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Nreal rebrands as XREAL and expands its ecosystem

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Nreal becomes XREAL One of the new brand images of XREAL (Image by XREAL) Nreal, which is one of the most interesting AR startups around, entered into a dispute with Epic Games for its name being too close to “Unreal” , which is a well-known name in our ecosystem. So the Nreal management took the right decision.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

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Valve Index and Oculus Quest were on sale again. This week the Valve Index and the Oculus Quest have been put back in stock. Oculus and Valve have probably taken out all the devices they had in the warehouses so that to ship them before Half-Life: Alyx and the sale has been a big success. Image by Oculus). Who knows….

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The VR Society’s ‘On The Lot’ is Back—and Fully Augmented

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Last year, the inaugural VR On The Lot brought together major players from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Europe, and China for a two-day exploration of the intersection between entertainment and technology. LIFE VR, Unity, Unreal Engine, VRC and DTS (an Xperi company). Tickets for just the Saturday AR Track are available for $199.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.24): HTC shows Cosmos and Proton, devs make cool hands interactions, Sansar on sale and more!

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Developers are coming up with creative uses of Oculus Quest hands tracking. Oculus Quest hands tracking is being a success among developers. Since hands-tracking is being so successful, Oculus has made two things to help developers. PSVR game Ghost Giant has come to Oculus Quest on February, 20th. News worth a mention.

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PSVR gets yet another quality VR title with the launch of FATED: The Silent Oath.

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Independent Canadian developer Frima announced today that its Norse-themed storytelling experience and movie-length narrative adventure, FATED: The Silent Oath, is now available on PlayStation®VR (PS VR) across North America and Europe. We are delighted to bring FATED to PS VR,” says Antoinette Thibeault, Marketing Director at Frima. “The

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

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Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. Top news of the week. Mechanical IPD is confirmed.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.10): Lynx launches MR standalone headset, Facebook acquires Scape and much more!

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These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. Considering that this number doesn’t count the Quest users connected via Oculus Link, the actual number of VR users on Steam is even higher. and USB Type-C connectivity 2 hours of “active use” battery life.