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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

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Oculus Quest gets hand tracking. Last week, the runtime v12 of Oculus Quest has been rolled out , and this took with it lots of interesting updates. To start, now the Oculus Link is more stable and it is compatible with some AMD GPUs. Oculus Quests have started getting vocal commands in the menu. Top news of the week.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.07): new Quest is coming at $299 and $399, NVIDIA RTX3070 is powerful and affordable and more!

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Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

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HTC has finally revealed the price of the Vive Pro : it will cost $799 just to have the headset (no controller and no base stations, so you must already have a Vive 1 kit) and will be available for pre-orders since April, 5th. Oculus Go showcased. The Oculus Go (Image by Oculus). So, are you ready? Let’s start!

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The XR Week Peek (2023.04.24): Apple headset to have iOS apps, Pico launches Pico 4 Pro in China, and more!

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This is the list of apps, kindly reported by my friends at RoadToVR: iPad apps adapted for mixed reality : Calendars, Contacts, Files, Home control, Mail, Maps, Messaging, Notes, Photos, Reminders, Music, News, Stocks, and Weather apps. Siri voice control is also present. Camera app : can take pictures from the headset.

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Magic Leap One first impressions review: it’s not a leap, but a step

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I guess that you already know this, but I’ll repeat it the same: the Magic Leap One system is composed of three parts : The actual headset, the Lightwear; The computational unit, the Lightpack; The 6 DOF controller, the Control. From left to right: the Lightpack, the Lightwear and the Control (Image by Magic Leap).

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

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Johnson has a long career as an executive at Qualcomm and Microsoft, and will so be able to bring some experience and pragmatism to the Florida-based Startup, that until now has made countless business mistakes. More info (Oculus Link resolution) More info (Change Guardian when using Oculus Link) More info (Shortcut for screenshot on Quest).

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

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It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus. Some of the most notable points are: 2 Controllers support. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf. MagicScript.