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The XR Week Peek (2024.03.12): Apple aims at a $1500 Vision device, Plutosphere shuts down, and more

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple aims at a $1500 Vision device Let me tell you what have been the main pieces of news about the Vision Pro I’ve found this week. First of all, Apple has updated the runtime VisionOS to version 1.1, bringing many quality-of-life improvements. More info (VisionOS 1.1)

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Report: Meta & LG’s Rumored Vision Pro Competitor Set to Launch in Early 2025

Road to VR

According to a report from South Korean outlet The Korea Economic Daily (Korean), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be in-country this week to finalize a deal with LG regarding a previously rumored competitor to Apple Vision Pro, which is reportedly set to be jointly built by the two companies for release in early 2025.

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Spatial Beats: Apple, Magic Leap & Oculus

AR Insider

This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, Magic Leap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. Let’s dive in… Apple VR rumors mounting up. We predicted in 2018 that the Apple XR device would probably be focused on media consumption – at first.

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Arizona's Anti-Monopoly Bill Could Help Put Fortnite Back in the iOS App Store

GizModo VR

Arizona legislators just passed an anti-monopoly bill in a 31-29 vote, which could have big implications for Apple, Google, and, weirdly enough, Fortnite. Read more.

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Controversial Arizona Bill That Would've Changed App Stores Mysteriously Goes Poof in the Night

GizModo VR

On Wednesday, the Arizona State Senate was supposed to vote on Arizona HB2005 , a controversial bill that would’ve dramatically changed how both Apple and Google’s app stores work. But per a Verge report, the vote never happened. Despite being listed on the senate’s agenda, the bill was skipped without an explanation.

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Pico 5 Reportedly Canceled As ByteDance Shifts Focus To Further Out Apple Vision Pro Competitor

Upload VR

ByteDance's main hardware focus now is the development of a high-end Apple Vision Pro competitor incorporating "cutting-edge technologies", a project which Osawa reports is codenamed Swan. Pico does plan to release a refreshed version of Pico 4 however, Osawa writes, but he doesn't give any detail of what changes this new model will bring.

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Pico 5 Reportedly Scrapped due to Low Pico 4 Sales, Report Says

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The news comes as the Chinese tech giant aims to develop a premium rival to the Apple Vision Pro. Pico also stopped the development of its Beat Saber rival and Ubisoft-hosted Just Dance VR game. Additional apps like Arizona Sunshine 2, YouTube VR, VRChat, and others have also been posted to the Pico Store.