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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by VRTUOLUO) A leak shows a prototype of the Samsung XR headset We finally have a leak of the Samsung headset that makes us see something about it. The report talks about Samsung wanting to target the $1000–2000 range, which in my opinion risks being neither expensive nor affordable.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.23): Leaks and rumors about Apple headset intensify, VRChat to launch Creator Economy, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (CREAL announcing its new lightfield innovation) More info (Video showing the technology in action) Samsung acquires eMagin Samsung has just acquired eMagin, an American manufacturer of OLED microdisplays for AR/VR headsets, for $218M. They could be able to save many lives. Good luck to him for his future!

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The XR Week Peek (2021.06.21): Facebook experiments with VR ads, PSVR 2 to come at the end of 2022, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Together with this piece of news, Bloomberg also reported that PSVR 2 will feature an OLED display manufactured by Samsung. The second one is a research project by Cornell University and Samsung that have created together a metalens that can change its optical properties using voltage variations. I have mixed feelings about this.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by MegaDodo Simulation Games). Using machine learning and some ideas “stolen” from speech recognition algorithms, the system was able to transform the movement of the fingers in actual keystrokes, and it worked almost as if there was a physical keyboard. Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.03.07): Samsung is planning to launch an XR device, PSVR may arrive in 2023, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Samsung). Samsung is close to launching an XR device, or maybe two. Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. Samsung has apparently completed a prototype, and “is deciding the release date”.

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Meet Nick Whiting, Epic’s Technical Director of VR/AR

VRScout

What we found most notable about the conversation was unexpected: a good 40% of Epic’s VR efforts are outside of gaming and Nick provides a lot of interesting insights and lessons learned between the two spaces. What do you think cinematic folks can learn from you folks in gaming? . Read on for the full interview.

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Flexing Your Brain in XR, with Cognitive Design’s Todd Maddox

XR for Business Podcast

Turns out, XR tickles the thalamus in ways traditional learning strategies never could, and that’s not us just whistling Dixie. He’s also a learning scientist and a research fellow at Amalgam Insights. ” It’s the part of your brain that learns what you’re supposed to do. But why is that?