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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.02): Meta Quest 3 launched, Vive Ultimate Tracker leaked, and more!

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In a future update, Meta will use the tracking cameras to track the full body of the user and provide a decent estimation of the pose of the torso, the elbows, and the arms, and a simulated pose for the legs. Yes, the Quest 3 will be able to provide some sort of very rough full-body tracking , which is great for social VR experiences.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.04): Varjo announces XR-4 headset, Quest 2 sells much more than Quest 3, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Varjo XR-4 is on sale for enterprises, but the company has also opened up a waiting list for interested consumers (especially simulator fans, I guess). But things on the consumers’ side may not be going as well: according to some data scrapped from Amazon, the Quest 2 outsold the Quest 3 by a factor of 3:1 in the last 30 days.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.12): HTC and Pico are ready to launch new VR headsets, and more!

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The stocks of the headset are becoming empty on its main stores (Oculus website, Lenovo online store, Amazon US, etc…) and Facebook has stated that “it won’t replenish them”. Epson and Razer present new smartglasses. More info (Epson Moverio) More info (Razer Anzu). I can’t wait. Let’s see if these ones will be more successful.

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