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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.17): Quest 3 has been shipped, Quest 3 Lite to come in 2024, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info John Riccitiello steps down from its role as Unity CEO The last chapter of the drama about Unity’s pricing change is that John Riccitiello has left his role of CEO at the company.

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Report: Leaked Email Reveals Facebook XR Strategy, ‘Our goal is not only to win, but to accelerate its arrival’

Road to VR

An internal email reportedly sent by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to senior executives offers a glimpse into the strategic thinking behind the company’s feet-first leap into XR following the 2014 acquisition of Oculus. Facebook turned heads across the tech industry and beyond when it acquired Oculus for some $2 billion in 2014.

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Why Nintendo Hasn’t Made a Real VR Headset Yet

Road to VR

Yokoi’s career at Nintendo spanned 31 years, covering its transformation from the then nearly century-old Japanese playing card company to worldwide video gaming powerhouse. ” Granted, the technology has changed a great deal since 2014, the same year Oculus Rift DK2 came out. More on that later.

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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. Then the Vision Pro beta for the Unity game engine has not been distributed yet, so many Unity developers can’t build applications for the Vision Pro, yet.

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Can Advertising Scale in VR? (Yes and No)

AR Insider

These include video, social media, mobile apps, and games (just ask Unity). That figure declined to 15 percent in 2014 and about 10 percent today. It shouldn’t be measured like a pre-roll video ad. VR shows similar patterns to media that were increasingly ad-supported as they matured.

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Cal Hacks 2014: Voice-Commanded Virtual Reality and Musical Data

Leapmotion

Get the most out of your online lectures by writing intricate notes and controlling video while using the Leap Motion Controller and the Oculus Rift. Another virtual piano demo built in Unity. Unity Wizard. A fully interactive MMO game using Leap Motion, Firebase for real-time gaming, and Unity. Leap Learning.

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GDC Summer Coming to San Francisco in Early August

Road to VR

GDC organizers say that many of the developer presentations that would have been given at the conference will be available for free online via YouTube and the free section of GDC’s video vault.