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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!

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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. Sony’s entertainment assets have huge potential in the metaverse area.”

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

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The different wearable (body) options are demonstrated by our wooden friend below, showing the high degree of precision that is possible given enough Vive trackers and USB bandwidth: (Image by Rob Cole). I had fond memories of using a Vive-tracked gun in co-operative Arizona Sunshine at a VR Arcade some years ago, and left it at that!