XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 8, 2024

Here’s why you should consider investing in immersive spaces in 2024 and beyond. For instance, companies like Siemens and Amazon are already using augmented reality to help employees manage stock and create products. Immersive Spaces Transform the Workplace The way companies design office spaces has changed drastically in recent years.

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Bernard Marr

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

By the end of 2024, there are projected to be more than 207 billion devices connected to the worldwide network of tools, toys, devices and appliances that make up the Internet of Things (IoT). This is a trend that certainly won't slow down during 2024 as the distinction between the physical and the digital continues to be broken down.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 15, 2023

So here are some of the ways we can expect the $350 billion video game industry to evolve in 2024, bringing us greater immersion, more realistic experiences, and, most of all, fun! Generative AI In Gaming In 2024, we will start to see the impact of the latest generation of generative AI tools really take off in the gaming space.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The team responsible for Hubs recently announced its shutdown in a blog post , stating that its last day under Mozilla will be on May 31st, 2024. This includes shutdown of Hubs ‘ demo server, managed subscription, and community resources.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

— Mark Rabkin (@mrabkin) February 16, 2024 If the request is approved by Apple, iPhone and iPad users would be able to cast media to Quest, or even the entire screen, as if it were a TV with AirPlay support. There is a YouTube app, Netflix app, Peacock app, and Amazon Prime Video on Quest.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2024

To boot, Quest sales volumes over the holiday season across Amazon outsold PSVR 2 by a shockingly large margin , which is a tough pill to swallow considering Sony has sold 50 million PlayStation 5 consoles—a fairly large adressable market of gamers the company could more aggressively look to convert.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 16, 2024

Thomas Dexmier Enterprise XR had a very strong 2023 and is shaping up to have an even better 2024. Susanne Haspinger Throughout 2024 and beyond, we’ll continue to see widespread adoption of VR headsets across verticals such as automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, mechanical engineering, and many more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The industrial Metaverse is looking to be the XR buzzword of 2024. More recently, at Ignite, Microsoft introduced the first updates to its 2024 roadmap, including avatar, immersive space, and AR guidance solutions. AWS is seemingly looking to build its spatial computing portfolio; however, what does the leading firm currently offer?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working to support developers in creating spatial applications on the recently released Vision Pro. AWS entered this space to expand its immersive product portfolio and become a leading provider in the XR industry by 2024.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Further, it has been completely delisted from most retailers, including Amazon US and Amazon UK, though refurbished models are still offered by some. As of this week though, the 256GB model of Quest 2 is showing as "out of stock" on Meta.com for all 22 supported countries.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This month could just prove that immersive business solutions will start seeing greater media hype in the next few months leading into 2024, CES, and beyond. As 2024 continues to build up as perhaps another foundational year for XR, November is seeing major organisations unveil the last major updates of the year.

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Ryan Schultz

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

But, to me, the saddest of the shutdowns arrived this month, when Mozilla announced in a blogpost on February 15th, 2024 : On February 13, 2024, Mozilla announced an organization-wide restructuring impacting a number of products housed within the Mozilla Corporation. April 1st, 2024: A tool to download your data will be released.

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Anand Tech

JANUARY 26, 2024

Amazon, Newegg, and Amazon Japan will start taking pre-orders on these drives on February 9, 2024. Of course, only reviews will reveal whether such a cooling system is indeed enough to properly cool the SSDs, but the fact that TeamGroup decided to go with a thin cooler is notable. Prices are currently unknown.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. This shows that the sales were good among us VR techies… I myself have stopped using the Quest 2 and almost always use the Quest 3 now. THREE TO ONE.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Best Meta Quest 3 Accessories in 2024 Virtual reality accessories might not be a “must-have” for every user, but they can make a massive difference to your immersive experience. Of course, several third-party silicone covers are available on Amazon and from other vendors that will also fit over the stock face pad.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

More info Simula VR headset delayed to 2024 Simula VR, the VR headset for productivity featuring a Linux operating system, is having some delays due to a lack of funding. The headset is now expected to ship in 2024. Don’t expect an AR display on them, though: according to the rumors, that is only going to come with the third version.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Augmented and mixed reality app installs will reach 10 billion by 2024, estimates the latest report published by Juniper Research. Key Milestones the AR and MR Industry Needs to Achieve by 2024. 2024 – Mobile Cloud Computing Will Allow Anyone to Enjoy Immersive Experiences. 2020 – Computer Vision Embedded in MR Hardware.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On Amazon it comes as general Amazon Credit, for example, whereas on Meta Store it's Quest Store credit to spend on games and apps. The Black Friday deal stacks with the temporary price cut, so if you use the credit the deal effectively values Quest 2 at $200. The form the $50 credit takes depends on where you buy the headset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. It is a “3v3 smack & shoot VR action with a heavy focus on close-quarter melee combat” slated to come in 2024. Preorders are expected to start on the day of the Connect, so on September, 27th.

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MARCH 1, 2024

The Meta Quest operating system is a fork of the open-source core of Android (known as AOSP), a similar strategy to Amazon's Fire OS for its Fire tablets. Samsung’s Google-Powered Headset Set To Launch Late 2024 Samsung’s Google-powered XR headset is set to launch, in very limited quantities, in late 2024.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

If you’re excited about Prime Video’s lavish Lord of the Rings : The Rings of Power TV series, chances are you’re also excited by Warner Bros.’ The War of the Rohirrim anime movie, announced last summer. Unfortunately, you’ll be waiting quite a while for the horse-lords of Middle-earth to come trotting onto movie… Read more.

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Upload VR

MARCH 5, 2023

Meta has 8 game studios working on VR content for Quest and a major upgrade cycle is likely in 2023 and 2024 even as Quest 2 continues to be sold. And when are we going to see an Amazon Basics Quest 2 case? We’ll be curious to see what VR-related accessories might pop up in stores next.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

According to a new rumor, Apple AR glasses may have been pushed back from 2024 to 2025–26. It honestly doesn’t surprise me: we had a similar report about Meta , which was supposed to launch its first consumer AR glasses in 2024 and then was said to have postponed this launch to 2026. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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GizModo VR

JULY 26, 2021

Jeff Bezos—the world’s richest “astronaut” and sour grape—has written an open letter to NASA administrator Bill Nelson, saying Blue Origin will cover billions in NASA costs in exchange for a contract to build a lunar lander that will deliver astronauts to the Moon in 2024. Read more.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It will also be available via Amazon and through select retailers in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Japan and France. Anyone who purchases a Quest 3 between now and January 27, 2024 will receive a free copy of Asgard's Wrath 2 on release, Meta's upcoming AAA VR game with a promise of '60 hours of exploration'.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

More recently, Jenny Stanley, the Managing Director of Appetite Creative , a firm that works with major international clients such as Amazon, Lego, and Addias, discussed the presence of AR as a tool to engage with customers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

Auidences are watching, developers are already working on realityOS applications, and XR device vendors are making a move towards the spatial computing trend of 2024. It is early 2024, and the year could flip. However, as the years progress, it appears that the space is expanding.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2024

New IDC data points to shipments in 2024 rising by 44.2 The partnerships are displaying an increasing interest in XR learning tools for large-scale deployment. Many different immersive service providers meet various needs. per cent, reaching 9.7 Therefore, improving the reach, adoption, and value of immersive learning solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 12, 2023

More info Quest outperformed AirPods on Amazon It seems that on Black Friday, Quest sales were superior to AirPods ones on Amazon in certain countries. Of course, it is not as accurate as using Vive Trackers, but it still looks like an interesting solution.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

While I once expected these to be temporary teething issues in a busy time of transition in the company, that the software remains so buggy and unpolished in 2024 doesn't inspire optimism. It's even possible that new entrants ike Amazon or Valve could change the landscape entirely.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2024

With some luck, the new Apple Vision Pro app store will become just as robust and diverse as the Apple store you know on your iPhone by the end of 2024. Apple has said significant companies like Microsoft and Disney will be producing apps for the system, but there isn’t much information about these apps on Apple’s site so far.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It’s now 2024, and both Meta and Amazon are members of the Vision Council, a group whose members "produce 90 percent of the prescription lenses worn in the U.S.". I've never once scratched a headset lens…yet. I've lost so much time to smudges, though.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Considering the leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt, the device will probably be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. I forecast Meta will announce the death of the PC Store which will be closed maybe at the end of 2024. Preorders most probably will start on the day of the Connect, so on September, 27th.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

Another leak regarded the release date: an Amazon listing put the availability date of the Quest 3 starting from October, 10th. This has the double advantage of being able to support better people with glasses and also to maximize the FOV for people without glasses that can put the lenses very close to their eyes.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

Appetite Creative works with major brands such as Amazon, Lego, and Addias to develop AR labels for conventional products. Apple recently unveiled the AR/MR device with an SDK available before its 2024 release to fuel content creation ready for its debut. Moreover, The emerging AR technology space is rapidly growing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 27, 2023

The news comes amid a massive wave of layoffs across the tech industry, with Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, and many others launching a second round of job cuts. billion USD to provide severance packages up to 2024. News of the job cuts boosted share prices for the firm 6.4 percent at the same time.

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EON Reality

DECEMBER 5, 2019

billion worldwide by 2024. AR, which inserts digital objects into the real world, has exploded in popularity due to its use in social media platforms and massive companies such as Googleand Amazon now using it to improve customer experience.

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