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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

Mine was planned to ship today, so I guess that tomorrow I will do an unboxing video! 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. Wait, what???

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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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Cult bus simulator “Desert Bus” is now available in VR

VRWorld

It lets you experience what it’s like to be at the helm of the action, driving all the way from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada, in real time. Yes, that’s right, now you can have all the thrill of an eight-hour bus trip with no breaks in VR.

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

XR for Business Podcast

The Passthrough cameras especially, because if you look at the whole AR thing, and especially the wearables, the headsets — think about Hololens and Magic Leap — I see the utility factor of where they are. They can make videos. It’s the same in Arizona in summer. They can make images. Those kind of things.

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

XR for Business Podcast

The Passthrough cameras especially, because if you look at the whole AR thing, and especially the wearables, the headsets — think about Hololens and Magic Leap — I see the utility factor of where they are. They can make videos. It’s the same in Arizona in summer. They can make images. Those kind of things.