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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The technology allows people to create ‘virtual’ landscapes and environments that simulate the real world. percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2026. Over the years, technology has become smaller, lighter, more comfortable, and with faster processing, breathing life into the virtual world.

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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. I truly hope they can create a serious blockchain that can be the foundation for ownership and payment systems in virtual worlds. More info (LAMINA1 announcement post on Medium) More info (LAMINA1 announcement press release).

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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

A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. Below are more details about what we’re looking for: Do you have a consumer facing VR game or application that is launched on Oculus Store, Viveport, Steam, or a combination of any/all of these?

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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

They have already managed to attract interesting titles like Superhot, Walkabout Minigolf, Demeo, Sam&Max: This Time It’s Virtual, and many others. It lacks all Oculus Exclusive titles like Beat Saber and Population One, but its store is becoming anyway interesting. The next versions of the glasses are expected for 2026 and 2028.

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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.