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Update: Fitness-focused ‘HTC Vive Air’ Is Just a Concept

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The original article remains unaltered below for the sake of clarity. Original Article (8:30 AM ET): According to the page, the headset is called ‘Vive Air’ and is set to launch to consumers in Asia, Europe, and North America sometime this year. Is this the headset HTC is set to show off?

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Apple TV Store Now Lists 3D Movies In Preparation For Vision Pro Launch

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We've reached out to Apple to ask about this and will update the article if we get a response. Meta (then Facebook) used to offer 3D movie rental and purchase for US-based owners of Oculus Rift, Gear VR, and Oculus Go through an app called Oculus Video, but it shut down the service around the launch of Oculus Quest.

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The Headset Manufacturers Making the Best AR and VR Accessories

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Oculus sells battery packs and prescription lenses for the Quest. For more on how VIVE’s VR accessories help them compete with other headset manufacturers, read the entry on them in our article on competition for Varjo headsets. While this article was being written, DigiLens did just that. Lenovo ThinkReality A3.

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Palmer’s Post-Oculus Interview, Part 3: Neural Links, Recorded Memories, & Revolutionizing VR, Again

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Having founded Oculus in 2012 and been an important face for the company throughout its growth from fledgling startup to $2 billion acquisition by Facebook and beyond, it was a shock to see Palmer Luckey leave the company just two months ago. Palmer Luckey, circa 2012 | Photo courtesy Oculus. Palmer Luckey: I also think so.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

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Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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Oculus Link PC Specifications Confirmed for Oculus Quest

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Oculus Link has finally arrived today, giving Oculus Quest owners the opportunity to connect the wireless head-mounted display (HMD) to a compatible PC and play awesome videogames like Stormland. Oculus says: “Keep in mind, if you don’t see your card listed we can’t guarantee compatibility at this time.”

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MIKE HIGHLIGHTS // VR Engineer?—?Alex Silkin

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He has been working in VR development since 2012, prior to the release of the first modern VR consumer headset, the Oculus Rift. They wanted to hack together a head mounted display using off the shelf parts and planned to create a coop pirate ship VR game to run on this contraption. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.