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Meta Re-lowers Quest 2 Price & Drops Quest Pro to $1,000

Road to VR

Meta says in a blogpost that pricing changes to Meta Quest 2 (256GB) will also update across Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, and the UK. What are your thoughts on the new pricing strategy?

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. Special guest VRScout’s Ryan A. FACEBOOK KEEPS PUSHING THE VIRTUAL ENVELOPE. Keep an eye on this sector: virtually attending live events is shaping up to be a big business.

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For a Veteran Studio That’s Weathered the Storm, VR Has Become a Lucrative Business

Road to VR

Having started production on its first title even before the original Oculus Rift DK1 development kit was sent to developers, Canada-based Cloudhead Games is one of the world’s most veteran game studios dedicated to virtual reality. The studio has staked its very existence on its ability to build compelling VR games.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

VRScout

It’s no secret that Microsoft’s mixed reality strategy is centered around its Intelligent Cloud, and the Intelligent Edge; therefore the HoloLens team has worked very closely with Azure to bring it all together in one sleek package. In other words, down with the “walled garden” approach favored by companies such as Apple and Oculus.

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Microsoft Finalizing Its HoloLens, VR Headset Specifications

VRWorld

2017-2018 hardware strategy will evolve around two things: Microsoft HoloLens and “Microsoft VR” The first device will be built and branded as Microsoft, while the latter will be a specification for the selected partners – Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo. Microsoft is not playing such tricks. 4 GB of RAM.

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Top 29 VR/AR Events, Expos and Conferences to Attend in 2019

VeeR VR

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. You can enter the giveaway by sharing the page on your Facebook and Twitter to win Oculus, Nolo CV1, and many other gifts. SXSW-South by Southwest.

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Leveraging 5G Networks to bring VR to South Korea, with Korea Telecom’s Joonmo Park

XR for Business Podcast

And I've been with the company for over three years across a variety of different functions, including business strategy, B2C business, and B2B business. So we are focusing on looking at new business models and emerging technologies, then tying those to our strategy businesses. In Canada, we have zero 5G deployment.