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

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You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

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Meta may have a prototype to show this year, but the first release of a product is rumored for 2027. When I tried to use ChatGPT to create Unity scripts, it managed to write something good, but often I had to correct it. Consumer AR glasses are not here, and won’t be for many years because the technology is simply not ready.

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How to Create an Augmented Reality App: Technology Guide 2022

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Due to these variables, the augmented reality market is set to reach a value of $502 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 62.7%, according to Research and Markets. Unity AR Foundation is a helpful framework for cross-platform augmented reality app development.

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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!

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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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Industrial XR Market to top $60bn by 2030, ABI Research Reveals

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Analysts predict that more than 16 million industrial XR devices will ship in 2027 at current adoption rates. Along with NVIDIA, Unity and Epic Games, the world’s largest gaming engines, have also joined efforts to build the industrial metaverse.

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Adopting Emerging Tech Drives Business Transformation, WEF Report Says

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From Zoom to Microsoft, both platforms and others are helping to facilitate a better-connected world. Moreover, the report mainly analyses how macro and technology trends impact jobs, skill sets, and transformation strategies across the 2023-2027 timeframe. The world is still adjusting to these new expectations to improve ROI.

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The XR Metaverse Market Map for 2023

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The omniverse solution is available as a platform-as-a-service offering, running on Microsoft Azure. Cavrnus Otherwise known as Cavrnus VR, Cavrnus is a Metaverse builder platform , designed to help every creator share their vision of a metaverse on the internet.