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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.03): Quest 3 leaks, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX launch, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It’s relevant that the device wouldn’t feature any kind of face and eye tracking, but would have RGB passthrough and a depth sensor, so that to be able to offer detailed mixed reality and high-precision environment understanding. Bytedance is trying to expand also in Japan , launching the Pico 4 with the support of many influencers.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.25): Pico 5 to come in three models, Quest 3 is launching, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The Pico 5 Pro Max looks like a dream hybrid headset : it is a standalone device with eye tracking and passthrough, and it also has the DisplayPort connection that makes it work like a true tethered headset when connected to a PC. Aero is not so small as BigScreen Beyond, but it features a higher resolution and supports eye tracking.

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HTC Pushes Back On Reports of Declining Headset Sales

Road to VR

Freelance writer Joshua Fruhlinger, who occasionally writes for Digital Trends , used third-party Amazon sales data to back up his claim that consumers don’t care about VR anymore, saying it’s “crystal clear.” The report also specifies Gear VR’s decline in sales performance on Amazon.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.1.9): Apple Vision Pro launches on 2/2, Qualcomm announces new chipset for Samsung headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The headset (that you see in the above picture) is quite slick and features pancake lenses, eye tracking by Tobii, integrated audio, and Wi-Fi 6/6E/7. Taking the data of the Black Friday sales on Amazon, on a total of 132K Quest 2 sold, around 100K have been sold in the US and the other 32K in Japan and selected European countries.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.12.08): Medal Of Honor close to launch, Snapdragon 888 announced, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The game may work also on inferior hardware, but glitches may happen. We always say that we need VR to be more accessible to succeed, and then this game arrives with the purpose of becoming a hit, and it requires insane hardware that very few people have. AR Mario Kart rollercoasters are coming to Japan.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.23): Many new AR headsets get teased, Link goes 90Hz, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It works connected to a phone, and while it doesn’t have any kind of tracking embedded, for tasks like watching Netflix it can be very useful (Thanks David for the tip); Amazon has announced the Echo Frames, its smart glasses that let you speak with Alexa. What a weird decision…). Other relevant news. Image by Facebook).

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All you need to know on the Facebook Connect (OC7)

The Ghost Howls

It is the console business model: selling the hardware undercost so that subsidize it with exclusive software, and your data in this case. Thanks to all these hardware, Aria can see and hear the surroundings, but can also see and hear the user. You’re part of the product being sold. Accessories. Yes, they are both coming to VR!!!

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