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The XR Week Peek (2019.14.09): a new powerful Vive Focus appears, Facebook Connect is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Data about a new Vive Focus device appear on GeekBench. If you remember well, this platform is based on a modified version of the Snapdragon 865 (3 generations after the 835 of the Oculus Quest) and supports features like eye tracking, high-quality passthrough AR, and 5G. Top news of the week. Image by Qualcomm). Other relevant news.

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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. Virginia and West Virginia. .” Facebook VP of Play Jason Rubin. Image via Facebook. in the coming months, they say.

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Attending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean’s Anne McKinnon

XR for Business Podcast

Anne: Yeah, it’s really– Alan: Stack of phones charging while you’re swapping it out, whereas if you’re using something like an Oculus Go, you’ve got to take the whole machine away. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. Anne: Yeah, they are. Alan: Wow, that’s so cool.

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Attending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean’s Anne McKinnon

XR for Business Podcast

Anne: Yeah, it’s really– Alan: Stack of phones charging while you’re swapping it out, whereas if you’re using something like an Oculus Go, you’ve got to take the whole machine away. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. Anne: Yeah, they are. Alan: Wow, that’s so cool.

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Attending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean's Anne McKinnon

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: Stack of phones charging while you're swapping it out, whereas if you're using something like an Oculus Go, you've got to take the whole machine away. So we have our own app on the Oculus store. Is there any way that they can download the app on the Oculus store and enjoy one of these concerts at home? We're extending it.

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