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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.24): Apple opens applications for Vision Pro devkits, Meta may stop the production of Quest Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.22): Sony reveals PSVR2 controllers, FRL shows the wristband of the future, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The shape of the controllers is slightly different than the one of the Oculus Touch, though, and there is a ring that surrounds the wrist of the user. There is also “finger-tracking” a la Valve Index , but just for the thumb, index, and middle finger (so, it is more a la Oculus Touch). Nreal Light is on sale in Germany.

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

The Ghost Howls

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. VR people think that this may mean that Facebook may have to remove its mandatory Facebook login, also because other countries (like Germany) are raising similar concerns.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.11.11): Cardboard becomes opensource, HoloLens 2 and nreal shipping and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Is Apple partnering with Valve on AR? A report by DigiTimes claims that Apple is partnering with Valve for the production of its AR glasses. The news would be incredible: Apple is a company that knows how to create something usable and cool to see, while Valve has a long expertise in experimenting with AR and VR.

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Meta Connect 2022 Mega Roundup: ALL you need to know in one single article!

The Ghost Howls

It can be pre-ordered on the Meta website and will ship from October, 25th in all the 22 countries where Quest 2 is already shipping (sorry, still no Germany, then). Unless Apple kills it, of course… Productivity ecosystem. Adobe to bring its apps on Quest Pro (Upload VR) All work-related updates of Meta Connect (Oculus blog).

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The VRScout Report – Altspace Shuts Down & Disney Resorts Get The Void

VRScout

This new metaverse is from Linden Lab, the same company that built Second Life– and they clearly have taken learnings from that open world to Sansar: namely, monetization opportunities for creators. The company was originally known as Vrse, and you probably know co-founder and CEO Chris Milk as the empathy machine guy.

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Letting Workers Qualify Themselves in AR, with AR Expert’s Dr. Björn Schwerdtfeger

XR for Business Podcast

I have Dr. Björn Schwerdtfeger from Germany. And among other things, his company, AR Experts, is advising about a third of Germany’s most important production companies, and is shaping their augmented reality roadmaps. You can learn more about them at ar-experts.de. At least in Germany, we face a problem.

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