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The XR Week Peek (2023.01.16): Meta discontinues Quest 1, Apple HMD is in the hand of developers, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Some selected developers have received the Apple headset. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who is considered a reliable reporter about Apple, claimed that “a small number of high-profile software developers” have already received the Apple mixed reality headset to start developing content for it. Other relevant news.

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Spatial Beats: Facebook, Nreal & More Metaverse Hype

AR Insider

This week, we look at the ongoing proliferation of the metaverse as a buzzword and construct for spatial computing’s future. In an unhinged rant worthy of Rudy Guiliani, Cramer explained the metaverse is made by Unity, before correcting himself and crediting Nvidia instead. Rec Room Launches Android App.

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SpectreXR Joins HTC VIVE Developer Partner Program

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

More on HTC VIVE’s Developer Partner Program HTC VIVE designed its Developer Partner Program to scale and promote the construction of immersive solutions for enterprise end-users. There may also be integration for Apple’s Vision Pro because SpectreXR leverages Unity, the same SDK behind Apple’s interactive XR content.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.05): Facebook to have $6B of losses for the VR business, investments in XR are on the rise, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The first interesting forecast is about the number of sold Oculus Quest 2 headsets. This could have had also a ripple effect in VR, where the company had to be more careful in its actions, especially its deep integration between Oculus and Facebook services. Unity releases free guide on mobile development optimization.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.04): Big tech companies perform budget cuts, Mojo tests its smart contact lens in-eye, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Of course for some ad-based tech companies, the current economic situation is not the only problem, but there is another big one which is Apple and its new privacy features embedded into iOS. The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Especially Apple, which everyone is waiting for. Other relevant news.

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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

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Apple headset may be very lightweight. Top news of the week.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.12): HTC and Pico are ready to launch new VR headsets, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This week has been pretty crazy: It all started with Facebook approving my silly The Unity Cube application (an application with just a cube) on App Lab. score on the Oculus App Lab now. In the meanwhile, if you can, go giving 5 stars to the cube on App Lab … who knows if Facebook may consider promoting it on the main Oculus Store….

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