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Apple Jacks up iPhone and iPad Prices in Japan

GizModo VR

Apple products in Japan are becoming more expensive. Prices of the smartphone have been rising with the launch of new models, but this price hike in Japan seems to have affected even older generations of iPhones as the value of the Yen has… Read more.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook Reality Labs creates a group focused on working on the “metaverse”. Zuckerberg said last week that he wants in 5 years Facebook to become a “metaverse company” and this week he started taking action in this sense: he has created a group in the company focused on “building the metaverse”. In Japan, the number is around 80K.

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Jack Daniel’s, IW Group Honour Hip Hop with Spatial Metaverse

XR Today - Virtual Reality

XR Today is honoured to interview Keenan Harris, Brand Director, Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey and Telly Wong, Chief Content Officer, IW Group to discuss the two company’s collaboration on The Verse. The company has worked with Disney, Warner Bros, Apple TV, Netflix, Wells Fargo, Sony Pictures, Walmart, and many others.

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Report: Meta & LG’s Rumored Vision Pro Competitor Set to Launch in Early 2025

Road to VR

According to a report from South Korean outlet The Korea Economic Daily (Korean), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be in-country this week to finalize a deal with LG regarding a previously rumored competitor to Apple Vision Pro, which is reportedly set to be jointly built by the two companies for release in early 2025.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.12.06): Apple headset delayed, Gorilla Tag on the Quest Store, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple headset may have been delayed again. A new week, a new set of rumors about the upcoming Apple Reality One, the most awaited headset in the history of XR. This week we got to know that Apple has just rebranded the operating system of the upcoming device from RealityOS (or rOS) to xrOS. Top news of the week. Image by Sony).

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Defining a Tech Cycle and Where Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Stand

ARPost

Many leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google are investing billions into developing these technologies. In a particularly interesting case, there is a business in Japan that offers first-class flights and vacationing to any location using VR. I am not the only one who has identified this trend.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.20): Samsung to change its XR plans, Upload made a cool showcase, and more!

The Ghost Howls

We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening. Learn more (Join The Survey) Listen to me and Gian Gianluigi Perrone invited me to his MindCathedral Youtube channel to speak about the Apple Vision Pro.

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