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The XR Week Peek (2024.03.12): Apple aims at a $1500 Vision device, Plutosphere shuts down, and more

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Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple aims at a $1500 Vision device Let me tell you what have been the main pieces of news about the Vision Pro I’ve found this week. First of all, Apple has updated the runtime VisionOS to version 1.1, bringing many quality-of-life improvements. More info (VisionOS 1.1)

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ICYMI This Week: Star Wars, VRChat, Puzzling Places & More

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Apple Vision Pro 2 reportedly targets a late 2026 launch, over 50% of Fortune 100 companies are using Vision Pro, Tilt Five is on sale, and Quest 3 is nearly tied with Valve Index on SteamVR. New releases include Astra , Contractors Showdown , Nope Challenge , Agent Simulator , Smalland VR and Homeworld VR.

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Big XR News from Meta, Deloitte, Snap, and Virtuleap

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Next year, Apple will debut the Vision Pro following years of hype, and Microsoft will also start rolling out its industrial Metaverse services. Deloitte highlighted that organizations usually adopt a “simulation first” strategy before building facilities. The XR market may be experiencing a quiet before the storm.

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Austin’s Rapidly Growing VR Community

VRScout

Does Austin have the largest VR community outside of Los Angeles? Texas’ business incentives have attracted the attention of IBM, Motorola, Apple, and Indeed. The same rings true for Owlchemy Labs, the award winning studio behind Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality.

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Disney Opens Web3 Accelerator Programme

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The media giant has also invited select firms to operate from its Los Angeles-based coworking space for the beginning of its accelerator. FlickPlay is a social web3 application for Apple iOS that lets users explore an AR-elevated environment with geo-tagged interactive elements. Disney’s Class of 2022.

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The Latest Big News on SIGGRAPH 2023, NVIDIA, Varjo, Vicon, and Brilliant Labs

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Here are a few top takeaways from the event, complete with key summaries of what took place in California’s largest city, Los Angeles. Furthermore, the platform added several key application programme interfaces (APIs) like ChatUSD, RunUSD, DeepSearch, USD-GDN Publisher, and others to fully enhance the developer experience.

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The team behind Baidu’s first smart speaker is now using AI to make films

TechCrunch VR

To venture through rct’s immersive worlds, users wear a virtual reality headset and control their simulated self via voice. Or Apple, which designs its own devices to carry out superior software experience,” explained Ma. ” The Beijing and Los Angeles-based startup isn’t content with just making the software.

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