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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.26): Quest 3 page appears on Best Buy, Vision Pro SDK released, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Quest 3 launch is approaching Meta is following a strategy for the launch of the Quest 3 that is very different from the one that it used for the previous headsets. I just think that Meta is trying a new strategy to keep the hype high until September.

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8 Insightful XR Retail and Ecommerce Case Studies to Read in 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Unity and Deckers. The company decided to leverage the services of RestAR and Unity to scan and render physical products in a digital environment. Using the RestAR and Unity landscape, Decker’s global sales representatives have been able to start presenting 3D samples to buyers in virtual showrooms.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

ARPost

Where: Turin, Italy (and Online). Some of the exhibitors who will present new devices and technologies to the public are 8th Wall, Nreal, Unity, Unreal Engine, Pico Interactive, Atheer, Holoptic, Varjo, Cleanbox Technology, LetinAR, and Vuzix. The event will take place on the Hopin platform , same as the VR/AR June Global Summit.

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Editorial: This VR cycle may take more time than expected

The Ghost Howls

The Unity Beta to develop for the Vision Pro is still not available, so many devs like me can’t even play with the emulator. But the rumors in the past weeks highlighted that the situation of this device is very confusing: Google doesn’t have a clear XR strategy and this confusion also led some key engineers to leave the company.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.06): Sony announces four games for PSVR 2, and Apple today…

The Ghost Howls

In the long and troublesome travel back to Italy from AWE, I’ve lost the last flight and so I’m currently here writing my newsletter from the lobby of the hotel where I spent the night :|. Anyway, it is more probable that we’ll have some software reveal that hints at Apple’s XR strategy.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.04): Big tech companies perform budget cuts, Mojo tests its smart contact lens in-eye, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Inflation here in Italy is ramping up, and the impression I have is that we are entering into a recession phase. The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. I suggest everyone consider the possibility of harder times coming when defining the strategy of his own company. Image by Unity Technologies).

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7 pieces of advice if you have to remotely work as a VR developer from China

The Ghost Howls

Anyway, in these two weeks, even with some difficulties, I’ve managed to work quite at the same pace that I had in Italy , and we are going full speed ahead in improving the platform (some news about it is coming very soon…). While still in Italy, I verified that Microsoft Teams, Unity, and Github were accessible from China.

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