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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

The Ghost Howls

We already knew that Meta should manufacture its first AR glasses, codenamed Orion, in 2014 , and that they should be built with high-end features and be manufactured in the US. But the news of the day is that Meta should assemble only around 1000 units and keep the glasses for internal usage and demos.

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Psychological VR Thriller ‘Blind’ Coming to Rift, Vive and PSVR – Teaser Trailer Here

Road to VR

Blind was inspired by Tiny Bull Studios’ prototype PC game Come to See My House, which won The Best Game award at the Turin, Italy jam site for the 2014 Global Game Jam. Tiny Bull later partnered with Australia-based indie label Surprise Attack Games to produce Blind.

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Koalas are endangered now, and climate change is a big reason why

Mashable VR

Koalas are now officially endangered in some parts of Australia, with the country's Threatened Species Scientific Committee upgrading them from their previous vulnerable status. SEE ALSO: Koala hospitals fill with victims as Australia's bushfires rage on. Nobody should be surprised by this. Credit: Peter Parks / AFP via Getty Images.

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‘Bigscreen’ Brings Paid Movies to Social VR Platform, Showing Select 2D & 3D Films

Road to VR

Upcoming films include Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013), Terminator Genisys (2015), Interstellar (2014), I Love You, Man (2009), Star Trek Beyond (2016), Top Gun (1986), and Terminator 2 (1991), to name a few. Bigscreen supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and all Windows VR headsets.

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Bigscreen’s Partnership With Paramount Pictures Brings Blockbuster Films To VR

VRScout

Bigscreen’s virtual screenings are available in 10 countries at launch: the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, and Japan. Image Credit: Bigscreen, Paramount Pictures. In addition to 2D films, Bigscreen will also show select movies in 3D. . Yes, that’s right.

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Apple Maps now marks Crimea as part of Ukraine outside Russia

Mashable VR

Australia, and, of course, Ukraine. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, conducting a military invasion of the peninsula and installing new officials. Apple Maps and Weather now consider Crimea to be Ukrainian territory when accessed from other countries including the U.S.,

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Bigscreen Debuts World’s Smallest VR Headset

XR Today - VR Headsets tag

Founded in 2014, Bigscreen launched its social VR platform allowing users to stream movies, play video games, and collaborate across PCs with friends and colleagues. Further abroad, shoppers in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand can buy the device, which the company plans to expand next year.