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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

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This would be pretty disruptive, because up to now every standalone headset has been a walled garden with its own store and hardware, with the only exception being HTC trying to distribute its Viveport store to some other Chinese devices. Basically, Google could try to be for standalone devices what Steam has been for the PC VR ones.

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Pico launches Pico Neo 3 Link: the first true Quest 2 competitor (in Beta)

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It has become one of the headset manufacturers with the biggest worldwide market, and the market leader (together with HTC) in the B2B virtual reality sector. The pre-orders for the beta will start on April, 15th (at 12 pm) in Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, and France, and a few weeks later in Italy and UK.

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Made in Europe: 5 European XR startups at the service of art that you should know about.

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Build your first HoloLens 2 Application with Unity and MRTK 2.3.0 In partnership with HTC Vive Arts, Emissive Studio has created the experience Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass , the first VR experience presented by the Louvre museum, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo Da Vinci’s death. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

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Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. HTC Vive celebrates the holidays giving 100% rev share to developers. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure.

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Aryzon AR headset 2.0 unboxing and review

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Some cool guys from the Netherlands noticed that in the virtual reality market there are premium headsets (Oculus Rift, HTC Vive , etc…) for VR enthusiasts and then there is the Cardboard that lets people dip a toe into VR waters for little money; in the augmented reality market, instead, there are premium headsets (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.09.09): Vive Cosmos probably on sale at €799, Kura reveals 150° FOV AR glasses, Oculus “Cablegate” and much more!

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The HTC Vive Cosmos may release soon for €799. Popular VR Youtuber Sebastian Ang has spotted two online stores (one from the Netherlands and the other from Germany) already listing the Vive Cosmos for €799. It is highly probable that an HLVR game will be developed in the Source game engine, so a Unity game is not a possibility.

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Project Modular: Building an open modular controller for SteamVR

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Conventional designs like the Oculus Touch, Valve Index, and HTC controllers are manufactured using relatively thin-walled, injection-molded plastic casings, usually split into two halves. Whilst it’s obviously another homage to the legendary “Unity Cube” this widget has a very useful function. So what was this new idea then?