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The XR Week Peek (2023.11.01 + 2023.11.08): Pico performs layoffs, Nimo announces AR glasses, and more!

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More info Google may still be working at Project Iris Some months ago a rumor claimed that Google had stopped working on Project Iris, its project devoted to the creation of augmented reality glasses. The book is coming in March, 2024, but can already be preordered on Amazon. SteamVR 2.0 is now live for everyone.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.24): Pico 4 Enterprise launched, Meta under criticism, and more!

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In fact, at launch, it won’t even be possible to create Unity content for it. According to the rumors, In the beginning only Apple’s first part tools (like RealityKit) will be allowed to create content, and only after, Unity support will come. The Peripheral is a new series on Amazon that has VR at its center. Other news.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

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French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. Amazon Lumberyard becomes opensource. Amazon has launched some years ago its 3D engine called Lumberyard, derived from Crytek’s Cryengine.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.17): HTC announces Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, PSVR 2 to feature eye tracking, and more!

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Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites. Kudos to Shachar Weis for discovering this: he told me about this news, and I have verified that it has disappeared completely from Amazon Italy and Amazon France, while some Redditors confirmed that the same holds for Amazon UK. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0.

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“The Bear Who Touched the Northern Lights” Is a Charming AR Story Puzzle

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See Also: Creating 3D Characters and Animations for AR Children’s Books Of course, the adorable puzzle doesn’t tell the whole story. The free app, powered by Unity, opens with a quick warning about being aware of your surroundings while using AR and encourages you to supervise children when using the app.

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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!

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Dean Takashi has interviewed Neal Stephenson about the metaverse , his book, and, of course, Meta. The famous journalist Charlie Fink has had an amazing experience trying Augmented Reality on a small combat plane. Snap and Amazon partner to offer AR preview of shopping items. Red6 made Charlie Fink try AR on a plane.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.11.15): Vive Focus 3 aims at LBEVR market, Niantic and Qualcomm launch AR SDKs, and more!

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These are the five pillars or Reality Engine (copy-pasted from its website): Reality Application Runtime ?—?8th 8th Wall’s award-winning augmented reality application framework has been rebuilt to respond to every device type. Unity has bought Weta Digital for 1.6B. Unity has just bought Weta Digital for 1.6B.

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