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The XR Week Peek (2021.02.01): Facebook is very confident in Quest 2 sales, Valve is working on Neural Interfaces, and more!

The Ghost Howls

In a new interview given to a New Zealander magazine, Gabe Newell talks about the work that Valve is doing with Brain-Computer Interfaces. Intelligent Digital Humans are a new important trend of XR and Abovitz wants to enter there with the big expertise in art and technology that he has developed at Magic Leap.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. I don’t know about Magic Leap yet.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. I don’t know about Magic Leap yet.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. I don't know about Magic Leap yet.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

Dean: Yeah, I was sort of a traditional newspaper and magazine journalist for a long time, and then, when the web came along and people started podcasting and blogging, I looked around and felt like it was less of a risk to go try something new than it was to stay at a newspaper. I don’t know about Magic Leap yet.

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All the best AR and VR news from CES 2019

The Ghost Howls

It is an augmented reality glass that is being developed in China by a former Magic Leap engineer. And from what I have read on the various magazines, it is on the right path : most of the problems that were present at CES 2018 have been fixed and so the Pimax is on the right path to becoming a usable headset.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.24): Snap releases new Spectacles AR glasses, Quest releases runtime v29, and more!

The Ghost Howls

In an interview with a Chinese magazine, HTC China (Mister) President Alvin Graylin has stated that in his opinion, Facebook may lose at least $100-$200 for each sold Oculus Quest 2 device. I have heard many people making confusion between “Magic Leap” and “Leap Motion”, but no one doing the same with Nreal and Unreal.

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