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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.02): Meta predicts the metaverse for 2030 and beyond, Snap launches a drone, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Zuckerberg sets the Metaverse for 2030 and beyond. Zuck has explained to them to be patient because the Metaverse, which no one knows what actually is, is happening beyond 2030. Goodbye Oculus brand. More info (Meta stores) More info (Oculus website disappearing). Send me hugs. Top news of the week. Confusion LVL 9000.

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Cooperation of Deep Tech SMEs and Global Giants Drive Opportunities in the Metaverse

ARPost

” That might really be the case, as several innovations for example in the fields of displays, processors, batteries, sensors, miniaturization, and manufacturing technology will still have to be mastered before metaverse becomes a seamless part of our everyday lives in a way similar to our use of mobile phones and Internet.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.20): Oculus ready to manufacture the Quest S, Pico doubles-down on 3DOF, and more!

The Ghost Howls

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Oculus improves development time for UE4 developers. Image by Pico).

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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Thinks AR/VR is a Solution to the Housing Crisis

Road to VR

By 2030, he says, AR and VR telepresence could allow employees to work remotely from anywhere in the world, alleviating the affordable housing crisis of increasingly populated cities. That’s the crux of why his company acquired Oculus back in 2014 for some $2.4

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VR is dead, the metaverse is dead. Maybe.

The Ghost Howls

Innovation happens in sprints In life as in technology (Image by LizAndMollie) While I was thinking about what to write in this article, I remembered something I studied at University about innovation. Think about what happened to VR: we had the Oculus devkits, which interested only us developers. I was so young and naive.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.06.28): Blaston retreats on ads, Vive Focus 3 ships with positive reviews, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Unity CEO predicts in 2030 XR headsets will be as popular as gaming consoles. Unity CEO John Riccitiello has made new predictions on AR and VR , and this time he talked about the projections for XR headsets in 2030. We all wondered what Adobe was thinking to do with Oculus Medium, after its acquisition from Facebook some years ago.

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Meta bad, metaverse bad

The Ghost Howls

And like the hype brought lots of good things to us, this “Winter of the Metaverse” is going to bring us problems : less investments in the field, many companies abandoning XR, and a general negative sentiment for the technology. It’s the natural evolution of technology. We don’t know when, but it will happen.