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Facebook opens Oculus Store to 2D progressive web apps

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Today, Facebook announced that they’re bringing 2D apps into the Oculus Store for the first time. A handful of 2D apps are available in the Oculus Store as of today, including Facebook, Instagram, Smartsheet and Spike. Slack is coming to the Oculus Quest.

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Is this a First-Look at Meta’s Next Headset?

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However, to access greater computing power, headset vendors must figure out how to improve the wearability and usability of VR/MR headsets to ensure practical frontline usage in settings like factory floors. The service is now available for enterprise end-users in supported regions, including the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

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The first company to take advantage of that program is Trimble , one of its long-standing Mixed reality program partners, which recently unveiled the Trimble XR10, a new wearable hard hat device incorporating the HoloLens 2. In other words, down with the “walled garden” approach favored by companies such as Apple and Oculus.

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Microsoft Finalizing Its HoloLens, VR Headset Specifications

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Currently, the champion of minimum specifications is Oculus with its Rift, with some pre-build computers going as low as $500. Naturally, public announcement is one thing, availability is another – still to this date, neither Oculus, AMD nor CyberPowerPC came good on their word and shipped such as system. 4 GB of RAM.

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Apple may have given us a hint at its AR/VR headset’s name

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The headset is believed to be the same size as Meta’s Oculus Quest and focused on high-tech and high-performance. Given its notorious secrecy around unreleased hardware projects, such filings are one key way to glean some info. Apple did not respond to our request for comment.