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VR & AR 2018: A Year In Review

VRScout

If 2016 was the birth of modern VR/AR technology, than 2018 was its elementary school graduation. Major hardware releases, vast improvements to software, and various other integral advancements have quietly solidified VR & AR as viable, long-term technological platforms for years to come.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.11.21): OpenAI drama shakes the AI world, Unity enables Vision Pro development, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. I’ll try to summarize all of that, especially for what concerns the announcements related to our XR space.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.04): Apple to launch its headset, Meta unveils Quest 3 and many games, and more!

The Ghost Howls

For sure the headset won’t be only about games, but Apple is going to propose it as an extension of existing Apple devices. Quest 2 and Quest Pro are also getting a relevant performance boost (+26% CPU +19% GPU for Quest 2) thanks to a software update. There was even a pre-show in which they announced news about existing games.

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Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada

Road to VR

Haven’t been able to make it to any of the big gaming expos (or you don’t know anyone with the $3,000 AR headset)? Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. Chandler, Chandler Fashion Center. Vancouver, Pacific Centre.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.30): Quest 3 preview, XR journalists invited to WWDC, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

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Microsoft Presenting Easy-To-Use Virtual Reality Experience

VRWorld

Microsoft is trying to nudge laptop and deskbound computers to interact with the three-dimensional world. Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella, speaking last week at a conference hosted by technology news site GeekWire, said the company simply couldn’t compete effectively with its small market share in the global smartphone market.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.09): Qualcomm XR2 defines the future of XR, Magic Leap having tragic sales, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Let’s start this week with a bunch of cool news about the past week in AR and VR! The best news of the week has not been the release of a new fantastic VR headset or AR glass, but of a technology that will make a new generation of XR headsets possible: I’m talking about the XR2 chipset by Qualcomm. Goood Monday everyone!