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

The Ghost Howls

And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting).

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? The Seebright SDK also supports Unity and Unreal engines and is compatible with both iOS and Android. In a clear Google snub, you can view Facebook 360 photos with a Gear VR… but not with Cardboard. Facebook Enables Native 360 Photos.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

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In his 1984 classic Neuromancer, characters entered a virtual reality world called “the matrix” (inspiration for the 1999 film of the same name by the Wachowskis). Augmented vision is commonplace in futuristic films, from Minority Report to Iron Man. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal.

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What Does the XR Industry Think about Apple’s Vision Pro?

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This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. They continue to support and collaborate with outside companies, of course — you’ll probably be able to use Google Maps on the Vision Pro, for example — but I wouldn’t expect the competitive atmosphere to change much.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

All the 3 major VR runtimes (Oculus, SteamVR, Microsoft) are now compatible with OpenXR , and this means that on the runtime layer on PC, now OpenXR has been fully integrated. This means that if you develop an experience using OpenXR, you can run it on Oculus, SteamVR, and Microsoft runtimes with no modification.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.27): a great Christmas for Quest 2, Rec Room is worth $3.5B, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The result is that many big brands are canceling their presence at CES: Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, Lenovo, and many others, have decided not to go , and maybe provide their news virtually. This is a huge pity: CES 2022 won’t be cool as we expected… but we still hope to see interesting XR announcements from there.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Their VR short, Henry , is about an adorable yet spiky hedgehog who has logistical issues with hugging and was narrated by Elijah Wood and directed by Ramiro Lopez Dau, who worked on films like Brave , Cars 2 , and Monsters University.