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What the EU Digital Markets Act may mean for XR

The Ghost Howls

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta.

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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. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. Hope you enjoy!

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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

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

The Ghost Howls

A piece of very interesting news about this headset, which has been reported by few people, is that the Chinese company 7Invensun has already developed an eye-tracking module for it, making Vive Flow even more interesting for enterprise uses. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids. Other relevant news. Image by Magic Leap).

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.02): Facebook acquires Beat Games, Valve gets the Index sold-out and is maybe working on Left4Dead VR, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The report also highlights that one of the regions where VR may grow more in 2019–2023 is Western Europe. More info (Best Black Friday deals) More info (Cyber Monday VR deals) More info (Sales on Oculus Quest games) More info (Other sales on Oculus Quest games) More info (Rift S discounted on Amazon?—?affiliate affiliate link).

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

The Ghost Howls

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2022

The Ghost Howls

In Europe, this marketing effort is just starting now, so the penetration is not that high, yet. In the USA, it is almost mainstream; in Europe, it is something for people that have some knowledge of gaming or technology; in South America, is very difficult to get a headset. Eye tracking. HoloLens has been warned.