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The XR Week Peek (2020.12.28): Flight Simulator VR released, a new hack lets you use Quest without Facebook, and more!

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It is the final newsletter of the year, so… see you in 2021, a new year that I hope will be filled with many interesting news about immersive realities! Microsoft Flight Simulator releases VR patch. It turns out that Flight Simulator hasn’t been much optimized for VR, and the result is that many people are having terrible performances.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.16): Meta teases Cambria, Google shows new AR features, and more!

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Image by Google). Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. At Google I/O, no executive of the company has talked about the M-word, but they have anyway showed interesting AR updates, which will be relevant for our future M-world. Another cool announcement has been the one of Immersive View for Google Maps.

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Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality: Understanding 6 Key Differences

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Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are technologies that overlay or replace physical environments with virtual content. While AR enhances surroundings by incorporating digital components into live view, VR is an experience that replaces the actual world with a computer-generated simulation. percent up to 2028.

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Getting started with Augmented Reality (AR)

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Augmented reality is a technology that allows us to superimpose digital information into the real-world environment. In this article, we will discuss on augmented reality. Image credits SCAND Blog Virtual Reality (VR)  — It teleports the user into a completely immersive world that replaces the physical world.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.19): Quest 2 adds Air Link and Resident Evil 4, Pico and HTC are ready to launch, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Oculus). The other bombshell news is that Resident Evil 4 is coming to the Oculus Quest 2. On April, 21st, Oculus will host its first Gaming Showcase , with news on ‘Lone Echo II’, ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’, and many other titles. Top news of the week. Facebook announces Wi-Fi streaming and Resident Evil 4 for Quest.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.08): Quest Gaming Showcase to come on June 1, Zappar shows Zapbox cheap AR headset, and more!

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T he event will be presented by Oculus Studios Executive Producer Ruth Bram like last year, but introduce new pre-event and post-event sessions. Zapbox is basically a plastic cardboard for augmented reality Zappar is working on since many years. A wand with a dedicated pattern on it is used as the 6DOF controller.

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When to Use Virtual Reality (VR) Instead of Augmented Reality (AR)?

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There are some obvious big differences in AR & VR — Augmented Reality (AR) is still largely phone-based, mainly used for placing CGI objects over real-time video, and requires an always-on, strong internet connection. The Oculus Go and Oculus Quest, by comparison, have a 90+ degree FOV.