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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Oculus). Facebook is working on a new version of the Oculus Quest. According to a report by Bloomberg, Oculus is working on a new Oculus Quest model, and it has already done prototypes that are lighter and more powerful than the current device. Top news of the week. Mechanical IPD is confirmed.

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Epic Floated the Idea of Building a Launch Title for Sony’s Next VR Headset

Road to VR

Epic Games, the creators of Unreal Engine, said it would consider building a launch title for Sony’s “next VR platform” during negotiations about Fortnite cross-play on PlayStation in 2018. And though Epic hasn’t made any VR games since then, it seems that in 2018 it was still ready and willing.

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How To Make The Best Games In VR With Co-founder And CEO Of Survios Nate Burba

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video game industry when the Oculus Kickstarter campaign began? NB: The biggest win for Oculus was being able to get John Carmack and Gabe Newell in the Kickstarter video. With Oculus, VR had a tremendous amount of buzz. NB: Raw Data started when we wanted to switch to Unreal Engine. So let’s go back to Survios.

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Mark Zuckerberg and I are confusing the market about VR and AR and the future of all computing: here’s why we need to stop doing that

Robert Scoble

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future of VR and AR at Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect conference. It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. The tech industry is gearing up for a new paradigm shift.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.31): UE5 released in Early Access, Lumus shows an impressive AR prototype, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. After a lot of teasing of its upcoming fantastic features, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for download. There is also a companion app (another thing copied from Oculus), through which you can buy the games (of course connected with Alipay and WeChat pay). Pa… Pa… Pa…treon!

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The 9 Best PlayStation VR Games to Play Right Now

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The age of consumer grade video game console-powered virtual reality arrived early last month with the release of Sony’s PlayStation VR (PS VR) headset. It combines the intense action of games like Unreal Tournament with the mechanized combat and spectacle of a futuristic sports league. EVE: Valkyrie [ Review: 9/10 ].

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.17): Facebook Horizon avatars revealed, Mozilla dismantles its XR team, and more!

The Ghost Howls

New Oculus Venues gives us a glimpse of Facebook Horizon. Without previous notice, Facebook has started rolling out a new version of Oculus Venues, for now available only to selected beta users. Is The Sony XRperia coming? Sony has just published a job offer looking for professionals to build an XR headset.

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