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Nreal Temporarily Halts Production of ‘Light’ AR Headset due to Coronavirus

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The company, which is split between San Francisco and Hangzhou, China, says in a tweet that production of the Nreal Light developer kit has been halted. The Coronavirus, a novel respiratory virus, began in China with the first reported case on December 31st, 2019. Delays are said to affect the most recent batch of backers.

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HTC Pushes Back On Reports of Declining Headset Sales

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” Very few major manufacturers have released sales data on their VR headsets, with Sony being the exception when they said that PSVR had already sold over 2 million units back in December 2017. Amazon does provide a good watermark for how any given product is faring, but it’s not everything, HTC says.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

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Image by Sony). Sony officially states it is going to launch the PSVR 2. PlayStation VR has been the most successful headset until now (if we exclude the crappy mobile viewers), but now it is pretty dated and people were wondering what Sony was going to do. Some people started to think that Sony could have abandoned VR.

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Bytedance announces Pico 4 for just €429, with accessories and BIG developer incentives!

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I have to say it also reminds me a bit of the pancake headset just announced by Skyworth , but this doesn’t surprise me much, because in China many headsets have similarities because they are all made by Goertek, in the end. Availability in China will be announced in the dedicated event on September, 27th, as I was telling you before.

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

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To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. My favorite from this week?

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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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This way it will be possible to add even eye-tracking to these enterprise device; Vive Vee, a virtual character that should represent the brand in China and the rest of the world. Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Roblox CEO hints at the Oculus Quest as a future platform.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2021

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And in fact, some weeks ago Sony has made everyone understand that it has delayed the launch of the PSVR 2 because the market is not there yet. The Oculus Quest 2 is selling incredibly well because it offers the right combination of affordable price, good hardware, and a good software ecosystem. The Quest will still be the king.