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Meta bad, metaverse bad

The Ghost Howls

I totally want them to care more about our privacy, and I’m all in with Avi Bar-Zeev in having better management of eye tracking data on the Quest Pro. I mean, Zuck always said that his vision was at 2030 and beyond. I would say that it can happen even later, in 2030-2040. Meta never spent $10B/year for Horizon.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.04): Big tech companies perform budget cuts, Mojo tests its smart contact lens in-eye, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It’s incredible how we will have the first smart contact lens product before 2030… it seems like hardware coming from a sci-fi movie! PSVR 2 will have eye-tracking from Tobii and maybe a detachable cable. First of all, its eye-tracking technology will be provided by Tobii , one of the market leaders in the field.

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Meta says its metaverse biz lost another $3B… but the 2030s will be ‘exciting’

TechCrunch VR

This is laying the groundwork for what I expect to be a very exciting 2030.”. Meta is also building eye-tracking and face-tracking so that when you’re socializing in VR, people will be able to perceive your real-life facial expressions. Meta’s Oculus VR companion app gained ~2M downloads since Christmas.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.04.13): iPhone 12 adds depth camera, StarVR One is back to the market and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The headset had astonishing specifications, like: Display resolution: 1,830 × 1,464 per lens resolution, total 16 million sub-pixels Display type: AMOLED Refresh rate: 90Hz Field of view: 210-degree horizontal FOV, 130-degree vertical FOV Eye-tracking: Fully integrated Tobii eye-tracking, including Dynamic Foveated Rendering.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.04.04): Meta Quest Gaming Showcase is back, Mojo Vision is “feature complete”, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.16): CES is coming, Abrash predicts AR to substitute smartphones in 2040 and more!

The Ghost Howls

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. The eye-tracked model costs only $900. Image by Oculus). According to Abrash, AR glasses may substitute smartphones in 2030–2040. Other relevant news.

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The XR Week Peek: Facebook abandons BCIs, VR grows fast, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

This is confirmed also by a previous prediction by the CEO of Unity, which foresees that in 2030 VR headsets will be as popular as gaming console: that is mainstream, but still not as TV, for instance. Inside this growing VR market, the headset that is selling the most is the Oculus Quest 2. Facebook totals now 60.2%

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