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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

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announces important AI and XR news at Google I/O This Google I/O has seen immersive realities back to the menu. But to summarize, the most important XR-related tidbits have been: Google confirmed that is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung to build an XR headset.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.28): Quest 3 unboxing leaked, Samsung+Google headset situation is blurry, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Another leak regarded the release date: an Amazon listing put the availability date of the Quest 3 starting from October, 10th. First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.11): Upload VR Showcase, Metaverse Safety Week, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

But still, according to Renault, metaverse technologies brought it an advantage. Not bad for a dead technology. More info Quest outperformed AirPods on Amazon It seems that on Black Friday, Quest sales were superior to AirPods ones on Amazon in certain countries. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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How to Stop Ukrainian Websites From Vanishing During War

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Three days earlier, Russia had invaded Ukraine, a country Vladimir Putin believes lays no claim to independent statehood or a distinct identity. The night of Feb. 27, German historian Sebastian Majstorovic couldn’t sleep. Read more.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.31): Roblox released on Quest, Apple bringing back investments in VR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon release open map dataset A group called the Overture Maps Foundation, which includes Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom, has released its first open map dataset, including 59 million “points of interest,” such as restaurants and landmarks. Learn more News from partners (and friends) Why WebXR?

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

The Ghost Howls

But these 8 years in VR taught me that the technology evolves more slowly than we would like to , so this would be a reasonable evolution for the Quest. The device is available on Amazon for $379. I discovered there is a website that records all the projects killed by Google. It looks even more uncomfortable than the Pico 4.

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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

The reasons behind the layoffs are well-known: the competition with TikTok hurting Meta’s revenues; Apple’s new privacy rules on iOS have reduced the effectiveness of the ads business; the conflict in Ukraine and the inflation have led to bad economic conditions. Snap and Amazon partner to offer AR preview of shopping items.

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