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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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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.

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Leap Motion Teases Prototype ‘Collapsible’ User Interface for AR Headsets

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By moving your hand closer to the small white bar, which is projected to appear on the edge of a desk, you can produce a 2D window, pick it up, place it in mid-air, and even lay it down flat on a desk. . — LeapMotion (@LeapMotion) April 24, 2018.

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

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Top news of the week. Other relevant news. AWE has brought with it XR demos and news. News worth a mention. It means that now developers can create applications that are aware of the position of desks, furniture, and walls in the environment they run in. Some news on content. Image from the web).

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XREAL Aims Dig at Apple and Meta Following Shipment Milestone

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The news comes after market watcher IDC said XREAL was responsible for 51 percent of all AR glasses shipped in Q3 last year, making it the dominant player. XREAL claims to have shipped “up to” 350,000 pairs of augmented reality (AR) glasses since its inception in 2017.

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