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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.11): Samsung headset delayed, Apple cheaper Vision delayed, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. It’s been another interesting week in immersive realities, so let’s see what happened in our field in the past few days!

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.27): Samsung may be working on a new headset, Half-Life: Alyx will ship on time and much more!

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Image by Samsung, taken from Upload VR). Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. A recent filing at the Chinese IP offices makes us speculate on a new PC VR headset in the works by Samsung. That said, let’s have a look at this interesting week in AR and VR. Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

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A new FCC listing appears for an HTC Vive headset. And in fact, a new request to FCC for a new device has arrived from HTC. FCC certifications are requested before releasing an electronic device in the US (to certify that it is safe to be used), so this is a clear sign that HTC is going to release a new headset soon.

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Editorial: This VR cycle may take more time than expected

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In this article, I’m going to tell you all the thoughts I had. The new “Autumn” of VR If you’ve read some of my articles this year, you know I’m defining this moment as an “Autumn” for virtual reality. Plus there is this sense of perceived “stasis” of the technology.

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HTC Vive Pro headset to be priced at $800 / €879, preorders starting today

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And you’ve read everything in the title of this article: $800 (€879 here in Italy) for having only the new headset , the “upgrade-kit” that you can use with your existing base stations and controllers. The pre-orders will start today , even if at the time of writing they are not started yet.

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Analysis: Meta opens up its walled garden to become the Android of XR

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Until today, I believed that Meta was in a very difficult position this year, because on one side the launch of the Apple Vision Pro put Meta’s dominant position in the market at risk; and on the other side, Google re-entering the field with an Android XR operating system and Samsung as its partner, was a real threat, as well.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

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Some of them have been brainstormed with Lorenzo Cappannari with whom I wrote an article a few months ago and who I thank for the collaboration ). These new headsets have hybrid virtual and mixed reality features, natural interactions and come at a high price : Vision Pro costs $3500 and the Samsung headset is rumored to be around $2000.

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