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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. On Reddit, the news has had an insane amount of upvotes (more than 10K) with all negative comments. The same on Twitter.

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AWE EU ’23: Key Takeaways and Announcements

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To mark the shift towards a positive end of 2023, following a shaky start to the year, AWE brought together firms such as Meta, Lenovo, and HTC VIVE to highlight the forecasted industry upturn. AWE 2023: HTC VIVE on Real-World Use Cases HTC VIVE is a significant player in the enterprise XR space.

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7Invensun is a Chinese company that wants to disrupt the VR eye tracking sector

The Ghost Howls

Eye tracking is, in my opinion, a technology that will disrupt completely the VR ecosystem , exactly as room-scale did with the first HTC Vive. FOV: >110° (adapted to HTC Vive). Along with human history, eyes have always been used as a receiver, to receive information from the outside world. Isn’t it a cool device?

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Labrodex’s Sci-Fi RPG Shooter Hybrid ‘Scraper’ Already Has Its Own Prequel Novel

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I don’t think there are any Humech robots in that story like the Scraper: The Rise of Cifer novel, which is available on Amazon. What informed your decision to start the series off with a novel, vs. telling the story in a visual medium such as a webcomic or a series of shorts? I wanted a well-known sci-fi author to help with the book.

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Valve Index: A good fit?

The Ghost Howls

There wasn’t a different width interface or a spare interface provided , which puzzled me as the HTC Vive (a Valve collaboration) had shipped with both narrow and wide facial interfaces – the “wide” really a regular fit and the narrow for people with narrow faces. . Valve Index facial interface strip down (Image by Immersive Computing).

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

The Ghost Howls

No grey zones like HTC did in the past. Image by The Information). Unity should anyway be the first engine partner, something that doesn’t surprise me considering the litigation between Apple and Epic Games, the company behind Unreal Engine. VR looks incredibly stunning with Unreal Engine 5 features like Nanite and Lumen.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.13): Horizon Worlds is now in open beta, Among Us VR is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It is a big showcase demo for its Unreal Engine 5, and I have to say it is pretty impressive. I don’t know if I wanted to know this information, and I don’t know what to do with it now that I know it. Epic Games releases Matrix Resurrections tie-in experience. Or when he laughs at the idea of NFTs. It is very cool.

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