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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.10): Lynx launches MR standalone headset, Facebook acquires Scape and much more!

The Ghost Howls

It is able to offer this thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset (and its related reference design), that has been conceived with these features in mind. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest. More info (Growth of headsets on Steam). No availability.”

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The best AR and VR news from CES 2022

The Ghost Howls

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Further references. To showcase its functionality, HTC showed some videos of the tracker in use to improve the performances of hands tracking and also with the tracker installed on external props. Further references. Further references.

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All the best AR/VR news from CES 2023

The Ghost Howls

Further references TCL brings three XR devices to CES (The Verge) TCL brings three XR devices to CES (Mixed News) Somnium VR1 Somnium VR1 headset (Image by Somnium Space) Somnium Space was at CES to showcase its modular and open Somnium VR1 headset. Since this is a concept, we have no data about the price and expected release date.

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The Best VR Headsets You Can Buy Right Now

VRScout

VR has come a long way since the launch of the Oculus DK1 in 2013. The standalone VR headset, developed by Meta (formerly Facebook), was one of, if not the hottest item of the holiday season, with the Oculus companion app becoming the #1 download on the Apple App Store. ″ OLED displays.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.03): OpenXR is taking foot, new cool features found inside Oculus runtime, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.02): XR2 shows the future of standalones, F8 and GDC canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Qualcomm releases XR2 5G reference design. Qualcomm has finally released the reference design for AR/VR headsets based on the XR2 chipset (a special version of the Snapdragon 865 for XR headsets), and it will pave the way for the standalone headsets of the future. Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking!

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.13): Horizon Worlds is now in open beta, Among Us VR is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Sony). Sony shows prototype headset with dual 4K display. During the Sony Technology Day showcase, Sony has shown a prototype of a headset with two 4K micro OLED displays. That guy is doing free marketing for me,” said Stan referring to Zuck, and this was one of my highlights of the week.

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