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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

So (a bit late) here you are a list of some of the most relevant XR trends to follow in 2024, with some predictions of what to expect next. Contextual AI is on the rise Couldn’t I write a tech article in 2024 without mentioning AI? In 2024 there will be even more co-use of AI and XR. Of course not.

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New Product to Continue Meta Reality Labs 2024 Uptick

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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. But the race is on.

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How Will Covid-19 Impact AR & VR Headset Shipments?

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units by 2024, which is a compound annual growth rate of 81.5 Within VR, IDC projects the greatest growth for standalones like Oculus Quest and VIVE Focus. Oculus Quest — the fastest growing standalone — sold about 425,000 units in 2019 according to our calculations. Microsoft committed 100,000 units to the U.S.

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id Software In Contact With Team Beef About Official Release Of Their Quest Ports

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In a recent thread on X about the Quake 3 Arena VR mod from Team Beef , one replier asked John Carmack, former Oculus CTO and former lead programmer at id Software, whether there's been any progress getting these mods to the official Quest store. Fingers crossed!

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Meta and the next 24 months crucial for its leadership

The Ghost Howls

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. This led to a growing importance of Oculus, until with the Quest it started dominating the market in a way no one was able to face.

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VRChat to Drop Original Quest Support

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The news comes after the Meta Quest also lost AltSpace VR, another Metaverse platform which owners Microsoft shut down earlier this year – diverting its resources to Mesh. Meta will continue to support the original Meta Quest device through critical bug fixes and security patches until 2024.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.01.16): Meta discontinues Quest 1, Apple HMD is in the hand of developers, and more!

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We plan to continue maintaining the system software with critical bug fixes and security patches until 2024. Thanks to this, the card will be able to keep two Wi-Fi connections at the same time: one towards a router to have an internet connection, and the other directly to another device, like the Oculus Quest. Some news on content.

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