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Spatial Beats: Apple, Magic Leap & Oculus

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

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More info (HTC Vive Ultimate Tracker — Road To VR) More info (HTC Vive Ultimate Tracker — Upload VR) Valve releases its own version of Quest Link Out of the blue, Valve has launched Steam Link, which basically is… Oculus Air Link offered directly by SteamVR. This would show the level of polish of the upcoming Apple headset.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.06): A week full of VR events, Chinese headsets are on the rise, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Its specs make it more powerful than Oculus Quest 2: 2K x 2K resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate Qualcomm Snapdragon XR 2 chipset 8GB DDR4 RAM Mechanic IPD adjustment with exact setting of your measure. It seems a very good headset , apart from the terrible exterior design that looks like the son of an Oculus Quest 2 and a Vive Cosmos.

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Meta Teases Render Of Advanced 'Mirror Lake' Headset It Says Is "Practical To Build Now"

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The render, showing what the headset would look like being worn, was teased by Meta's Director of Display Systems Research Douglas Lanman during a talk titled "How to Pass the Visual Turing Test in AR/VR" given at The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences. At Oculus Connect 6 in 2019 Facebook described Half Dome 2 and Half Dome 3.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.12): Quest 2 is launching, dogs use AR, and more!

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Game developers are also preparing for it: popular games like SuperHot, Red Matter , and Arizona Sunshine will publish new updates to take in count the new horsepower of the Quest 2. Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. Image by NVIDIA).

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ICYMI This Week: Smalland, Arizona Sunshine 2, MADiSON VR & More

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Apple's WWDC24 promises a showcase of visionOS enhancements, a new Apple Pen reportedly supports Vision Pro, iPhone 15 Pro can now capture higher quality spatial videos , while Apple's headset is coming to China. Owlchemy Labs also told us they feel " vindicated " by Apple Vision Pro's approach to VR.

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