Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2022

Mojo Lens is ostensibly years away for commercialization, however the company announced at CES 2022 that it’s taking a step forward by partnering with a number of fitness brands to explore how to better integrate its smart contact lenses into sports and training.

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GizModo VR

JULY 26, 2021

Amazon has plans to accept the cryptocurrency bitcoin by the end of 2021, according to an anonymously sourced report in the London newspaper City A.M. And while this is just the word of one anonymous “insider” at the Seattle-based mega-retailer, bitcoin’s price skyrocketed overnight and it’s creating a lot of buzz in… Read more.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 16, 2022

You can quit Amazon Prime. I did it in 2020, in response to Amazon firing user experience designers Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa. Some of those workers went on strike, demanding hazard pay, adequate sick leave, protective gear, and transparency about the number of coronavirus cases in each Amazon warehouse.

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Slashgear

MAY 18, 2022

The next small Amazon Fire tablet has arrived, and though it won't start shipping until the end of June, we already know what to expect from the 7-inch model.

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Slashgear

JUNE 24, 2022

Amazon has a pair of promotions that appear to deliver a total of $30 credit in time for Prime Day, but this money comes with some major caveats.

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Slashgear

MARCH 30, 2022

Amazon has revealed the eight games that it'll make available for free to Prime subscribers in April, though you'll need a gaming PC to play them.

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Road to VR

APRIL 1, 2022

Incuvo is also launching a version for Steam VR headsets, which is slated to arrive sometime in May 2022. At some point the VR version is supposed to feature co-op functionality, however this is slated to arrive as a postlaunch update, the studio says in a tweet. Image courtesy Incuvo Games.

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Slashgear

JULY 12, 2022

Amazon has kicked off its big Prime Day sale and there are some big discounts on offer, including an insanely cheap TV. It's that time of the year again.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The studio says Green Hell VR is officially launching on Steam and Meta Quest in the first half of 2022. In the meantime, SteamVR users will be able take your first steps into the game’s immersive rendering of the Amazon rainforest, replete with day and night cycles, and dangerous flora and fauna.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Meta is getting ready to roll out Quest’s v46 update ahead of its Connect 2022 developer conference next week, bringing to the platform a modest set of new features alongside a new Home environment inspired by The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Image courtesy Meta, Amazon Studios.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Quest Pro (2022) is black. Pre-orders launch today over on Meta’s website , but will also likely have availability through online retail partners Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Walmart. – – — – – Connect 2023 kicks off today, taking place September 27th and 28th at Meta’s Menlo Park headquarters. Quest 2 (2020) was white.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2021

At the time of this writing, Meta’s standalone VR headset is one of the most sought-after gifts on Amazon. Recently, developer Polyarc announced a Spring 2022 release window for Moss: Book 2 which will serve as a direct sequel to the original game. Social VR games are poised to explode in 2022.

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Mashable VR

MAY 3, 2022

You know how every other ebook reader under the sun supports EPUB files, but Amazon's Kindle stubbornly refuses to do so? Amazon quietly updated its help documentation (via Goodreader ) to state that Kindle devices will start supporting EPUB files. Beginning in late 2022, Send to Kindle applications will support EPUB (.EPUB)

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Digital Trends

JULY 16, 2022

The Amazon Fire 7 (2022) promises to be a fully-fledged Android tablet for just $60. It's not perfect, but for the price, it's more than enough.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

See Also: Is 2022 the Year for Consumer AR Glasses? “At Likewise, AutoDesk offers its XR cloud services through a partnership with Amazon. This is significant because Snap Lenses run on mobile devices that not only have limited space but also share that computing power with a slew of non-XR applications. Your Forecast: Cloudy.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Tolkien’s legendarium, The Silmarillion , is going to be available in October 2022. This year is going to play host to Fantasy Rings Fall , with both the Amazon Studio’s show, Rings of Power out in September and now this new book, complete with Tolkien’s… Read more. Just announced this morning, a new illustrated edition of J.R.R.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 17, 2022

Amazon continues to up the ante with its slate of originals, including a new show based on a popular YA novel that's perfect for summer viewing.

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GizModo VR

JULY 20, 2022

Amazon is hosting its annual Alexa developers annual conference, called Alexa Live , today. Many of the tools being introduced are there to drive the idea of Amazon’s… Read more. The event will introduce a heaping of new APIs for developers to build with, meaning new abilities coming to an Echo speaker or smart display near you.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2022

So far, online retailers like Amazon, Target, NewEgg, and yes… also Walmart’s website still list the headset as ‘Oculus’ Quest 2. — Ian Hamilton (@hmltn) April 5, 2022. Walmart now carrying “Meta” Quest 2 at this store in Bentonville where it is testing drone delivery. pic.twitter.com/LkXssaPIS7.

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GizModo VR

JULY 13, 2022

Amazon Prime Day happens just once a year (or maybe twice, if rumors are correct ) and amongst all the legitimate bargains and deals worth grabbing, there are hundreds of products on sale that no discount will ever make appealing or… Read more. It’s hard to believe we’re already into day two of capitalism’s most sacred holiday.

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GizModo VR

JULY 12, 2022

Amazon Prime Day is happening, and it’s taken over the internet. And while there are a few seriously useful deals making the rounds on Amazon’s bi-annual splay-it-out-and-see-who-buys yard sale, we’d be remiss not to partake in our annual tradition of rounding up… Read more. You’re lucky if you’ve been able to avoid it thus far.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 17, 2022

Amazon has finally confirmed the 2022 dates for its biggest shopping event of the year, Prime Day Australia, which will kick off on Tuesday, July 12. Despite its slightly misleading name, the annual "Prime Day" takes place over two days, delivering huge savings to Amazon Prime members on a range of products. Happy hunting!

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GizModo VR

MAY 2, 2022

In a potential blow to all the apps and websites that have popped up alongside the Amazon Kindle to streamline the process of converting EPUB ebook files to the e-reader’s propriety file format, starting in “late 2022,” the Kindle Personal Documents Service will finally support EPUB files , expanding where users can… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. We can expect so all big tech companies to comply with it in 2023.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 8, 2022

This year at CES 2022 was no different: Top dogs Sony, Samsung, and LG, alongside challengers TCL, Hisense,… Read more. Every year at CES the convention centers and hotel-casino ballrooms of Las Vegas convert into a battleground for TV makers trying to prove their displays are brighter, more colorful, and slimmer than the others.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The Beijing-based firm has opened preorders for the Apple dongle on Amazon for $59, and the firm also announced a partnership with the online retail giant to launch the Nreal Air device for $379. Both products are available on Amazon Prime exclusively for US customers. Nreal (@Nreal) September 27, 2022. iPhone Compatibility.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 18, 2022

If the recent price hike on Amazon's Prime membership service didn't scare you away, you're in for a sales spectacular come Prime Day. Here's what you need to know about its return in 2022. Prime Day is an annual sitewide sale that Amazon puts on for its Prime members. When is Prime Day 2022? Is Amazon Prime worth it?

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ARPost

JULY 23, 2022

Further, as we move into the third quarter of 2022, we see the metaverse taking on a horde of forms, and it seems that the industrial metaverse is taking a great leap forward. Brands like Amazon have already begun investing in the industrial metaverse. Virtual Factory: A Reality or a Digital Imagery Concept?

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Meta Quest 2 | Image courtesy Meta Still, even nearly three years after release, Quest 2 was so popular last Holiday season it handily outsold Quest 3 on Amazon. So much can’t be said for Quest Pro, which always felt more like an expensive mixed reality dev kit than a consumer device, launching in 2022 for an eye-watering $1,500.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Immerse Global Summit (@ImmerseSummit) October 13, 2022. Firms such as Amazon, AT&T, Meta Platforms, Magic Leap, Qualcomm, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity Technologies, Lenovo, General Motors (GM), and others will take the XR centre stage to discuss how metaverse technologies reshaping enterprises and their operations.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 12, 2022

The Amazon rainforest in Mato Grosso Brazil is shrinking. Brazil’s space research agency, INPE, reported that the first quarter of 2022 set a new deforestation record for the rainforest— 941 square kilometers were cleared from Janaury to the end of March. This is the largest area of deforestation that the agency… Read more.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 28, 2022

Amazon has overturned its own ban and will now let warehouse employees keep their cell phones with them while they work, a move following months of criticism aimed at the company. "We SEE ALSO: Amazon's phone ban criticized in wake of Illinois warehouse collapse. Credit: JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Yes, CES 2022 will be a physical event, but only for some. Not even an ongoing pandemic with a brand new ultra-contagious variant can stop the world’s biggest technology trade show. In January, CES will be held in person despite the omicron covid-19 variant rapidly spreading around the globe. Gizmodo (and various… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 4, 2022

LG is updating its fleet of OLED TVs at CES, and while the underlying technology remains mostly the same, the company’s 2022 lineup has gained some enticing enhancements. Read more.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

While no longer sold by Magic Leap, the company was selling ML 1 up until mid-2022. Brand new units, including the headset’s hip-worn compute unit and single controller, were being liquidated for the barn burner deal of $550 via Amazon subsidiary Woot.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Finally, Nreal Air starts at $379 (available on Amazon ) – $220 less than Light. See Also: Is 2022 the Year for Consumer AR Glasses? At launch, this will be limited to screen mirroring, with additional functionalities expected to follow. However, the adapter for iOS devices runs an additional $59.

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Digital Trends

AUGUST 2, 2021

The first season of Amazon Prime Video's Lord of the Rings series has wrapped with a new picture from the set, and the show will finally bow in September 2022.

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