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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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Oculus Quest Review: consumer Virtual Reality v1 is here

The Ghost Howls

I think this will be fixed in a future software update ; Because of low computational power of mobile devices, the quality of the graphical elements shown in the various applications is far from realistic. The Quest can be acquired in China from Amazon US , or from various resellers on Taobao. Free content is not that much.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.07): PSVR 2 will cost $549, HoloLens are probably dead, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. The later departure of Alex Kipman seemed to be the final nail in the coffin for the AR glasses, but a new rumor brought a bit of hope: Microsoft seemed to work together with Samsung to design consumer-oriented AR glasses. Anyway, things have not gone as we all hoped.

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Samsung Has Bought a Cloud-Computing Company that Could Give.

AllThingsVR

Samsung Has Bought a Cloud-Computing Company that Could Give Mobile VR a Big Boost With the recent introduction of Google Daydream , the mobile VR space is heating up. Now a new acquisition from Samsung could help to power even more immersive VR on smartphones. Rhee suggested that one of these could be VR.

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Black Friday Deals for HTC Vive & Oculus Rift

VRScout

Can you believe its only been a year since the only VR headsets you could buy for the holidays was a Samsung Gear VR, Google Cardboard, or a Mattel View-Master. Free Samsung Gear VR. Both Best Buy and Target are offering a free Samsung Gear VR when you purchase a Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge phone. There are some VR deals this weekend.

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Facebook Surges in U.S. Patent Rankings Due to Mounting AR Strategy

Road to VR

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Amazon Technologies Inc. A majority of that growth however is said to come from the ‘Heads-Up Displays’ sub-category, which can either serve augmented or virtual reality depending on its intended use. International Business Machines Corp. Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC.

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Weekly Funding Roundup: Vrse/Within Raises $12.65M, Felix &.

AllThingsVR

Weekly Funding Roundup: Vrse/Within Raises $12.65M, Felix & Paul Studios Raise $6.8M & Samsung Acquires Joyent 1) Vrse , a startup building technology for delivering virtual reality video across platforms, is announcing today that it has raised $12.56M and that it’s taking on a new name: Within. Read more on Venturebeat.

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