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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.03): Google shuts down Project Iris, Meta launches gaming subscription service, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.18): Roblox is coming to Quest, Google has an unclear XR vision, and more!

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More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR!

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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Where: Turin, Italy (and Online). Some of the exhibitors who will present new devices and technologies to the public are 8th Wall, Nreal, Unity, Unreal Engine, Pico Interactive, Atheer, Holoptic, Varjo, Cleanbox Technology, LetinAR, and Vuzix. The event will take place on the Hopin platform , same as the VR/AR June Global Summit.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Probably I should tell you that I was busy with VR projects, but the truth is that I have been celebrating a lot lately, especially the recent victory of Italy in the Euro 2020 soccer championship. Both Facebook and Google have decided to double down on AR effects inside calls. AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

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Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games). Notice that Apple talks about “future VR features” that it is going to implement.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.11.15): Vive Focus 3 aims at LBEVR market, Niantic and Qualcomm launch AR SDKs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I’m still here in the US for some days after having attended AWE, planning to meet some interesting people before heading back to Italy. The short-term goal is to provide better tools to professional video creators , so Unity can compete better with Unreal Engine, which is already used in Hollywood productions.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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While the program was principally incubated by Crytek, students working in VR First labs tend use Unity (48%), followed by Unreal (20%) and then CRYENGINE (14%). VIGAMUS Academy, Italy. image courtesy VR First. University College London, UK. University of Florida, USA. University of Southern California (USC), USA.

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