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Analysis: Meta opens up its walled garden to become the Android of XR

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Zuck’s genius move before Google I/O I was kinda shocked reading this piece of news, but I was also quite happy because I’m all in for open platforms, and seeing finally Meta breaking the walls of its walled garden is for me a good thing. And with the operating system comes also Meta’s store.

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Big XR News from Google, Meta, IGS Orlando, HTC VIVE, and Warpin

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This week has seen its fair share of tricks and treats ahead of the Halloween season, where companies like Warpin Reality, HTC VIVE, Google, Shopify, and Apple, among others, have offered a powerhouse of insights to XR Today on their latest innovations. This has led Google to slash jobs across its operations in recent months.

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Big News From Meta, Samsung, Microsoft, and HTC VIVE

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Groups like Microsoft are leveraging a collapsing military contact to keep its IVAS device lineup alive for further funding, and HTC VIVE took note to explain the importance of enterprise end-users in discussion with the World Economic Forum. Samsung Revenue Drops This week, Samsung also revealed its Q2 earnings.

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7 Must-Have Samsung Gear VR Apps and Experiences

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It may be hard to believe but its been four years since Samsung and Oculus first announced their smartphone-powered Gear VR headset. Samsung and Facebook/Oculus are on a mission: to bring the full-internet experience inside of your virtual reality headset. I’m not sure which impresses me more. VR is no exception.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

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Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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YouTube VR Reveals Samsung Gear VR Shared Viewing

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Already a dominant application on the HTC Vive, PlayStation VR and Google Daydream platforms, Google’s immensely popular YouTube VR experience is now available on the Samsung Gear VR. With this new platform comes an exciting new tool as well: communal VR spaces. Image Credit: YouTube.

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The 2017 Lumiere Awards: Google and Dear Angelica Win Big

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Cher Wang – HTC Vive. AIS-VR Society President Jim Chabin and actress Maria Bello honored the CEO of HTC with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award for exemplifying exceptional forward movement in the VR Sciences. HTC is the maker of the Vive VR headset , a monumental achievement in optics, controls and 3D positional tracking for VR.

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