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Horizon Workrooms review: nice, but not compelling for work yet

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But they can also stand up from the desk and join a whiteboard (actually a blackboard) where they can write stuff with their controllers or import some images to do brainstorming around some ideas. You have to download it on your Quest , then you launch it, and it forces you to set your desk area in VR. Your personal desk.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.03.04): Meta and LG confirm their partnerships, Meta to unveil some AR glasses at Connect, and more!

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But today’s article is not about me, but about the best tech news, so let me tell you what pieces of XR news I’ve selected this week! Top news of the week (Image by Meta) Meta and LG officially confirm their partnership In the end, the rumor was true: Mark Zuckerberg was in South Korea to start a new partnership with LG.

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Meta Will Bring ‘Augments’ to Quest 3, Persistent Mini-apps That Live in Your Room

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” This includes simple objects, like a piece of art you can stick to your real-world wall, or something more involved like a weather app on your desk that alerts you before rain starts—all of it appearing right in place whenever you put on your headset.

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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

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Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR. Let me briefly tell you what have been in my opinion the 5 top pieces of XR news to keep an eye on from this event.

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Meta Rebranding Quest Software Horizon OS, Will Run On New Headsets From ASUS, Lenovo, More

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he can "imagine" third-party Meta Horizon OS headsets optimized around specific use cases, such as: "A lightweight headset that pairs with your computer on your desk to provide the best work experience." A headset "fully optimized for gaming with support for all kinds of different peripherals and haptics."

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Environment understanding for mixed reality: why it is important and why it should improve

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For instance, if I’m in my office, it should be able to understand that I’m in a room with a certain shape, and certain walls and that inside there is a desk, a computer, some chairs, a window, etc… All of this should happen automatically, with a friction that is as small as possible for the user.

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Zuckerberg: First-Party Quests Will Continue To Be The Most Popular Headsets

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If you somehow missed the big Meta news this week: Horizon OS is the new name for the Quest system software, which Meta will also make available to third-party headset makers, starting with ASUS, Lenovo, and potentially LG too. When announcing the news Meta confirmed it will continue to make Quest headsets.