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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.05): Rumors on a Apple headset intensify, Quest 2 sales grow fast, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. The first one is that the Quest 2 has now sold in some months more than all the other Oculus headsets (with the exclusion of Gear VR) combined in all these years.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Launches For Free To Let You Fly Around The World

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

.” Google Earth turns all of this data into completely explorable, scalable 3D immersive worlds for the HTC Vive VR headset. I choose Africa and within minutes I am hovering a few hundred feet off the ground of a barren desert. The app is available now for free on the HTC Vive.

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This ‘Snackable’ Headset Aims to Make VR More Approachable to the Public

Road to VR

That’s where South Africa-based EDEN Labs wants to change things up with its enterprise-focused VR headset platform, the Eden Snacker. The Snacker isn’t meant for the sort of games you might normally think of when VR comes to mind like Beat Saber (2018) or Job Simulator (2016).

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Zambezi Co-Founder Jenna Seiden Partners Up with Jimmy Fallon and Captain Marvel to Showcase Hit VR Game

XR for Business Podcast

She’s the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. When I was at HTC, yes, my job was a quote/unquote, “sit behind a desk” kind of thing. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. He’s a wonderful voice for all the things that HTC is doing.

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Zambezi Co-Founder Jenna Seiden Partners Up with Jimmy Fallon and Captain Marvel to Showcase Hit VR Game

XR for Business Podcast

She’s the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. When I was at HTC, yes, my job was a quote/unquote, “sit behind a desk” kind of thing. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. He’s a wonderful voice for all the things that HTC is doing.

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Zambezi Partners Co-Founder Jenna Seiden Partners Up with Jimmy Fallon and Captain Marvel to Showcase Hit VR Game

XR for Business Podcast

She's the former head of content acquisition and partnerships for VIVE Port at HTC VIVE, and she used to be the V.P. When I was at HTC, yes, my job was a quote/unquote, "sit behind a desk" kind of thing. You can do it with an Oculus Quest. Alan: I think that was probably back when you were at HTC. Jenna: Yeah, absolutely.

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XR Podcast Hosts Unite, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 1

XR for Business Podcast

So I feel like there’s so much of a mirroring of what’s happening in these virtual worlds that the training applications are just incredible, in terms of whether it’s a surgical simulation or Walmart’s using it to train for different employees. I mean, I will say that with Oculus Quest that’s changing for me.