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Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro: A Tale of Two Headsets

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Both Apple and Meta revealed highly anticipated headsets in the last seven days. Meta’s seemingly hasty announcement of the Quest 3 seems to have been timed to come out before Apple’s announcement of the Vision Pro. Apple reported over 10 million pixels per eye, but did not release familiar resolution metrics or field-of-view.

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ManoMotion Introduces Apple ARKit Hand Gesture Support

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Developers will soon be able to integrate hand gesture control into their projects on the ARKit platform, no extra hardware needed. The industry has seen the release of not one, but two powerful AR platforms , support from a wide variety of developers, and some of the coolest immersive experiences of the year.

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#ICYMI: XR Today’s Big News Show on the Apple Vision Pro

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The Apple Vision Pro has made sensational headlines across global media outlets, leading to renewed interest in virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) technologies. In a recent Big News episode, five professionals from the XR industry shared their insights on the implications of such content.

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AR Smart Glasses: Expert Roundtable

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XR devices are all over the headlines this month; the release of the Apple Vision Pro has brought spatial computing/mixed reality wearables to the forefront of emerging workplace and consumer-based digital solutions. This aids collaboration and productivity between staff on – and off-site.

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Big XR News from Ready Player Me, Lenovo, Meta, and Xiaomi

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These included an ongoing row with Apple over advertising and privacy upgrades, regional and transnational restrictions on data and adverts and a spike in overhead costs of 22 percent. Meta’s workforce could see a 13 percent slash in its headcount, following initial cuts of 11,000 workers in November last year.

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How Will Xiaomi’s AR Smart Glasses Square Up with Rivals?

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With Qualcomm’s industry-leading Snapdragon Spaces platform , Xiaomi can also develop programmes on OpenXR and Microsoft’s MRTK toolkit. Regarding hand tracking, Xiaomi’s latest AR smart glasses boast micro gesture controls, leading to enhanced human-computer interfacing (HCI) capabilities.

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Top 6 Use Cases for XR in Gaming

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Let’s take a look at some of the top use cases for XR in the gaming industry today. As hyper-realistic avatars become more common and people become more immersed in digital communities, we’ll see the focus on Metaverse applications for the gaming industry increase. 1. B2B Experiences and Education. 5. Hybrid and Virtual Events.

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