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The XR Week Peek (2025.01.29): Google acquires HTC engineers, Meta plans to release Oakley smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google acquires HTC Vive engineers for $250M Completely out of the blue (at least from our eyes), Google decided to acquire some XR-related engineers from HTC Vive (together with a non-exclusive license on some HTC IP) for the whopping amount of $250M.

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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!

The Ghost Howls

In his latest report, Gurman says Apple canceled some tethered AR glasses that should have been connected to the iPhone to show a large screen in front of the user. This does not mean that Apple has given up on AR glasses, though. But they got bad feedback from early testing so they were canceled altogether.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.05.14): New rumors on the Vision Pro 2, Ultraleap Hyperion, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro 2 may come in 2026 The rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2 continue. According to a recent report, the successor of the first Vision Pro may come in 2026 and have a price comprised between $1500 and $2500. What a time to be alive!

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.11): Samsung headset delayed, Apple cheaper Vision delayed, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The reason is the one I’ve already reported in this newsletter a few weeks ago: after the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro, Samsung has been caught a bit off guard by the announced features and it is now trying to power up its headset so that it will be able to properly compete with Apple’s device.

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Hong Kong Legislature Says Web3 Will Save Failing Virtual Banking Services

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Hence, Kit-Chong believes that Web3 assets hold a huge opportunity for a struggling financial service and predicts that emerging fintech will help virtual banks break even by 2026. The news comes after the UK bank NatWest announced that its retail banking app is now available on Apple’s Vision Pro.

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Editorial: This VR cycle may take more time than expected

The Ghost Howls

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. They are Apple AR glasses!” I have this impression for a few reasons.

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My predictions for Meta Connect 2022

The Ghost Howls

But not any kind of announcements, because we already know that the budget cuts pushed the launch of AR glasses to something like 2026. The main UI of the Vive Focus Plus, which also included the PC VR games you could play through the headset (Image by HTC Vive). Content announcement. This would be kinda disturbing, actually…).

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