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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!

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T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. Almalence plans to license this technology to headsets manufacturers.

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How to choose an LBVR product?

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VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. The cost appears to be around $90k in the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia. . The full-body tracking brings the idea to the maximum. Seated VR: hand tracking games, movies and simulators.

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Editorial: VR Devs Fended For Themselves At Gamescom 2023

Upload VR

Read our hands-on impressions here: UploadVR Harry Baker Australia-based studio Toast Interactive are finally branching out from planks to platformers with Max Mustard , a Moss or Astro Bot-like experience melding third and first person gameplay together with a hefty squeeze of charm on top.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.08.25): Lots of new VR content previewed, Sony acquires Insomniac, Matrix 4 in the works and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Google releases an opensource library for hand tracking. Google has released opensource a library for tracking your hands on a mobile device. The solution is part of Mediapipe, the framework to create machine-learning-based solutions , and offers 21-points hand tracking on your mobile phone.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.11.11): Cardboard becomes opensource, HoloLens 2 and nreal shipping and much more!

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Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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Top XR Stories of 2019

Tech Trends VR

Since then, Facebook has continued to roll out new features such as native hand tracking and Oculus Link , which allows users to experience PC VR HMD quality on the standalone headset. Google Ends the Daydream. In fact, the device sold out at retailers such as Amazon, Walmart and Newegg.