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The XR Week Peek (2022.09.12): Meta Quest Pro leaked, Snap working on future Spectacles, and more!

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So Snap is a company to keep an eye on for what concerns glasses, and it is cool that is working on a new version of its hardware. The Australia-based startup hopes to ship its first production run starting in April 2023, which includes a batch of 2,000 units. Spectacles are also the only AR glasses out there that can be used outdoors.

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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

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Honestly speaking, this research by IDC has been sponsored by Facebook, so it is a bit like if I published a survey organized by me saying that I’m sexier than Hugh Jackman and Henry Cavill… it is not much reliable. The COVID-19 crisis has made many companies realize how AR and VR can be a fundamental tool for smart working (e.g.

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Jeremy Bailenson talks about 1,000,000 Walmart employees training with VR, presence, and the VR “empathy machine”

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I learned how to build hardware because back in the late ’90s, we weren’t using beautiful inside-out tracking systems. There was a lot of hardware work. You were really there building hardware and using very low frame, low-resolution headsets. Or Unreal if that’s your language. I learned how to do the coding.

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