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The XR Week Peek (2024.02.27): Meta reported to release Quest Pro 2 in 2025, Apple Vision Pro affected by the crackgate, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The hype for the Apple Pro is starting to deflate and it is possible to see that from some cues: for instance, there are more critics of the headset and fewer articles are talking about it. So at the beginning of next year, we may have huge players like Apple, Google, and Meta battling for the high-end XR sector.

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The other DWI: Driving while immersed

TechCrunch VR

Jeremy Bailenson Contributor Share on Twitter Jeremy Bailenson is founding director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and author of “Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do.” I believe that putting virtual reality headsets in cars will kill people.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.25): Pico 5 to come in three models, Quest 3 is launching, and more!

The Ghost Howls

At the end of the day, I understand that Unity needs to monetize more because the economic conditions are s**t and Apple is killing its Unity Ads cash cow with its privacy shield. It features 11,000 movies and 4600 TV shows to choose from , including new blockbusters like Indiana Jones 5 or Guardians of the Galaxy 3.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.13): Ray-Ban Stories get launched, Lynx R1 to come for $499, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook has always had the problem of distribution of its hardware (Apple has its stores, for instance, Facebook has not), and with this partnership, it immediately has the opportunity to showcase this and its future devices in all glasses shops thanks to Luxottica. Apple Event is tomorrow 14th September. Other relevant news.

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Exclusive interview and footage about “Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual”!

The Ghost Howls

For sure Apple, Facebook, and Google have to invest in this technology because the sales of the smartphones are declining, and they need something new. We were free to come up with almost anything if people liked it, even as we began making Star Wars and Indiana Jones games.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

The Ghost Howls

Do you have a passion for ancient history and virtual reality? Lately, this incredible work has been ported to virtual reality and so you are able to live the ancient Rome as if you were there. Rome Reborn aims at reconstructing the whole Ancient Rome in Virtual Reality (Image by Flyover Zone Productions).