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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.11): Meta Quest 3 ships now, a cheaper model may come in 2024… and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info Meta lays off people working on its custom chips An unconfirmed rumor unveiled that Meta is laying off people working on its “custom silicon for wearables team”, that is the team working on Meta’s custom chips. Plus this headset had many delays and now it can’t compete on the consumer side with the Quest 3 that has just launched.

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Is this a First-Look at Meta’s Next Headset?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

More recently, in a University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences speaker session, Meta representative and Director of Display System Research at Reality Labs Douglas Lanman claimed that his firm has worked on a prototype device called Mirror Lake that improves immersion levels.

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

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This approach could promote XR education, allow potential buyers to adopt the hardware, and assist customers in showing the productivity benefits of MR headsets. Using holocake [lens], using multi-view eye tracking, using reverse passthrough, with hardware components that exsist. –

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Microsoft Presenting Easy-To-Use Virtual Reality Experience

VRWorld

” The hardware that does typically pack rear-facing cameras — smartphones and tablets — is almost always powered by Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android, rather than Windows. VR Games like Arizona Sunshine and Superhot VR are available today, alongside a Halo Recruit VR experience. Apps like Littlstar and Sliver.TV

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Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 2: Setup, Props, and Full Body Virtual Reality

The Ghost Howls

On the Vive tracker this seems to be related to power management whilst on other hardware like Index controllers it’s mainly related to finger tracking and grip sensors. GREEN: Firmware (“embedded” programs in hardware). I’ve broken different areas into colors to make it easier to understand: (Image by Rob Cole).

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Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

XR for Business Podcast

You still see it on the hardware, software, and interaction side. On the hardware side, if you set up a high-end VR experience, it would have a freaking bloody big PC. It’s the same with hardware partners. We’ve done a lot of support for new hardware makers; some of them are unfortunately no longer here.

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Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

XR for Business Podcast

You still see it on the hardware, software, and interaction side. On the hardware side, if you set up a high-end VR experience, it would have a freaking bloody big PC. It’s the same with hardware partners. We’ve done a lot of support for new hardware makers; some of them are unfortunately no longer here.