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JANUARY 4, 2024

Qualcomm indicated that XR2+ Gen 2 will power Immersed's Visor , Samsung's upcoming Google-powered headset , a yet-to-be-announced new HTC Vive headset, a YVR headset in China, and a fifth headset from a currently undisclosed company.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

[link] — Boz (@boztank) November 30, 2023 In the minds of many PC VR enthusiasts Meta and Valve are still considered fierce competitors in VR. For those just catching up, though, here's what people saw happen over that decade: In early 2014, Facebook acquired the Oculus startup and hired many of Valve's top engineers working on VR.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Gazzlers launches in Early Access on Steam in early 2022 with plans for Oculus and PlayStation releases in 2023. Despite the 2022 release date, the game has already generated an impressive amount of buzz. You can learn more about Banzai Studios and Gazzlers over on their website , Facebook , and Twitter.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Initially announced for Q2 2022 on PC and consoles with optional PC VR support, that’s now delayed into 2023. Paranormal Hunter will launch in early access on PC VR in 2023. The Steam demo is still available, though VR support is currently limited to Meta Quest 2 headsets via Oculus Link.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

The end of 2022 marks more than a decade since the Oculus Kickstarter sparked the modern era of VR. But with new headsets, promising new content, and a looming heavyweight positioned to challenge Meta all on the horizon, 2023 could big a much bigger year for the VR space. On the Horizon for 2023. The 2022 Plateau.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 20, 2023

But now it’s 2023, and where does the firm’s Metaverse stand? Although Meta is pushing multiplayer-ready immersive worlds for gaming and the future of work, firms like Pico, Decentraland, Engage, and HTC VIVE are all debuting Metaverse services to provide different use cases.

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APRIL 4, 2024

It’s been ten years since Meta – then Facebook – bought emerging VR start-up Oculus and, in turn, formed its Reality Labs division. Since the Oculus purchase in 2014, the firm has released numerous headsets, most notably the Quest range, which now includes mixed and virtual reality products.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Billion in 2023. Grapple Tournament will be released in Early Access for Steam supporting all major VR headsets around late October 2020 with Oculus and Viveport versions soon to follow. This moment is considered by many to be the very first eSports event, and since then, the industry has absolutely exploded. .

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AUGUST 2, 2023

link] — David Baszucki (@DavidBaszucki) August 2, 2023 This isn't surprising news, given Roblox's widespread popularity and free-to-play nature. It's been supported on PC VR for sometime, previously running through the SteamVR and Oculus PC APIs. Quest 2 and Quest Pro aren't the only places to experience Roblox in VR.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. The Tracker is good, but since HTC has never had competition in the field, i t has always been the same since the launch year. News worth a mention.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This new XR platform was far from the main focus of the event, which centered around the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone and other hardware anno… UploadVR Harry Baker In December South Korean news outlet ETNews reported Samsung had built prototypes of a headset, was trialing production, and planned to ship samples to developers in 2023.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

But in China, they are very famous, and now they are also organizing a big event about XR called FBEC with hosts from all the major VR companies (HTC, Unity, Alibaba, Huawei, etc…). Since Meta made the acquisition and took over Oculus, VRTUOLUO began to write original and in-depth articles on the XR industry.

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MAY 11, 2023

During its I/O 2023 conference, Google said it will share more about its 'Android collaboration' with Samsung on 'immersive XR' later this year. But by 2019, Gear VR was dead as standalone headsets like Oculus Go took over, and a year later Facebook formally abandoned it. We'll share more later this year."

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AUGUST 31, 2020

It’s important to note, however, that Facebook finally released the Oculus for Business program on its Oculus Quest headset. Oculus for Business is an enterprise platform that introduces and streamlines virtual reality programs into the workplace, assisting in everything from training to prototyping. billion in 2023.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

In December 2012 I published my first in-depth article after a demo with a hand-built Oculus VR prototype. A decade later, Oculus VR is gone “ for now ” and the earliest faces to rally developer and enthusiast support for the imminent consumer revival of virtual reality have moved to other startups.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

What is interesting the most are not the features, that more or less are the same as most other headsets: integrated headphones, halo+headband, IPD adjustment, etc… It seems a mix of a Samsung Odyssey and an Oculus Rift S. Oculus Go is not part of the Oculus For Business program anymore. But of course, I hope for a full reveal

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MARCH 31, 2023

The hardware consisted of blue HTC Vive Pros connected to the gaming PCs above. The HTC Vive Pros were tethered, so there was no latency but the game did have a peculiar dense, dreamlike aspect to it, which often stems from lower refresh rates. This must be the most affordable turnkey solution I saw at DEAL 2023.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

According to the regulators, Meta launched a “campaign to conquer VR” in 2014 after buying out VR headset manufacturer Oculus. The tech giant has also faced strong competition from rival headset firms, including Pico Interactive, HTC VIVE, and Lenovo, among others.

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MAY 29, 2018

Qualcomm says that XR1 is made for “high-quality” XR devices (low-end, like Oculus Go), a distinction they make against “premium” devices (high-end like Vive Focus). On that front, the company says that HTC, Vuzix, and Pico are already developing products based on XR1.

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JUNE 1, 2022

But the roughly 90° horizontal field of view of Oculus headsets has not meaningfully changed since the original Rift launched in 2016. In fact, every headset from the company since 2018’s Oculus Go, including the current Quest 2, has used the same lens known as Super Libra G. Human field of view is over 200 degrees horizontal.

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MAY 30, 2023

In 2023, Meta is working hard to promote its underperforming Quest Pro device as a serious enterprise and future of work tool. This month, Oculus – the original development firm behind the Quest portfolio – Founder Palmer Lucky confirmed the development of the Meta Quest 3 and Apple’s upcoming device.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

In this, Pico is taking a direction similar to the one that HTC took for the Vive Focus 3. In 2023, it is going to be certified with ISO 27001/27701 which are standards about information security. For me, as I come from the Oculus DK2 generation, seeing such a small lightweight VR headset was amazing. Secure, explained.

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APRIL 10, 2022

All these tools look amazing also for the creation of very realistic VR experiences, but actually, we should hold our enthusiasm: both Nanite and Lumen are not available for VR yet, and Epic has not announced any kind of improvement of the workflow for development for Oculus Quest 2, either.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Nearly four years after Mark Zuckerberg personally announced Oculus Quest the standalone VR market for consumers may have real competition. Pico’s even secured its first major exclusive for the platform, Just Dance VR , coming in 2023. That appears to be exactly what’s happened. Notably, Pico isn’t entering the U.S.

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APRIL 13, 2022

It has become one of the headset manufacturers with the biggest worldwide market, and the market leader (together with HTC) in the B2B virtual reality sector. Its latest headset, the Pico Neo 3 , was a very good Oculus Quest 2 clone , that also brought some innovations, like the DP Cable to connect it to the PC for a true PCVR experience.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

There was (and still is) quite a good hype for these headsets, exactly as there was hype for what was Oculus Santa Cruz, the codename of the Oculus Quest. The main one regards the 4 devices we were waiting for this year , which in our opinion should have changed everything: Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google-Samsung Headset, and PSVR 2.

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JULY 18, 2022

My sole remaining connection to Meta (formerly known as Facebook) is the now-somewhat-antiquated Oculus Rift headset attached to my work computer at the University of Manitoba Libraries, where I work as a science librarian. When I set up my Rift, all I needed to do is set up a (separate) Oculus account.

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JULY 10, 2023

More info Pico introduces referral scheme Like Oculus, also Pico has introduced a referral scheme so that if you have a Pico headset, you can give a special code to a friend of yours and if he buys a Pico device, too, you both get a bunch of free games. If you want to buy some PCVR games, I suggest you give it a read!

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APRIL 5, 2021

In the meantime, Bloomberg published a report saying that Apple is going to launch its XR headset in the “next several months” (a timeline that goes from now to 2023, I guess), and that it is probably waiting until there could be physical events again before doing it. The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption.

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JANUARY 19, 2024

The gap between the pixels is just 7.5 microns, which should mean no "screen door effect" of any sort. 0:00 / 0:27 1× The use of OLED means Vision Pro can display true blacks, not just the murky dark greys of LCD.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As for the agency, we did some cool stuff for Lenovo Chile earlier this year: worked on a very intense motoGP simulator for Oculus and also did this awesome screen pillar with Kinect. I mean, besides the Oculus Quest 2, there’s hardly anything to get locally. It’s a royal pain to get hardware in Chile.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Ok, of course, I’m kidding, but, you know, the possibility of saying the wrong name is so high that my proposal actually starts making sense… Top news of the week (Image by HTC Vive) HTC reveals inside-out-tracked Tracker With a totally unexpected move, HTC has revealed a new kind of Tracker.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The glasses, codenamed Orion, should be made to replace smartphones and are slated for a release date of 2023–2025, that seems very reasonable, considering that no present tech is able to create truly consumer AR. The Oculus Connect 6 is coming! HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre. All of this seems cool, but also very confused.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Meta is already feeling the pressure from Cupertino and has developed at record speed the possibility of watching Apple’s Spatial Videos, the ones you can record with the iPhone 15 Pro, on Oculus Quest. Meta never had a true competitor after the HTC Vive, so it will be interesting to see how the company will react to this situation.

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MAY 13, 2021

billion by 2023. Devices such as the Oculus Rift or Quest and the HTC Vive provide outstanding experiences that can run independently of a computer. Leftronic reports that the number of augmented reality users will reach 3.5 Furthermore, they estimate that the AR and VR device market will hit $198 billion by 2025.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We can say the new cycle started with the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro , because that has been a disruptive moment for our market: Road To VR’s Ben Lang says that it has been the most important moment for virtual reality after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus , and I agree.

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