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It is that time of the year when I make predictions about the upcoming Oculus/Facebook/Meta Connect, the main event of the year for Oculus/Facebook/Meta since a lot of time. But not any kind of announcements, because we already know that the budget cuts pushed the launch of AR glasses to something like 2026. Zuck, surprise us!
The historical moment of the launch of Quest 1 (Image by TechCrunch) Oculus Quest 1 launched in 2019 for $399. And in the end, the beginning of June is a good opportunity to answer whatever Google had announced mid May at Google I/O and at the same time to put pressure on Apple for the WWDC conference in mid-June.
Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Apple For years we have been hearing rumors about a possible launch of AR Smart glass by Apple, but for the moment the Cupertino company has not yet released any device totally dedicated to Augmented Reality. The smart glass market was valued at USD 3.89
Fresh Developments from Meta Meta is trying to finish the Nazare device in time for a release in 2026. In the background, major immersive tech vendors like Meta, Apple, and Microsoft are exploring what innovations are required to drive the space. Firms are exploring emerging smart glass designs to increase adoption rates further.
Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. Every year, we have the same ritual: we wait for an event by Apple, hoping to hear some news about an upcoming XR device, then nothing happens in this sense, we are disappointed and so we hope for a new reveal next year. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.
Apple claims the M4 has a 50% more powerful CPU an d 4 times more powerful GPU than the M2 chipset mounted on the Vision Pro, so an M5 chipset may give the new Vision Pro unprecedented performances for a standalone MR headset. This headset should go into production in the second half of 2025, so realistically be available in 2026.
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!” ” and made the brains of the whole crowd explode.
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.
Meta wants all of us closed in a VR prison, but Apple/Snap/Niantic instead are the good guys doing AR. That’s why its greatest bet is AR glasses that are coming from 2024 or 2026. Tim Cook says that Apple is not interested in the metaverse to distinguish itself from Meta. Meta is bad, Apple is our savior!
He even arrived to claim that It is a bigger jump from what exists today than the jump that I made when I started Oculus. In my opinion, this is just another example of Metas obsession with Apple : Apple never talks about VR, and only talks about MR and spatial. It is a jump that I think cannot be overstated .
In any case, even if you do that, you’ll still be able to play SteamVR content only through November 2026. As a tech guy, of course, I’m all in for retro compatibility, and I would still love to sometimes attach my Oculus DK2 to my laptop and remember the good old times playing Tuscany.
A few weeks after I officially entered VR, the technology started being overhyped after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus. The XR field is now growing, and the long-term outlook is also great, with the upcoming release of the Apple mixed reality headset which is for sure going to re-ignite the hype for immersive realities again.
PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Other relevant news.
When Microsoft launched Windows Mixed Reality in 2017, it wanted to take advantage of the rapidly growing PC VR market, which was previously dominated by Oculus and HTC. However, even if you dont, youll only be able to use SteamVR apps through November 2026.
This seems to hint that the two companies are going to build a new XR headset together, which according to the rumors will be the Quest Pro 2, which would be aimed at competing directly with the Apple Vision Pro. This could be useful to let Meta answer to the movies available on the Apple Vision Pro because of Apple TV.
It lacks all Oculus Exclusive titles like Beat Saber and Population One, but its store is becoming anyway interesting. He complained about having to obey platforms and their taxes (clearly hinting at Apple), saying that he had a different vision. And Pico doesn’t plan to curate it like Meta, so its ecosystem should be much more open.
We can so expect a price of $1000+ for the device, which at this point is clearly aimed at professionals, the same target of people of the upcoming Apple headset. Thanks to this solution, it is also possible to play Fortnite on Android and Apple phones. Probably the subreddit /r/oculus should change to /r/meta. Outstanding move!
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