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The hype, haplessness and hope of haptics in the COVID-19 era

TechCrunch VR

David Parisi is an associate professor at the College of Charleston and author of "Archaeologies of Touch: Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing.". Enter haptics. While it is difficult to capture the health and growth of the haptics industry with a single number, one estimate puts the global haptics market at US$12.9

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Big XR News from Microsoft, Meta, AWS, Apple

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Furthermore, Microsoft is stopping compatibility on 1 November 2026 for Windows Home and Pro users on 1 November 2027 for Windows Commercial. In other news, Meta has recently signed an agreement with Immersion Corporation, a technology innovator in haptic technology. a license to our patents for haptic technologies.

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Making Your Next Flight Safer and Smoother with Wearable AR+VR

EnterpriseWear

From building the actual plane to the in-flight experience, wearable XR (AR, VR, MR) devices have a role to play in multiple professions within the commercial aviation industry. CAE forecasts that over 255,000 pilots will be needed in the global commercial aviation industry by 2027, yet less than half that number has even begun training.

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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

And a Vision Pro 2 wouldn’t be shipped until 2027. So a Vision Pro 2 in 2027 seems to me the most logical option , instead of a downgrade of an original plan. Because of these problems and the delays, a cheaper version of the Vision Pro, which was expected for 2025, may have been canceled.

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