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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.16): Apple prepares the launch of Vision Pro, Sony announces MR headset, and much more!

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After the announcement of the release date of the Apple Vision Pro, the whole community is just waiting for its preorders to open up this Friday. The headset will be sold in physical stores and on the Apple website. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple has only 60–80K units available at this time , so most likely they’ll go sold out.

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Big XR News from Meta, HaptX, Siemens, and Apple

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Meta is committed to its immersive product portfolio and has recently released significant hardware and software updates just before the report’s release. Additionally, Meta is releasing a limited-edition Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, exclusively for the Scuderia Ferrari colourway in Miami 2024. Apple WWDC ’24 to be an XR Showcase?

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Mirrorscape’s ARcana Gaming Platform to Tap Snapdragon Spaces

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The Los Angeles-based firm boasts a team of veteran technologists from SONY, Apple, Disney, Marvel Studios, and others. Qualcomm and the Snapdragon AR2 Platform The news comes after XR Today interviewed Vogelsang on the sidelines of the Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami. Mirrorscape also plans to demo it at conferences in the future.

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First Look at Meta’s New Smart Glasses Design

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Moreover, Meta is also introducing a limited-edition Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, exclusively for the Scuderia Ferrari colourway in Miami 2024. In contrast, Apple has established a closed ecosystem to support its spatial computing vision, while Meta takes an open approach. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

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Meta Reality Labs is Relying on AI to Ensure Smart Glasses Success

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In contrast, the firm’s Reality Labs research and development division continues to record monetary losses; Meta remains committed to its immersive product portfolio, releasing significant hardware and software updates just days before yesterday’s call. Meta reported a Q1 total revenue of $36.5

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IGS 2022 Miami: XR Today Expert Round Table

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The Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 took place in Miami 5 to 7 December, and concluded its final days in the sunny backdrop of Miami Beach’s historic Fontainebleu Hotel. Artists previously used very expensive hardware and software to create digital assets, namely with delayed throughput.

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Building Character: Didimo Expands Popul8 Gen AI Partnerships

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The Porto, Portugal-based company and attendee of the Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami will announce further partnerships in due course. This also includes Amazon Polly, Mixamo, Apple’s ARKit, and many more. It also uses batch content creation and editing to permit users to command hundreds of characters for immersive spaces.

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