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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.20): Meta to perform new layoffs, Google Glass to shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I still feel a lot tired because of the jet lag and the little sleep I had in Austin, but this is pretty normal, and in one week or such this feeling should go away. First of all, Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki has said that he thinks that PSVR 2 may sell more than the 5–6 million units that the original PSVR sold. I’m back in Italy!

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A decade later, this VR treadmill is finally ready to ship

TechCrunch VR

As free promotion for hardware startups go, one would be hard pressed to point to something better than a $175 million Spielberg film. “It Early versions of the Austin, Texas hardware startup’s product were on writer Ernest Cline’s radar well before the film’s pre-production began. It was actually Warner Bros.

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Beloved former Nintendo prez craps all over Facebook and the metaverse

Mashable VR

At this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, Fils-Aimé took the opportunity to completely unload on Mark Zuckerberg's social media conglomerate, now known as Meta, while speaking with Emily Chang of Bloomberg. ” It doesn't end there. He also says Facebook Portal , Meta's video calling device, "wasn't a big idea."

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2019 Was a Major Inflection Point for VR—Here’s the Proof

Road to VR

People tend to focus on headsets sales, which remains largely speculative as only Sony ever publicly discloses numbers. We believe this is thanks to the introduction of new hardware—Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S—as well as the launch of several exclusive hit games like Asgard’s Wrath and the continued success of Beat Saber.

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New VR Games & Releases July 2023: PSVR 2, Quest 2 & More

Upload VR

We saw many reveals between the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase and our own UploadVR Summer Showcase 2023 , alongside hardware announcements for both Meta Quest 3 and the long-awaited Apple Vision Pro. Battle Bows - July 13 (Quest, PC VR) Developed by Austin-based WIMO Games, Battle Bows tasks you with defending your castle from the Balloonies.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Despite the WSJ’s opinion that this tactic is a response to slower-than-expected sales, in February Sony disclosed that their sales numbers were on track to exceed their internal goal of 1M units in 6 months (and location-based activations were likely integrated into their strategy from the beginning). AMD Wants To Go Wireless.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Streaming services Netflix and Hulu have been in the VR space for a while (Netflix announced their app for Gear VR all the way back in the fall of 2015), and Sony-owned Crackle is attempting to catch up. THE STREAMING SERVICES BATTLE IT OUT IN VR: CRACKLE ANNOUNCES THEIR PLANS. raised last fall.

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