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Report: Meta & LG’s Rumored Vision Pro Competitor Set to Launch in Early 2025

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Douglas Lanman, Senior Director of Display Systems at Reality Labs Research, held a guest lecture at the University of Arizona late last year wherein he talked at length about his own (re: not Meta’s) next-gen ‘Mirror Lake’ headset prototype.

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New VR Games & Releases December 2023: PSVR 2, Quest, SteamVR & More

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After some new VR games in December 2023? Following a stacked October with roughly 50 Quest 3 launch games , things didn't slow down with the holidays fast approaching. Right now, these are all the big upcoming VR games reaching Quest , PC VR, Pico and PSVR 2 in December 2023. We've rounded up our latest monthly highlights.

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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

The service offered users the possibility of playing PCVR games on their Quest via cloud streaming, paying a price between $1 and $3 per hour. According to the first reviewers, the experience with it may have varied, but it was in general a pretty good one, having similar performances to a local streamed game with Virtual Desktop.

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Firewall Ultra Gets Developer Walkthrough Trailer, But Release Date Remains Elusive

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During the Future Games Show , First Contact Entertainment released a Firewall Ultra developer presentation trailer hosted by Community Manager, Frank Marm. We've taken full advantage of the hardware, utilizing eye tracking, haptics in both the controllers and headset, trigger resistance," he confirms, outlining Ultra's core mechanics.

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

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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. There is no face or eye tracking.

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One Year In, Has PlayStation VR2 Failed, Or Is Sony Just Getting Started?

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Plugging in one USB-C cable is, in my opinion, a reasonable trade-off for high-end VR gaming. The OLED display looks great, we've seen great uses for eye-tracking, while adaptive triggers and haptic feedback support take immersion a step further. Every gaming platform needs a steady stream of titles to keep players invested.

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Big XR News from Pico, Apple, Meta, and OEP

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With the impending rise of the rebranded industrial Metaverse and the potential mainstream adoption of MR headsets, XR may finally reach its breakthrough moment outside the gaming market. In addition, Pico has halted the development of its Beat Saber rival and Ubisoft-hosted Just Dance VR game. But we are getting closer.

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