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The XR Week Peek (2024.1.9): Apple Vision Pro launches on 2/2, Qualcomm announces new chipset for Samsung headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The picture also shows the girl using the device making a micromovement of the hands on her lap, a clear hint to the fact that this device can perform accurate hand tracking like the Vision Pro. Qualcomm has officially said that this is the chipset that the upcoming Samsung headset is going to employ.

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Xreal Air 2 Ultra Are True AR Glasses Powered By Samsung Galaxy S23 Or S22 Via USB-C

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Xreal Air 2 Ultra are true AR glasses, but they only work with two specific Samsung phones. Since 2022 Xreal has focused on its Air line of media glasses, which until now all lacked positional tracking or true AR capability, instead just mirroring connected devices to a head-locked virtual monitor.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.02.27): Meta reported to release Quest Pro 2 in 2025, Apple Vision Pro affected by the crackgate, and more!

The Ghost Howls

We already know that Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm are working on a competitor of the Vision Pro, which should be based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR Gen2+ and cost around $2000. This doesn’t surprise me: Quest launched with decent hand tracking, then evolved it incredibly over the years.

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Cas & Chary Present: Hands-on with Nreal Light, One of the First Consumer-available AR Glasses

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The Nreal Light glasses launched first in Korea, Japan, Germany, and Spain. Phone as controller, hand-tracking. On my Samsung S10, I got about two hours max before my battery drained to 30%. For example, hand tracking is also functional, but there aren’t a lot of apps to use it with so I couldn’t try it yet.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.07): Meta roadmap unveiled, Xiaomi shows its AR glasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Hands-tracking is also supported. From a first hands-on someone was able to have with the device, seems that the prototype is solid, but the battery life is a bit short (30 minutes). I’m pretty excited by these growing rumors about Samsung because Samsung has always proposed interesting XR devices.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.06): Upload VR Showcase, Apple headset rumors, and more!

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Learn about the m**averse in Japan. Mogura VR , one of the most important magazines about VR in Japan, has organized an event hosting a few important Japanese VR professionals to discuss the m**averse in Japan. Japan is a country always devoted to innovation, and at the forefront in some technological fields like robotics.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

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In Japan, new PSVR bundles will include an adapter in the box, while in the West the adapter won’t be included, but it will be given for free to existing PSVR users. More info (PSVR bundles in Japan) More info (PS Camera adapter will be given for free). Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display.

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