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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.04): Varjo announces XR-4 headset, Quest 2 sells much more than Quest 3, and more!

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More info (Varjo launches XR-4 headset) More info (Varjo’s launch on Road To VR) More info (Varjo opens up waiting list for consumers) Other relevant news Quest 3 is selling well, but Quest 2 much better Quest 3 sales are not going bad, and the headset, after Black Friday , has now already 5% of the shares of devices on the SteamVR survey.

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How scientists find the big asteroids that can threaten Earth

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Specialized telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and beyond have spotted around 95 percent of the behemoths one kilometer (0.6 There are a lot of those out there waiting to be discovered," Larry Denneau, one of the researchers who heads the ATLAS survey, or Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, told Mashable. Credit: ATLAS.

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‘Beat Saber’ Ranks Among Steam’s Top Sellers in 2019

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That’s a pretty big feat considering the comparatively smaller install base of SteamVR headsets on the platform, which according to the latest Steam hardware survey accounts for only a little over one percent of total players using Steam. Arizona Sunshine (2016). Beat Saber (2018). Blade & Sorcery (2018). Boneworks (2019).

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If a scary asteroid will actually strike Earth, here's how you'll know

Mashable VR

In stark contrast, a larger asteroid (some 100 to 170 feet wide) survived the atmospheric plummet and left a 600-foot-deep crater in Arizona 50,000 years ago. "A The Meteor Crater in Arizona. The Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS) atop Maui surveys the sky and detects new NEOs. Credit: USGS.

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Astronomer captures image of the huge mile-wide asteroid (safely) passing Earth

Mashable VR

You need to know what's coming, when it's coming, and how hard it's going to hit," Eric Christensen, the director of the NEO-seeking Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona, recently told Mashable. If astronomers find them, then we can prepare and move out of the way if an impact becomes imminent.

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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 Steam VR stats have been pretty negative in September The Steam hardware survey for September 2023 was very negative for VR. VR users were in September 1.60% of total, down from 1.92% in August … -16% in one month.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.11.01 + 2023.11.08): Pico performs layoffs, Nimo announces AR glasses, and more!

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More info (Meta’s losses in 2023) More info (Meta expecting even higher losses in 2024) Quest 3 enters the Steam chart at 0.15% Meta Quest 3 appeared for the first time in Steam’s Hardware Survey, with a 0.15% share of the market. I particularly liked it.

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