that Safari on Vision Pro will support WebXR. But now Apple has confirmed that Safari on Vision Pro will indeed support WebXR.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It makes changes to the hand tracking UX, adds support for iPhone-captured spatial videos, improves the microphone quality, adds support for multiple mixed reality room setups, improves multitasking, improves Quest Link, adds Facebook live streaming and YouTube Live Chat, and adds support for gamepads on the web.

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MARCH 13, 2024

Apple announced that Vision Pro-native versions of two popular iOS games are coming to Apple Arcade next month, Crossy Road Castle and Solitaire Stories , both of which put an immersive spin on inherently flatscreen gameplay. Input is also entirely hand-tracking based. Collect Everything. Dress up in silly hats.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Apple appears to be getting ready to unveil its first mixed reality headset at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. Now a report from Bloomberg maintains the Cupertino tech giant is also prepping a dizzying number of first-party apps, including gaming, fitness, video and collaboration tools.

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MARCH 25, 2024

Half-Life: Alyx and other SteamVR games like Walkabout Mini Golf and Beat Saber are technically playable with Nintendo Joy-Cons on Apple Vision Pro. A port of ALVR enables PC VR streaming to Apple's $3500 headset and maps hand tracking to Valve’s skeletal input system in Steam. 6DoF Joy-Cons With Apple Vision Pro?

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MARCH 20, 2024

While Apple Vision Pro validated much of what Meta (formerly Facebook) did in VR over the last decade, the headset also echoes work under Google's umbrella at Job Simulator development studio Owlchemy Labs. When we first tried the Apple Vision Pro, we were like, 'yes!' With Apple, you can use Swift UI.

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JUNE 5, 2023

And Apple ruled a lot of those talks. Bracing for Impact From Apple A big shift is expected this week as Apple is expected to announce its entrance into the XR market. Whether an Apple entrance is real this time or not, AWE is bracing itself. And diversity in the industry is what sets Apple apart. “If

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JUNE 24, 2022

Industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, a respected figure in all things Apple supply chain leaks, says the Cupertino tech giant is likely preparing to launch its long-rumored mixed reality headset early next year. Apple is also tapped to fill growing demand. N301 could cost around $3,000.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

In the wake of Apple Vision Pro's announcement earlier this year, ByteDance-owned Pico appears to be switching its focus from controllers to hand tracking. Apple, instead, opts for a fresh start with an interface based on a breakthrough combination of eye and hand tracking.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Apple doesn’t call Vision Pro a mixed reality headset, or a virtual reality headset for that matter. To Apple, it’s all spatial computing , which is fine—if not a little too vague. It features robust hardware, which on paper seems to position it as an ideal platform for VR gaming. Want to learn more about Vision Pro?

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MAY 22, 2023

Phil Schiller, who leads the App Store, pushed for Apple's upcoming headset to have a "strong gaming component", Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. The report published this weekend is a rundown of the key Apple executives behind the hardware, software, content and marketing of the headset expected to be branded Apple Reality Pro.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

Multiple trademark filings spotted by Bloomberg over the weekend support the notion that Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset will be running under the ‘Reality’ naming scheme. The report maintains Apple may be using a M2 SoC with 16 GB of memory. making it a mixed reality headset.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Synth Riders was rebuilt "from the ground up" for Apple Vision Pro, joining an increasing list of launch games. Though Synth Riders was mentioned in early Apple Vision Pro reviews , Kluge Interactive today confirmed it's arriving this week through Apple Arcade. Here’s the full list. UploadVR Henry Stockdale

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MARCH 14, 2024

Just Hoops brings a retro-inspired arcade basketball game to Apple Vision Pro. Developed by Realcast, Just Hoops first appeared on Quest App Lab in 2021 and takes inspiration from the classic arcade game, Pop-A-Shot. You can watch gameplay below: We briefly went hands-on with Just Hoops on Apple Vision Pro recently.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Resolution Games confirmed today that its tabletop dungeon crawler Demeo is in active development for Apple Vision Pro. Demeo is one of the best social VR games available. Resolution Games confirmed that Demeo will support "fully virtual as well as mixed reality gameplay" on Apple Vision Pro.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Proton Pulse , originally created for the Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013, has been re-released on Apple Vision Pro this week. Practically untouched from its original head-tracked input scheme, the game marks a soft reset in XR game development as developers assess how to approach Vision Pro’s lack of controllers.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, but it’s clear Apple will need to support immersive hardware input somehow in the future, if only for the greater precision it might bring to industry professionals. That’s to say, there is only so much Apple (or anyone) can do without controllers.

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JUNE 21, 2023

Apple Vision Pro has brought new ideas to the table about how XR apps should be designed, controlled, and built. In this Guest Article, Sterling Crispin offers up a concise guide for what first-time XR developers should keep in mind as they approach app development for Apple Vision Pro. You can also look and speak in search bars.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Synth Riders will receive a Party Mode next week on Apple Vision Pro. Following last month's launch, Synth Riders on Apple Vision Pro will receive its first major update on March 22. Game Center achievements are also being added. Synth Riders is available now on Apple Vision Pro with an Apple Arcade subscription for $6.99

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Many people are analyzing the Apple Vision Pro… including the ones at Meta Here you are with the usual huge roundup of news about the Apple Vision Pro (a roundup in a roundup). This week both Zuck, the CEO of Meta, and Boz, the CTO of Meta, expressed their opinions on the Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

It has hand tracking, and the Pro model also has eye tracking, like Apple’s device. Quest 3 is better for gaming and has precision controllers. Then he ended the video by saying that Apple has a closed ecosystem model, while Meta is open, and sometimes an open model won, like in the PC case.

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APRIL 2, 2024

Apple Vision Pro's long-anticipated 'Spatial Personas' feature is now available. Personas are Apple's realistic virtual avatars in visionOS, driven in real-time by the headset's eye, face, and hand tracking sensors. 0:00 / 0:24 1× Spatial Personas in Apple's Freeform collaboration app.

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JUNE 7, 2023

Rec Room was listed on the Apple Vision Pro's App Store in a clip from WWDC. Rec Room is made with the Unity engine, which Apple Vision supports via "layering" onto its own RealityKit engine. When describing visionOS's new App Store, footage in Apple's keynote showed a section of the visionOS App Store titled 'Apps and Games We Love'.

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