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ICYMI This Week: Smalland, Arizona Sunshine 2, MADiSON VR & More

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With VR hardware, Meta confirmed Quest 3 has higher retention than previous headsets and is reportedly still planning to bring a cheaper Quest 3 to China via Tencent. Kaiju Decode - super multiverse MR - is a new Quest App Lab game with a free demo based on the anime of the same name , following on from 2021's VR film ' first contact.'

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Semi CapEx to Hit $152 Billion in 2021 as Market on Track for $2 Trillion by 2035

Anand Tech

Contract fabs like TSMC, Samsung Foundry, and GlobalFoundries will lead the whole industry in terms of CapEx spending, as they will pour in $53 billion in new fabs and equipment (35% of all semiconductor capital spending in 2021). By contrast, SMIC had to cut down its 2021 CapEx to $4.3 billion this year, up 42% compared to 2020.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.06): A week full of VR events, Chinese headsets are on the rise, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I have collaborated to the development of this world, and I invite you all to visit it by looking for “Venice VR Expanded 2021” in VRChat worlds. iQiYi , something akin to the Netflix of China, has just launched its new standalone VR headset: it is called QiYu 3 (??3, Other relevant news. Image by iQiYi). News worth a mention.

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TransVisionMadrid 2022:Cryonics First Response (CFR) Training

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Two new cryonics facilities have started in Australia (Southern Cryonics) and Switzerland (Tomorrow Biostasis) during 2022, following the cryonics centers in China and Russia, and the original facilities in the USA (including the bigger Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Arizona and the Cryonics Institute in Michigan).

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TSMC's 3nm Journey: Slow Ramp, Huge Investments, Big Future

Anand Tech

" Keeping in mind that TSMC's capital expenditures in 2021 and 2022 were focused mostly on expanding its N5 (5nm-class) manufacturing capacities, it is not surprising that the company's N3-capable capacity is modest. As our customers' demand for N3 exceeds our ability to supply, we expect the N3 to be fully utilized in 2023."

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.31): UE5 released in Early Access, Lumus shows an impressive AR prototype, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Nikk Mitchell, the great guy with which I made this review of the Huawei 6DOF glasses , has made a review video about the consumer Pico Neo 3 that is on sale in China. In his video, it seems that the Pico Neo 3 is exactly what we would expect, that is a good clone of the Oculus Quest 2. It is again the time to give to Lord Gaben your money!

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How autonomous vehicles and hyperloop are scooting along

TechCrunch VR

Ford believes its fully driverless cars will be in commercial operation by 2021, and the technology has remained a major and consistent talking point in the media. Their foray into self-driving abruptly stopped after a tragic accident that killed a pedestrian in Arizona. Driverless cars will create more jobs than they will destroy.