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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.25): Google to test AR glasses in the wild, Pico 4 spotted, and more!

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Google starts testing its AR glasses in the wild. Google has announced that it is going to start to test the prototypes of its AR glasses in the wild. What is relevant about this piece of news is that Google has just confirmed its strong commitment to augmented reality. More info (Google testing AR glasses?—?Official

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The XR Week Peek (2024.03.12): Apple aims at a $1500 Vision device, Plutosphere shuts down, and more

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More info Researchers perform eye tracking with audio waves The research project of the week has been for sure the one carried on at Cornell University, where the researchers have been able to perform eye tracking using sonar waves.

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Owlchemy Labs Co-Founder Announces AstroBeam, New Studio Focused On Multiplayer VR

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Google’s Most Experienced VR Studio Changes Leadership Andrew Eiche is taking over Job Simulator studio Owlchemy Labs. The long time operations head at the Google-owned VR development studio is taking over for Devin Reimer, who says he’s leaving “to focus on new opportunities outside the company” after 12 years with the studio.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.11): CES had some interesting XR announcements, new rumors on Apple and Meta, and more!

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My favorite ones have been: Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed that the next PSVR headset will be called PSVR 2 and will feature 2K x 2K per eye, up to 120 Hz framerate, and 110° FOV. It will be the first consumer headset with eye-tracking and foveated rendering, and also the first one to feature haptics directly on the headset.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.08.08): Xiaomi unveils its smartglasses, Improbable and RP1 want to create the networking for the metaverse, and much more!

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There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses. Nowadays in social VR worlds like VRChat you can have a maximum of 50–100 people together in the same room. They managed to put 4,000 bots simulating 4,000 connected clients in the same WebXR virtual world.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.01.31): New rumors on Apple headset, Quest Pro price drops, and more!

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On the UX side, other interesting things are being rumored: the headset would ship with no controller, and rely only on eye tracking and hands tracking for interactions. This shows the greater attention that companies are having towards full body avateering and embodiment in virtual worlds in general.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.25): Quest 2 Pro leaked, Facebook to change its name, and more!

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the simulator fans that want a headset with super-high resolution), no competitor could survive against a headset that is comfortable, affordable, has a great library of content, and has full body tracking and full RGB passthrough. Aero still features an impressive resolution and pixel density, and also integrated eye-tracking.

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