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Report: Meta is Considering Physical Stores to Sell Its Vision of the Metaverse

Road to VR

A New York Times report maintains that Meta has been planning its own retail stores that aim to eventually span the world. The report cites people with knowledge of the project in addition to internal company documents shared with The New York Times.

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Quest & Rift S Stock Check – Headsets Shipping as Early as Tomorrow as Stock Appears to Return

Road to VR

Between high demand and manufacturing interruptions due to the Coronavirus, Oculus Quest and Rift S have been in extremely short supply, often commanding a 150% price premiums (or more) in aftermarket sales. SEE ALSO Oculus Explains Rift S Design & Manufacturing Partnership with Lenovo.

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse May Be Coming to a Crumbling Strip Mall Near You

GizModo VR

Facebook—sorry, it’s calling itself Meta now —is planning on dipping consumers’ toes in the so-called metaverse by launching retail stores to showcase AR and VR products, the New York Times reported on Friday. Read more.

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NYC VR Center, VR World, Re-Re-Opens Its Doors To The Public

VRScout

Leo Tsimmer and Angelika Lee, founding members of the mixed reality space, weathered the bad news given the massive renovation they had counted on to entice new customers. If you are in retail, entertainment or any other consumer-facing location based business with no model for digital operation, your days are numbered.

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Amazon Explores The Idea of Augmented Reality Furniture Stores

VRScout

The online retailer considers using augmented reality to help you settle on that new couch. Whether its same day delivery, physical book and grocery stores, or fleets of package-delivery drones the ground-breaking internet retailer is always looking for new ways to revolutionize the customer shopping experience.

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Huge’s 2018 Holiday Gift Guide Comes With AR Easter Eggs

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Cool gadgets such as the Oculus Quest (due in Spring of 2019), GoPro Hero 7, Beyerdynamic Amiron wireless headphones , and a Litter Robot that helps clean up after you cat does their business, are just a few of the examples found in this year’s gift guide. AR has proven to be a big sales booster for retailers. “61%

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Highlights from Facebook Connect

ARVR

We are extremely excited about the new announcements coming out of Facebook Connect 2020, formaly Oculus Connect, and their implications on the AR/VR/3D community: The Oculus Quest 2 is officially released ! Creating remote MR productions Image by @ProductHunt Over $150M spent on content for the Oculus Quest.