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ByteDance Files Pico 4 Patent Amid FCC Scandal

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Additionally, the Pheonix Pro model has eye and hand tracking support. Written for the CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, and the CEO of Alphabet Inc. ByteDance is not commenting on the Pheonix prototype’s status and is not confirming a release window. FCC Roadblocks & Controversy.

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Exploring the Future of VR Input Devices, Adoption Rates, Profitability, and Scalability

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Jan Goetgeluk, Virtuix’s Founder and CEO , spoke with XR Today in an exclusive chat, discussing how the firm is distributing and scaling the international availability of its Omni One product at a time when XR headset operators are looking for alternative methods of input, including eye tracking, hand tracking, and omni-treadmill technology.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.01): Meta still committed to the Metaverse, Jio launches Dive headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info News worth a mention (Image by Antonio De Rosa) Apple headset in the final sprint of production It couldn’t be an XR newsletter without a mention of the Apple headset! And this will be beneficial for everyone in the field. Going to the product page, I discovered the headset is dubbed Dive, and it… IS A MOBILE HEADSET.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.26): Facebook aims at the Metaverse, Quest 2 goes MR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

We have seen that hands tracking has enabled new kinds of experiences that we hadn’t even thought of before (think about the great experiments by Daniel Beauchamp ), and I’m sure that the same will happen with passthrough AR, too; Facebook is building a platform that will work for all future headsets.

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All you need to know on the Facebook Connect (OC7)

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For sure the announcement at FC and the release date in 2021 have been studied to put some pressure on Apple , which seems to be the only rival to Facebook for what concerns the AR future. Who decides what is legit and what not? And what about the ongoing training? Will something like that be done by Facebook as well?

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