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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.26): Quest 3 page appears on Best Buy, Vision Pro SDK released, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Quest 3 launch is approaching Meta is following a strategy for the launch of the Quest 3 that is very different from the one that it used for the previous headsets. I just think that Meta is trying a new strategy to keep the hype high until September.

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Will Meta Be The Android Of Spatial Computing, Or The Blackberry?

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Its strategy is more akin to wanting to be a second Apple than what Google did with Android. But Meta's strategy also harms its reported own long-term goal of being an Android-like player. It's even possible that new entrants ike Amazon or Valve could change the landscape entirely.

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Spatial Beats: Facebook, Snap & TikTok

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Ball is a former Amazon strategy executive turned investor. The fund’s top five holdings are Nvidia (8.93%), Microsoft (4.91%), Roblox (4.85%), Tencent, majority shareholder of Epic Games (4.80%) and Unity (3.99%). These are stocks picked by Matthew Ball, author of the metaverse manifesto.

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XR Talks: Shaping the Future of Commerce, Part I

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Unity’s Tony Parisi reiterates that this capability is here today… we just need to make it scalable. But what about the ability for Walmart and Amazon to capture and distribute 3D models for millions of SKUs? The next few years will be about scaling up to Amazon-sized product libraries.

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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. That’s fantastic news for all Unity XR developers! This would be coherent with Robert Scoble claiming that the XR strategy of Apple was started by Steve Jobs. in the reviews!

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My predictions for Meta Connect 2023: Meta Quest 3 and…

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Considering the leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt, the device will probably be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. ” Kids will be an important part of the strategy to sell a lot of headsets during the holiday season , so I expect that some features and some games will be announced specifically for them.

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

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There will be a new launcher, improved graphics, improved in-game camera, production-ready Unity SDK for the creators, improved full-body VR, and much more. It has basically created a whole ecosystem of its own through strategic investments : I’m very curious to see what is the final goal of this strategy. More info (Somnium Space 3.0

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