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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.13): AltspaceVR shuts down, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The last days of AltspaceVR have seen many events happening in the platform where people said farewell not only to the platform, but also to the communities and the groups they were part of. Now all these groups of people do not have a house anymore: some of them will migrate to other social VR platforms (e.g.

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Editorial Rant: Yet Another Bullsh*t Article About the “Metaverse” by Canadian Business Magazine (And Why All Metaverse Companies Are in Danger of a Big, Negative Backlash)

Ryan Schultz

) to stay away from what seems to be an unending litany of bad news lately, but last night I slipped up and opened the Apple News app on my trusty iPad, which promptly spit up the article which is the topic of today’s cranky editorial. (It’s Already, at the very beginning of the article, I am ready to tear my hair out.

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2024 Game Development Trends: Opportunities & Challenges

Building the Metaverse

Visit: Game Development Trends in2024: Crisis and Opportunity Here is what I cover in my recent substack article: ? This Game is Fun, Bro” — the divide between the mainstream gaming markets and what vocal groups claim on social media; the importance of a great game. ? But what can teams do to navigate the next year? ?

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Training Professionals: Take Control of Your VR Content?—?Motive.io

ARVR

If you count yourself among that group, you need tools that you can use. Developers build everything in Unity or Unreal, including all training modules. The only path would be for you to become a Unity or Unreal developer. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. The developers code and create that content in Unity or Unreal.

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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

The article talked about a headset shipping without controllers and aiming at the sweet price point of $200. As for the review, since I’m crunching these weeks, probably I will just write a quick hands-on article and delay a more detailed review for next month.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Honor to all the other countries, some of them probably deserved more than us, but I think Italy won because we were a true team, a group of people that supported each other for a goal they craved to reach. Facebook, instead, has just added Harry Potter-inspired group filters for its Portal device. Amazon Lumberyard becomes opensource.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Reading the article excited me a bit, because when an experienced VR journalist says that something impressed him, well, I know that thing is super cool for real Vicon , which is a leading company in mocap systems, showcased for the first time its markerless mocap tool.

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