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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.18): Magic Leap 2 price revealed, new rumors about Apple, and more!

The Ghost Howls

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. After Fortnite started the trend of virtual concerts in virtual worlds, always more platforms started implementing them.

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METAVERSE: THE FUTURE OF THE E-COMMERCE

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Customer Behavior in the Metaverse According to Gartner 25% of people will spend at least one hour a day in the Metaverse for work, shopping, education, social media and entertainment by 2026. If customers love the products they’re experiencing in the virtual world, brands will then know how much of it to manufacture.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.13): Apple doesn’t show its AR glasses at WWDC, Meta delays its AR plans, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Only the second edition in 2026 will be actually released to the market. After the report of last week by Insider, in which Alex Kipman was accused of improper behavior at work, especially towards women, Alex Kipman has resigned from Microsoft. He will stay two more months to guarantee the transition and then will definitely leave.

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Will The Metaverse Need Policing?

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In February 2022, Gartner even predicted 25 percent of people will spend at least one hour per day in the metaverse by 2026. Backed by technology giants like Google, Microsoft, and Meta, this environment has the potential to change many aspects of people’s everyday lives.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.02.14): SteamVR headsets go beyond 3M, body-tracking leaked for Quest SDK, and more!

The Ghost Howls

New info on Microsoft abandoning the Hololens 3. Last week we all heard the news about Microsoft abandoning the HoloLens 3, and the denial of it by Alex Kipman and Microsoft itself. Virtual worlds then and now Funny link. More info (Leaks on RealityOS?—?Upload Upload VR) More info (Leaks on RealityOS?—?9to5Mac).

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.09): Meta to release four VR headsets, NFT sales are going down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The Information goes on to say that Meta also plans to ship its first generation of true AR glasses, Nazare, in 2024, followed by the more advanced second and third-generation models in 2026 and 2028 respectively. So this is just another speculative virtual world; The minting was so successful that it disrupted the whole Ethereum blockchain.