XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2024, VR headset trends aren’t just impacting consumers; they’re also helping to shape the future of immersive work and the enterprise metaverse. Whether you’re planning on investing in VR headsets for the first time in 2024 or taking the next step in your immersive journey, it’s worth keeping up with the trends.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 3, 2024

Given the installed base enjoyed by Apple Watch and AirPods, will they'll be enlisted to add utility and appeal to Vision Pro through several integrated use cases. We examine in our annual predictions. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Meta is reportedly teaming up with South Korean tech giant LG Electronics to offer up competition to the Apple’s forthcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset, which is slated to arrive sometime in 2024. Provided the report is true, it seems some very distinct battle lines are being drawn.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Next month, at the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) 2024, which has a history of showcasing XR customer and enterprise innovations, automotive leader Honda plans to showcase its unique VR experience platform. SXSW 2024 attendees can demo the XR Mobility Experience at the event’s Creative Industries Expo for its global debut.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2023

During Apple’s 2023 WWDC, the company finally unveiled Vision Pro , a high-end mixed reality headset that could provide a big consumerism boost for augmented reality (AR) and VR technology. But why stop at $3,500 when you can get a modified version of Apple Vision Pro covered in 18K gold for $39,900?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Apple has announced an earlier-than-expected Vision Pro release date, right at the start of CES. As we talked about in our 2023 retrospective, Apple Vision Pro was certainly the most talked about story of the year. And now we’ve learned that Apple is sticking true to its word of the headsets release in “early 2024.”

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Apple announced that its Major League Soccer Season Pass (through Apple TV) will include new immersive video content covering the 2023 playoffs. Apple TV is the exclusive provider of online Major League Soccer broadcasts via the MLS Season Pass subscription. The company recently announced the kickoff of the 2024 MLS Season.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This week at Mobile World Congress (CES) 2024 in Spain, HTC VIVE is showing face with a strong presence as a leading enterprise XR solutions provider reacting to industry trends to create its products. The space is massively growing both consumer and business, and that’s what we’re showing here [at MWC 2024].

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Tencent should start selling the headset beginning in late 2024 , with Meta getting most of the device revenue, while Tencent most of the content revenue. Samsung is one of the most important smartphone brands, and probably one of the few brands in the world that can try to compete with Apple. This is hugely disappointing.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It seems Epic isn’t wasting any time to help transition those creating projects for Apple Vision Pro. According to Victor Lerp, Unreal Engine XR Product Specialist at Epic Games, the company is now “exploring native Unreal Engine support for Apple Vision Pro,” the upcoming mixed reality headset due to launch in early 2024.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2023

Apple has allegedly slashed production targets for Vision Pro due to manufacturing issues related to the mixed reality headset’s complex design, a Financial Times report maintains. It was previously thought Apple was operating with an internal 12-month sales target of one million units.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2023

Apple has released new and updated tools for developers to begin building XR apps on Apple Vision Pro. Apple Vision Pro isn’t due out until early 2024, but the company wants developers to get a jump-start on building apps for the new headset.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In its latest post, he stated that Meta plans to make the Quest 3 live as a medium-tier headset while releasing a new cheaper version of it in 2024 as the affordable option for the mass market. This would mean that Apple’s XR offering should rely for 3 years on a very expensive headset with very low sales.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

Laval Virtual 2024 wrapped up for another year. In 2024, many major technology firms like Apple, LG, and Samsung are debuting XR devices, and events like Laval Virtual will provide crucial insight into the growing industry. What the Industry Thinks Events like Laval Virtual 2024 are a great space to network and incubate ideas.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Apple is adding two new locations to its Vision Pro ‘Developer Labs so devs can get their hands on the headset before it launches early next year. It might not feel like it but 2024 will be here before we know it, and Apple has recently said it’s on track to launch Vision Pro “early” next year.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2023

According to a Bloomberg report , Apple is getting ready to prepare in-store staff on how to sell the company’s upcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset. Image courtesy Apple The report maintains that Vision Pro’s setup process will be complex, requiring customization for each user.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Apple’s SVP of Marketing Greg Joswiak posted on X (formerly Twitter) recently that the App Store now has 1,000+ apps designed for Vision Pro, a fair sight more than the 600 apps reported by the company right before the headset’s February 2nd launch. million compatible apps.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Continuing the large wave of announcements and highlights from the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 conference in Barcelona, Spain, HTC VIVE also introduced new enterprise immersive services for its XR Elite Bussiness Edition product. Moreover, the VIVERSE platform has deep AI integration to enhance the platform.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2023

Ahead of the Apple Vision Pro’s release in ‘early 2024’, the company says it will open several centers in a handful of locations around the world, giving some developers a chance to test the headset before it’s released to the public.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 1, 2021

Billion by 2024. billion in 2024. Entitled Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2019-2024 , the report examines glasses-based AR revenue totals and subsegments – including consumer and enterprise spending. Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2019-2024 is available to ARtillery PRO subscribers, and more can be previewed here.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Shortly after Apple Vision Pro launch in early 2024 developers will gather for VisionDevCamp to work on app ideas for the new headset. The event is unaffiliated with Apple and will be held in the San Francisco area shortly after the U.S. launch of Apple Vision Pro early in 2024. "In

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2023

Today at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) the Cupertino tech giant unveiled its long-awaited XR headset, dubbed Vision Pro. Apple Vision Pro’s input is based on optical hand tracking, eye-tracking, and voice input, and doesn’t feature controllers like headsets decidedly more dedicated to gaming.

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Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2023

Apple unveiled Vision Pro on Monday, its long-awaited standalone headset capable of both virtual and augmented reality. Apple’s launch of Vision Pro is still a good bit away—it’s coming first to the US in early 2024 at the hefty price of $3,500.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Billion by 2024. billion in 2024. Entitled Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2019-2024 , the report examines glasses-based AR revenue totals and subsegments – including consumer and enterprise spending. Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2019-2024 is available to ARtillery PRO subscribers, and more can be previewed here.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2023

Samsung’s upcoming XR headset, which is meant to compete with Apple Vision Pro, has been delayed by “one to two quarters” from its reported early 2024 release target, according to an SBS Biz (Korean) report. That’s apparently been delayed by about “one to two quarters,” or three to six months.

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Road to VR

JULY 25, 2023

Apple has now opened applications for Vision Pro developer kits, which it’s sending out to app developers in effort to kickstart its first XR-specific App Store. Vision Pro is set to launch sometime in early 2024, coming part and parcel with a load of first-party apps originally developed for iPad.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 30, 2024

Xreal (previously Nreal) announced Air 2 Ultra at CES 2024 , signaling a return for the company to augmented reality ahead of Apple’s entrance into the space with its $3,500 Vision Pro mixed reality headset. The post Chinese AR Startup Xreal Raises $60M in Hopes of Competing with Apple appeared first on Road to VR.

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Cathy Hackl

DECEMBER 20, 2023

From computer vision to Large Vision Models and Apple's Vision Pro launch, 2024 is the year we will see through the eyes of the machine and wearable technology will take center stage.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

My feed on social media is full of posts about the Apple Vision Pro, which has just been released a few days ago. So, as you can expect, a big part of this newsletter will be about Apple’s device, but actually there are also a few interesting pieces of news that regard other products and other companies.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

MWC 2024 wrapped up for another year. The event always wows spectators with a rich lineup of technology vendors and innovations; however, in 2024, XR took centre stage with many firms highlighting major products, addressing device debuts, and entering the market. MWC 2024 was a valuable insight into the mainstream XR market.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

AWS is present at the Mobile World Congress (WDC) 2024 conference in Barcelona, Spain, this week, showing a new product just as the leading enterprise solutions provider moves towards providing a robust spatial computing ecosystem. Wood could see and communicate with the MWC 2024 audience in real-time during the broadcast, supporting QandAs.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2024

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is coming. This year’s WWDC event is due between June 10 through 14, 2024. Apple will host a widely published in-person keynote showcase during the event, followed by three days of virtual content to bring budding developers the latest updates.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

This has been the week when the preorders of the Apple Vision Pro have been opened and s**t just started getting real! I’m very curious about what Apple’s headset is going to bring to our ecosystem… and you? Of course, some people from all over the world made some tricks to buy it anyway.

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Upload VR

APRIL 24, 2024

Headlines are circulating claiming Apple cut Vision Pro production by almost 50% due to weak demand. The source of these articles is a new note from supply-chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been reporting on Apple's supply chain for more than 10 years. Here's why they're almost certainly false. It simply doesn't make sense.

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ARPost

JUNE 28, 2023

The long wait for a mixed reality headset from Apple will soon be over with the recent launch of Apple Vision Pro. Earlier this month, Apple unveiled its highly anticipated XR headset at the WWDC 2023 event. The Apple Vision Pro is set to hit US Apple stores in early 2024.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Since Apple confirmed its entry into the extended reality market at WWDC 2023 in June, consumers have been clamoring for an official Apple Vision Pro release date. Advertised as more than just a mixed reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro could mark a new era for extended reality.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This week, XR leaders around the world are uniting at the Enterprise Metaverse Expo 2024, held in Florida from February 13th to 15th, providing a perfect opportunity for immersive industry experts, XR tech vendors, and visionaries to untie to explore enterprise-ready metaverse solutions and opportunities.

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