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The XR Week Peek (2024.02.06): Apple ships the Vision Pro, Meta had record revenues, and more!

The Ghost Howls

My feed on social media is full of posts about the Apple Vision Pro, which has just been released a few days ago. So, as you can expect, a big part of this newsletter will be about Apple’s device, but actually there are also a few interesting pieces of news that regard other products and other companies.

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Spatial Beats: Apple, HTC & Niantic

AR Insider

This week, the Epic/Apple saga continues, HTC doubles down on enterprise AR Niantic enters the AR platform race, and Spatial leans in to NFTs. Let’s dive in… Apple – Epic Smackdown, part deux. As the trial drags on, Epic’s case against Apple may be losing its edge. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.26): WMR gets discontinued, Meta to showcase an impressive AR prototype, and more!

The Ghost Howls

PS Remember that there is an ongoing giveaway of physical copies of the Sam&Max game for PSVR for all people in North America! More info Quest Pro can now track your tongue In version 60 of its SDKs for Unity and native code, Meta has added the functionality of detecting how much you are pulling out your tongue.

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What Does the XR Industry Think about Apple’s Vision Pro?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.13): Horizon Worlds is now in open beta, Among Us VR is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Apple headset may be very lightweight. Top news of the week.

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AWE 2022 Day Two: The Floor Opens. Talks on Interoperability, Hardware, and Software

ARPost

Demos on the AWE floor included more intimate recordings and video calls with loved ones, as well as a game built for 2D but ported in through a Unity SDK. Last year at AWE , our inside guy for Vuzix news was North America Director of Sales, Brian Calus. We see that as a necessary stepping stone to the metaverse.”.

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A 2020 XR Year-In-Review, with MetaVRse' Alan & Julie Smithson, and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year. And Apple also earlier this year acquired NextVR, which-- that company has all the licensing rights to real-time capture in 360 of NASCAR, and NBA, and all of the other sports. Golf, I think. everything. That was a year ago.