The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. Oculus is working on 2nd gen VR.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

According to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, HTC will halt trading of its stock as of September 21st, pending an unknown announcement from the company, reports Bloomberg. SEE ALSO HTC Says Vive Price Drop Wasn't a Reaction to Oculus. SEE ALSO HTC Vive Gets Major Price Cut, Now $600.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. Oculus Quest gets v29 update. For us developers, there is also now the possibility of opening WebXR links easily from the PC by writing their URLs in the Oculus Developer Hub. Top news of the week. Image by Snap).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

To make you understand how these features are incredible, Qualcomm has stated that “the [XR2] reference design has 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement compared to our current widely adopted XR platform [the Oculus Quest ]”. Image by Microsoft). News worth a mention.

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