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Report: Pico to Layoff “hundreds” as Company Shifts Focus to Hardware

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Citing three people with direct knowledge of the matter, the report maintains the information comes from an internal meeting from earlier this morning wherein it was allegedly revealed Pico is keeping its VR hardware team whilst folding much of its software team back into ByteDance’s own product development team.

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Apple Vision Pro: A Catalyst for the Growth of the XR Industry

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Sponsored content Sponsored by VR Vision The recent introduction of Apple’s Vision Pro has ignited a fresh wave of excitement in the extended reality landscape, with industry experts and enthusiasts alike anticipating a surge in the growth and evolution of the XR industry. See Also: Is Apple Vision Pro Ready for Mainstream Use?

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Meta’s Head of AR Hardware Teases Next-gen Transparent AR Glasses with Wide Field-of-view

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Meta is full steam ahead on its mixed reality platform, however Head of AR Glasses hardware Caitlin Kalinowski says in a new interview with Android Central that its first augmented reality glasses will offer a real “wow” moment to users thanks to its “high field of view immersion.” I can’t believe this!’

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[Industry Direct] Is Standalone VR Holding Back PC VR?

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Industry Direct by Rein Zobel, Creative Director & Co-founder at Maru VR Productions Industry Direct is our program for sponsors who want to speak directly to the Road to VR newsletter audience. Industry Direct posts are written by sponsors with no involvement from the Road to VR editorial team.

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GDC 2023 State of the Game Industry Report Includes Insights Into VR and AR

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While VR and AR remain a comparatively small segment of the games industry, the industry is taking notice as VR hardware in particular improves. The GDC ’s State of the Game Industry Report for this year is by no means dedicated to VR and AR. AR landed in 14th place with 4% of respondents.

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Panasonic Sells Off Japanese VR Hardware Startup Shiftall

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Shiftall, the Japan-based VR hardware creator, is no longer owned by Panasonic, as the company has been effectively sold off to the Tokyo-based company CREEK & RIVER. The post Panasonic Sells Off Japanese VR Hardware Startup Shiftall appeared first on Road to VR.

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XRA and Perkins Coie Release 2021 XR Industry Survey

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The XR industry is a young one, making surveys and reports crucial. For months, reports started with a line explaining that responses were compiled before the pandemic, so they may not accurately reflect the industry. Industry leaders in the field of XR. Recently, those reports have been… complicated.

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