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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It is very interesting that because of this recall, Facebook shared some data about how many facemasks were affected : it says 4M in the United States, around 170K in Canada. Sony has sold 10M PS5 worldwide. So he said that if you want to attach to it an Oculus Quest, technically you can. In Japan, the number is around 80K.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Sony). The HoloLens 2 Development Edition will become available in 10 additional countries by the end of the year: Canada, Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Italy. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. Top news of the week. News worth a mention.

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Facebook Buys Asgard’s Wrath Developer Sanzaru Games

Peter Graham

Last year virtual reality (VR) developer Sanzaru Games launched fantasy adventure Asgard’s Wrath, an Oculus Rift exclusive which became one of 2019’s biggest titles. Made in collaboration with the Oculus Studios team, Facebook has now decided to acquire the developer, part of a growing trend within the videogame industry.

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8th Annual Lumiere Awards For Creative Filmmaking Expands VR Categories

VRScout

Society Awards Chair Buzz Hays spoke about the decision stating, “With the HTC VIVE, Cher Wang and her team have created a groundbreaking room-scale VR platform that has enabled the production of a dazzling number of immersive VR experiences which have pushed the boundaries of entertainment.

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The XR Week (2020.11.16): HP Reverb G2 still haunted by WMR tracking, Quest 2 update brings 90Hz, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Oculus Quest 2 gets a huge update. Oculus has just started rolling out the update to the Quest runtime v23 , that introduces a lot of new features and improvements to this device: All the applications in the headset can now run at 90 Hz (including the passthrough vision); Oculus Link upgrades to 90Hz as well and finally exits from beta.

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‘Robinson: The Journey’ Will Test VR Game Prices At $60 On Nov. 8

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8 in the United States and Canada. It’ll launch the following day in Europe, Australia and New Zealand published by Sony and available in stores as well as digitally. In other words, the Oculus-exclusive title missed buyer expectations in such an extraordinary fashion the company decided to make amends.

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VR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS’ Christophe Mallet

XR for Business Podcast

He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on. I live in Canada. He’s worked with a variety of global clients, including Adidas, Samsung, Ernst and Young, Save the Children, Sony, IKEA, KPMG, Nokia, and the list goes on.

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