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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.07): new Quest is coming at $299 and $399, NVIDIA RTX3070 is powerful and affordable and more!

The Ghost Howls

Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. The Facebook Connect is close and we all expect that during that conference Oculus is finally going to announce the new Oculus Quest. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

India and U.S.-based The collaboration platform is device agnostic (so you could use a Microsoft Hololens while communicating with someone wearing an Oculus Rift), and the B2B company is focusing on the training and education space. The covert product still has not been publicly shown, and the well-funded Magic Leap ($1.3B

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

I expect the smartglasses from Facebook, first of all, to be Facebook-branded (so, goodbye Oculus), to be very stylish (remember that Luxottica is the leading company for glasses and sunglasses), and to be able to connect to the smartphone without a tether. while we have seen the complicated life of Oculus hands-on booths at Best Buy.

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All the best AR/VR news from CES 2023

The Ghost Howls

I think this news is very interesting because we finally see an entrant in the XR space also from India , after so many headsets manufactured in the US, Europe, and China. And it seems that can also change your Oculus Quest 2 with a total of 2.5 Shipping should happen in August of this year (2023). hours of exercise.

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Suzanne Borders says it all on being a female entrepreneur in XR

The Ghost Howls

In yesterday’s part , she detailed what BadVR does and why she’s so interested in the Magic Leap One device. Devices like the Oculus Quest and the Vive Focus Plus, with their easiness of use, can really foster the adoption of VR among consumers and enterprise customers. The very famous Taj Mahal in India.

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Venture Capitalists Contemplate How Much Exuberance Is Good for VR Investing

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Above: The Oculus Touch controls let you navigate independently with each hand in VR. Image Credit: Oculus. But recently both Google and Oculus have gotten behind it, and as a result we’re seeing accelerated adoption of web VR. Feature films go to China, they go to India, they go everywhere. Image Credit: Oculus VR.

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Creating a Dialogue Between Innovators and Educators, with VirtualiTeach’s Steve Bambury

XR for Business Podcast

The one thing obviously that is already clearly missing from this mix, is the word Oculus. For those that are outside of the Middle East region, just for context, Oculus has next to no presence in the Middle East at all. I, myself and my friend Alex Johnson in India and Stephen. The Rift never launched here.