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The XR Week Peek (2024.12.16): Android XR announced, Samsung headset showcased, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announced Android XR The most important news of the week, and one of the most important of the whole year, has been the official announcement by Google of Android XR. Google has entered the field, bringing new validation to XR, and also new competition in the space.

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8 Augmented Reality Trends in 2021

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In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. billion by 2026. It has certainly made some serious advancements in recent years with the release of applications such as Pokemon Go and products like HoloLens.

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The XR Week Peek (2025.02.18): Ray-Ban Meta sold 2M devices, Meta may be working on humanoid robots, and more!

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He said that for these reasons, Luxottica wants to invest even more in the product, and it is planning to expand the production to more than 10 million units by the end of 2026. As you can see, competition is pushing all the big brands like Meta, Apple, and Google, to improve their products as best and as fast as they can.

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The transition between Quest 2 and Quest 3

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And Quest 2 is much cheaper (especially now that has been put at $199): during the last holidays, it outperformed the Quest 3 by a factor 3:1 on Amazon US. My educated guess is that the process will start in 2026-2027. There are between 20 and 30 million of Quest 2 out there, while only 1M of Quest 3.

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XR Goes Mainstream at MWC 2024 – Event Roundup

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Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Additionally, as Samsung and Google have partnered with Qualcomm, it is reasonable to assume that the device will use the Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, which supports AI-ready wearables.

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Lumus ‘Sheds Light’ on Future of AR, Apple Vision Pro

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billion USD by 2026 and $99.76 This is due to several “false starts” with Google Glass , Microsoft HoloLens2, and Magic Leap, although the companies remain potential customers. Augmented Reality (AR) technology is set to become one of the fastest-growing and most promising technologies among extended reality.

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The XR Week Peek (2025.02.04): Meta had a record Q4 2024, Apple still finding its way to AR glasses, and more!

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We had all the indications that this Q4 would have been good again, like the fact that the Meta Quest companion phone app was the first on the iOS store, that 1 Million people had played Batman Arkham Shadow, or that the Quest was the most sold console of 2024 on Amazon. The fact is: we didnt consider Ray-Ban Meta into the equation.

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