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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. Amazon Lumberyard becomes opensource. Amazon has launched some years ago its 3D engine called Lumberyard, derived from Crytek’s Cryengine.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

The global pandemic has changed the rules for everything, and the situation is so confusing and so rapidly evolving that any prediction for 2021 is completely unreliable, too. 2021 won’t be the year of VR. Well, let’s be honest, this won’t happen in 2021, either.

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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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During the Chinese counterpart of the event, the V2EC, Vive has also announced two other interesting pieces of news: The 7Invensun Droolon F2, an eye-tracking add-on for the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, coming soon for $299. PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment).

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.11.18): Magic Leap may be in trouble, Carmack leaving Oculus and much more!

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According to the same report, the company will start taking developers onboard in 2021, for the release of a first mixed reality device in 2022 and an AR glass in 2023. The super-interesting eye tracking device Droolon F1 by 7Invensun is now in preorder on Taobao , with Amazon listing coming soon.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.02): XR2 shows the future of standalones, F8 and GDC canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.26): Magic Leap 2 coming in 2022, Quest gets Air Link and new Avatars, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Before leaving you to the best news of the week, I would like to highlight two notable things about my work: My crazy trolling game “The Unity Cube” has been featured in a video by Upload VR! It will be released to selected partners in Q4 2021 and to the general public in Q1 2022. Chip shortages are going to continue throughout 2021.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

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They “will incorporate some of the key features found in the DualSense wireless controller, along with a focus on great ergonomics”; There will be a “new generation” of games and experiences for it; It is still under development and won’t launch in 2021. MWC Shanghai 2021 showcased some XR technologies. More info (Qualcomm AR Viewer?—?Road

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