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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.16): Apple prepares the launch of Vision Pro, Sony announces MR headset, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

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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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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Big XR News from Meta, HaptX, Siemens, and Apple

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Meta’s open approach contrasts Apple’s walled garden ecosystem, which supports its spatial computing vision. While Apple’s approach is straightforward and focuses on its hardware ecosystem, Meta’s approach is more customizable and tailored to specific solutions. Apple WWDC ’24 to be an XR Showcase?

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.14): Meta lays off 11,000 people, Apple works on some sort of “metaverse”, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. It has been a week of interesting rumors about the upcoming Apple MR headset. So, forget about an Apple headset that is going to enter the mainstream , as I already sold in this previous article. Other relevant news.

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Goertek, Ultraleap Unveil VR/MR Headset Design for OEMs

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This week, VR and MR device vendor Goertek partnered with hand-tracking experts Ultraleap to announce a VR/MR headset reference design that follows from Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 chipset revealment yesterday – where Qualcomm also revealed the new reference design. It’s an unbeatable combination.

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What is Apple Optic ID on the Vision Pro (and How Does it Work)?

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Apple Optic ID represents just one of the latest features of the upcoming Apple Vision Pro headset. Ever since it announced its spatial computing headset in June 2023, Apple has begun gradually releasing more insights. Like with most Apple products, full details on the headset are scarce. What is Apple Optic ID?

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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

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. Top news of the week.

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