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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2026. Developers and hardware solution providers have been working together over the past few decades to build VR headsets capable of hosting immersive experiences. Meta, Pico, HTC VIVE, and Varjo headsets all incorporate this new technology. billion USD in 2021 to $84.09

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.11): Samsung headset delayed, Apple cheaper Vision delayed, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days! But the bad news is another one: it seems that the release schedule of the Apple Vision “had to be pushed back”, probably into 2026. If you want to buy some PCVR games, I suggest you give it a read!

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Editorial: This VR cycle may take more time than expected

The Ghost Howls

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 rumors from Mark Gurman talk about a new cheaper version, which can have a more mass market appeal, forecasted for 2025-2026. Let me tell you why.

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My predictions for Meta Connect 2022

The Ghost Howls

It is that time of the year when I make predictions about the upcoming Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect, the main event of the year for Oculus/Facebook/Meta since a lot of time. I would bet on: Some “first steps” software for AR Immersed , because it already leaked a video of the feature in use by its software.

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The time to harvest for us VR people is now

The Ghost Howls

A few weeks after I officially entered VR, the technology started being overhyped after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus. The community was creating a lot of prototypes, and many companies in the US were getting funding to develop immersive products. There was a lot of enthusiasm and hope.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.03.04): Meta and LG confirm their partnerships, Meta to unveil some AR glasses at Connect, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It is not the first time Meta partnered with an external company for a new device and in most cases this choice paid off: both the Gear VR (Samsung) and the Oculus Go (Xiaomi) were pretty good products. Given the production timeline, this Vision Pro successor could launch in the first half of 2026.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.18): Pico Neo 3 Link launches in Europe, Meta offers monetization tools in Horizon, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It lacks all Oculus Exclusive titles like Beat Saber and Population One, but its store is becoming anyway interesting. And the fact that in the same week it announced both the Pico Neo 3 Link for VR and Effect Studio for AR, shows that Bytedance wants really to compete with Meta in all possible fields in immersive realities.

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