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PSA: You Don’t Need Xbox Game Pass to Play ‘Fortnite’ for Free on Quest

Road to VR

You can find a list of officially supported controllers here , although many other non-listed Bluetooth controller also work, like an old Google Stadia controller. Supported controllers include all Xbox One S and Xbox One X controllers, PS4 and PS5 controllers, and some later-generation Xbox One controllers. So, what’s the big deal?

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What’s New in Virtual Reality (VR) Headsets in Fall 2019?

InstaVR

First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. Google is discontinuing Daydream (more on that below), Apple seems to be focusing most of its efforts on AR, and Samsung is doing very little promotion of Gear VR despite launching a new phone line.

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Major Report Calls for Standards on XR Metrics

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According to current metrics monitoring, 26 percent of respondents stated they relied on platforms such as Google Analytics to measure data such as location, clickthrough, visits, and social media activity. “We We need to have more of the data that shows people that XR is more effective than other approaches,” Barrowman added.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.11): Upload VR Showcase, Metaverse Safety Week, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The first good sign was when in Helsinki I saw that Finland has now a long-term metaverse strategy , which means that it is going to pour money into its XR ecosystem for the next 10 years at least. Its interest is especially in the industrial, healthcare, and remote gatherings fields.

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Big XR News from Qualcomm, NTT DOCOMO, Varjo, Morpheus, GigXR, and CoSo Cloud,

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Varjo, Finnish National Opera and Ballet Debut Immersive Opera Premium XR headset provider Varjo Technologies partnered with Finland’s National Opera and Ballet (FNOB) to launch a first-ever immersive opera event.

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Nokia Announces Speech-Based AI Network Management Tools

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This is crucial as the Espoo, Finland-based firm scales up its network infrastructure amid the rise of the industrial metaverse. Developed by Nokia Bell Labs’ UNEXT research initiative, the company’s Natural-Language Network is completely tranform how networks operate.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.17): Half-Life Alyx will launch on March, 23rd, MWC has been canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. More info (Google Chrome 81 supports AR) More info (Nicolò Carpignoli’s initiative). Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. He’s looking for collaborators for this great project, so I invite you to join him to help him in creating this! Image by Microsoft).