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Samsung Losing Ground In VR/AR Due To ‘Obsession’ With Foldable Tech

VRScout

Recent market data indicates that the VR/AR market is set to skyrocket over the next several years. This past November the company invested in the California-based XR glasses manufacturer DigiLens. The Android-based device received mixed reception ahead of its release later that same year. Samsung Galaxy Fold / Image Credit: Samsung.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.30): Quest 3 preview, XR journalists invited to WWDC, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This will be a newsletter written on the road: I’ve prepared the material in Italy, I’m currently writing these words from the Frankfurt airport (Germany), I will keep writing on the plane across the ocean and I will finalize everything in Sunnyvale (California, USA). So let’s dig into them. But that’s just a speculation of mine.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.11): CES had some interesting XR announcements, new rumors on Apple and Meta, and more!

The Ghost Howls

My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. Intel Vaunt was canceled for risks involving data privacy. The team was composed of more than 300 people. What a true pity.

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How Are US Regulators Affecting Big Tech’s XR Plans?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Attorney generals from eight states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia—have joined the litigation. California’s AG Rob Bonta said that the company’s advertising practices had “stifled creativity in a space where innovation is crucial.” billion USD deal.

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Kevin Williams: LBVR is not dead, it is rising again

The Ghost Howls

As you would expect, hard data is a commodity that many are after, and sadly I have to keep this for our paying clients. The market is at best 50% reopening , and we have seen the continued shutdown of California. Data by Virtuix shows that LBVR is growing again after the lockdown (Image by Virtuix).

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Facebook steps into cloud gaming — and another feud with Apple

TechCrunch VR

Rubin, who co-founded the game development studio Naughty Dog in 1994 before it was acquired by Sony in 2001, has been at Facebook since he joined Oculus months after its 2014 acquisition was announced. ” Facebook VP of Play Jason Rubin. Image via Facebook. Virginia and West Virginia.

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Meta, IBM Rally XR Community for Global AI Alliance

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Also, institutions like Cornell University, Imperial College London, Boston University and Harvard University’s MOC Alliance, University of California Berkeley, University of Notre Dame, University of Illinois, University of Tokyo, Yale University and many more have joined the alliance.

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