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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.16): Apple prepares the launch of Vision Pro, Sony announces MR headset, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

After the announcement of the release date of the Apple Vision Pro, the whole community is just waiting for its preorders to open up this Friday. The headset will be sold in physical stores and on the Apple website. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple has only 60–80K units available at this time , so most likely they’ll go sold out.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.11): Samsung headset delayed, Apple cheaper Vision delayed, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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Analysis: Meta opens up its walled garden to become the Android of XR

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Zuck always said that Meta is the “open ecosystem” that fights against Apple’s closed ecosystem, but until today there was nothing open at all. Meta risked being squeezed again between the two giants Apple and Google , ready to bring their domination directly from the phones to the XR headsets.

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Samsung's Google-Powered XR Headset Is Set To Launch In Late 2024

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Samsung plans to launch its XR headset in limited quantities in late 2024. South Korean newspaper The JoongAng reports Samsung is planning to announce the headset at an event in the second half of 2024, then launch it in December with a limited initial quantity of just 30,000 units. We've emailed Samsung seeking comment.

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Editorial: This VR cycle may take more time than expected

The Ghost Howls

In this article, I’m going to tell you all the thoughts I had. The new “Autumn” of VR If you’ve read some of my articles this year, you know I’m defining this moment as an “Autumn” for virtual reality. They are Apple AR glasses!” I have this impression for a few reasons.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

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(Some of them have been brainstormed with Lorenzo Cappannari with whom I wrote an article a few months ago and who I thank for the collaboration ). Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor). Investors, which were all focused on AI started to wonder if they should focus on XR again.

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XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2023 and What They Mean for 2024

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Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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