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Study Finds 120fps Is The "Important Threshold" To Avoid VR Sickness

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A recent study concluded that 120fps is the "important threshold" to avoid VR sickness for most people. A Pimax 5K Super was used for the study because it supports up to 180Hz refresh rate, the highest of any headset on the market. Valve Index even supports a 144Hz mode, and the Pimax 5K Plus used in the study supports 180Hz.

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

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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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Apple Period-Tracking Data Powers Large New Study on Menstrual Health

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A large study of women who use Apple products to track their periods might provide some insights about a common but still barely understood menstrual condition. On Monday, Harvard researchers released the latest preliminary update from their Apple Women’s Health Study.

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Apple Study Affirms That Women Do in Fact Have Cramps During Their Periods

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Apple added period-tracking to the iOS Health app and launched a clinical study into women’s health back in 2019. Now, the Apple Women’s Health Study team has some preliminary data that affirms that, yes, there is an incredible variety of period symptoms suffered by menstruating people worldwide. Read more.

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Editorial: Apple Vision Pro is a mix of innovation, and year-2016 VR, for a hefty price. But…

The Ghost Howls

I just watched the full keynote of Apple at WWDC , where the company in Cupertino announced the Apple VisionPro headset. UX : Can Apple make XR usable? Use cases : Can Apple make XR useful? Partnership : Who’s onboard with Apple in this journey? Terms : Will Apple invent new words to define XR?

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

The Ghost Howls

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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Case Study: Purina’s AR Ad Sees High-Reach Results

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To continue the narrative and “show rather than tell,” part II of that report features case studies that map to various stages of the consumer purchase funnel. Picking up where we left off last week in looking at GREAT’s Shoes AR ad campaign, we’ll move on to the next case study: Purina. What are the results they’re achieving?