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The XR Week Peek (2024.02.27): Meta reported to release Quest Pro 2 in 2025, Apple Vision Pro affected by the crackgate, and more!

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We already know that Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are working on a competitor of the Vision Pro, which should be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Gen2+ and cost around $2000. The release of this headset is expected for the first half of 2025. Wanderer: The Fragments of Fate, The Wizards — Dark Times: Brotherhood.

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China shows its masterplan to lead Virtual Reality in 2025

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The document is divided into nine parts: I will report them here, as a small summary of mine, together with the full text translated with Google Translate (so, RIP English), if you want to read it. The second key year is 2025. In 2025, China wants to be the worldwide leader of Virtual Reality. Introduction.

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Jesse Schell: Predictions for VR and AR in 2025

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Jesse Schell, CEO of Schell Games and professor at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, is one of the game industry’s finest speakers. He gave a talk about his predictions for VR and augmented reality for 2025 at the Augmented World Expo last week in Santa Clara, Calif. billion market by 2025.

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Meta & LG Officially Confirm Partnership, Including "Next-Gen XR Device Development"

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Earlier today, Mark Zuckerberg met with LG CEO William Cho and the president of LG's Home Entertainment division Park Hyoung-sei at LG's headquarters in Seoul to finalize the details of the partnership. Last year Samsung announced it was building a headset with Google handling the software, which it plans to ship later this year.

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EXCLUSIVE: First details about Valve Deckard have been leaked

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Adult entertainment is a strong use case of VR, and while Valve can not explicitly advocate for it, it is releasing these vibrating controllers with these enticing spheres so that they are optimized for it. I’ve been told “Early 2025” , with some planned staged leaks in the second half of this year.

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Editorial: This VR cycle may take more time than expected

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As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. PSVR 2 Hero view of PSVR 2 (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) I had big hopes for PSVR 2.

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What Are The Biggest Myths About AR Advertising?

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A just-released report by Snap and Deloitte sees the technology moving to ubiquity by 2025 and promises unprecedented business outcomes, citing a staggering 94% conversion rate on purchases in some cases. A lot of people assume that because AR is about bringing the magic of 3D and animation into the real world, it’s an entertainment thing.

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