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This is How Fake News Happens: The Reporting of Palmer Luckey and Nimble America

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In mid-September 2016, Palmer Luckey donated just shy of $10,000 to a recently formed pro-Trump non-profit organization called Nimble America. At the time of his donation, the entire body of Nimble America’s work consisted of putting up a single billboard in the Pittsburgh area [pictured below]. The founder of Oculus is funding them.

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Data Dive: VR Finishes Q4 Strong

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But practically speaking, VR is doing just fine and is growing at a healthy pace for an emerging technology that faces practicality headwinds. And that demand was given a place to go when Oculus Quest 2 launched. Oculus Quest 2 grows to 35 percent of SteamVR headset usage. Sony reveals top-5 most played PSVR games ever.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.08): Microsoft launches Mesh, HTC and Pico tease new hardware, and more!

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The Rec Room community is growing pretty steadily, also thanks to the great sales of the Oculus Quest. Bank Of America to use VR training. Bank Of America has decided to implement VR training offered by STRIVR for its employees, and the scale to which it will happen is pretty vast: 50,000 EMPLOYEES will use this training experience.

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My predictions for virtual reality in 2022

The Ghost Howls

I can’t guarantee that these predictions will come out to be true (I always joke about the fact that I miss many of the predictions about Meta/Oculus), but I think they will be worth reading anyway to understand what can be the trends to look for in this new year. So… let’s start! GENERAL TRENDS.

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90% of Chinese VR Startups Have Gone Bankrupt. Here’s Why That’s a Good Thing.

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Research about this rapid decline was conducted and issued by iiMedia Research, a third-party data collector and analyst of technological digital platforms. In the wake of Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus in 2014, investment spiked: 270 million yuan ($38.9 As it turns out, investment is still flowing into the Chinese VR industry.

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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

The North-America-only limitation is quite a bummer for us Europeans, but honestly, as a developer, I understand the will of making an incremental deployment to be sure that everything works before expanding the product to many countries. Image by Sony). Sony shows prototype headset with dual 4K display. News worth a mention.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.21): Quest 2 released, NVIDIA acquires ARM, Leap Motion 2 on sale, and much more!

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What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! At Facebook Connect this week , Facebook has: Released the powerful Oculus Quest 2 , powered by Snapdragon XR2, and with a 4K display. Image by Sony). What a time to be alive!