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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.14): Meta lays off 11,000 people, Apple works on some sort of “metaverse”, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I have read countless of his articles, and reading that he’s without a job makes me sad. Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. It has been a week of interesting rumors about the upcoming Apple MR headset. This is clearly the beginning of Apple’s entrance into the Metaverse.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I’ve written a dedicated news roundup article dedicated to Google I/O today, so I won’t go deep into details here and I invite you to read that post (linked here below) if you want to have the details about the news. More info (Ultraleap teasing a new device) More info (Maybe a new sensor is coming) Has Palmer Luckey tried the Apple headset?

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XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2023 and What They Mean for 2024

Road to VR

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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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

The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. And if the new headset will be about mixed reality with hand tracking (a cheap version of the Vision Pro), then we may have a division between VR content working mostly with controllers vs MR content working mostly with hand tracking.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.12). Quest 3 fully leaked, new Rumors on Valve, and more!

The Ghost Howls

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. I hope to be wrong, of course: maybe Valve has just accelerated to launch its device before Apple may finally release its one. Preorders are expected to start on the day of the Connect, so on September, 27th.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.04): Varjo announces XR-4 headset, Quest 2 sells much more than Quest 3, and more!

The Ghost Howls

But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days. The Vive Ultimate Tracker is like a Vive Tracker, but it tracks its pose using two onboard cameras, not requiring any SteamVR base station. THREE TO ONE.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.02): XR2 shows the future of standalones, F8 and GDC canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking! A new week, a new sheer of demos exploiting Oculus Quest hands tracking! A demo made by the creator of Holoception, that mixes portals and hands tracking.