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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.26): WMR gets discontinued, Meta to showcase an impressive AR prototype, and more!

The Ghost Howls

1, 2027 for commercial customers, Windows Mixed Reality will no longer be available for download via the Mixed Reality Portal app, Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR, and Steam VR beta, and Microsoft will discontinue support.” And that “ As of Nov. 1, 2026 for consumers and Nov. Last week, people said January.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.11): Meta Quest 3 ships now, a cheaper model may come in 2024… and more!

The Ghost Howls

So many developers could find themselves with the conundrum of what to offer and to which device : if the Quest 3 Lite will sell a lot of units, maybe developers will prefer to develop content that is compatible with hand tracking, shifting the current attention to games to something else.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The headset should be operated through the use of hand tracking and eye tracking , exactly like the Vision Pro. If this is true, it is a true bummer, because the next-gen AR glasses, codenamed Artemis, are only going to be built in 2027. The road toward widespread AR glasses is still very long and complicated.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

Meta may have a prototype to show this year, but the first release of a product is rumored for 2027. Even here, the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, with its strong focus on MR and hand tracking, is changing a bit the rules of the market. Apple has postponed indefinitely its plans.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.07): Meta roadmap unveiled, Xiaomi shows its AR glasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

In an alternate version, Meta will offer a smartwatch with the neural detection incorporated, so if the user is used to having a smartwatch, doesn’t have to sacrifice it to wear the neural wristband Real AR glasses , with 3D objects in the scene, virtual avatars, and such, are now slated for 2027 I want to just say two things about this roadmap.

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How to choose an LBVR product?

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Mn by 2027 and 2019 seems to be the second wind with Sandbox VR raising $68 million from Andreessen Horowitz and other investors. Seated VR: hand tracking games, movies and simulators. Hand tracking VR allows players to interact with objects in VR with their hands. LBVR is considered worth $12,324.7

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CGS to Demo Immersive Learning Service at AWE 2023

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Analysts predict the market will surpass $47 billion USD by 2027, with immersive soft skill training becoming the largest untapped opportunity for enterprises. Additional Harvard University research found that sufficient and soft and people skill would increase job success by 85 percent. million USD.