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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.30): Vision Pro prepares to ship, PSVR 2 sales are stagnating, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This is going to be the week of the Apple Vision Pro, with the first people who preordered it finally receiving the device at home! Apple released a new trailer for the headset. Finally, we will have some real impressions on the device not coming from scripted demos. There is even an app to send faxes!

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Microsoft to Support Hololens and MRTK in 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft’s mixed reality (MR) division is constantly under the microscope of the technology media landscape. The news comes after Microsoft closed the doors on Altspace VR (virtual reality), the collaboration and socialization Metaverse platform. Although, Microsoft’s IVAS headset is facing hurdles.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.25): new rumors on Apple Glasses, Oculus Quest anniversary, HP Reverb G2 and more!

The Ghost Howls

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. This is the 150th Week Peek!

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How the Stock Market is Showing Faith in Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)

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Here are just some of the tech stocks many are looking at right now (in no particular order): Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) For the people who brought you the Hololens 2, probably the most sophisticated pair of mixed reality smart glasses out there to date. One-year price performance for MSFT as of 2/3/20 Apple Inc.

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Eye/Hand-Tracking: XR Today Expert Roundtable

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Moreover, Apple recently made a huge splash in the XR market with the Vision Pro, an XR device which leverages eye and hand tracking for its spatial computing input system. The device does not use controllers at all, instead, Apple believes that with the XR revolution comes increased usability and accessibility via hand/eye-based inputs.

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The State of Eye/Hand-Tracking Technology for Enterprise in 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

On the enterprise side, many AR headsets, from firms like RealWear and Microsoft, for on-site usage provide eye and hand-tracking features to optimize workplace operations and communications. Eye tracking technology continued to see growth in 2022 into 2023 for many key verticals, including healthcare, driver monitor systems (DMS), and more.

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Getting started with Augmented Reality (AR)

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Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world. Microsoft Hololens is a key player in the MR market. ARKit  — ARKit is one of the powerful AR SDK released by Apple on 2017 to build AR solutions using iOS devices.