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Originally called Oculus Connect, from the first in 2014 until the sixth in 2019, the event sees the company announce VR, AR, and smart glasses hardware, software, and new developer tools, as well as show off some of its research towards the future of XR. Meta Connect 2025 will take place on September 17 and 18.
percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2026. These headsets offer users cutting-edge technologies, often with 6 degrees of freedom, spatial audio , foveated rendering, and bespoke hand, face, and eyetracking for avatar movement and gaming. Interest in VR is rapidly increasing with a forecasted 48.7
Waltz of the Wizard added hand tracking on PlayStation VR2 last week , the first title to do so, just under five years after it became one of the first to add the feature on the original Oculus Quest too. 0:00 / 0:59 1 Video from Waltz of the Wizard's developer Aldin Dynamics. The answer is that it comes with tradeoffs.
Next-generation optical arrays, such as Alvarez lenses, could provide sharp, immersive AR when paired with other existing technologies such as eye-tracking; Source: Optics in Focus: The Vital Role of the Optical Interface in Unlocking the True Potential of Augmented Reality. The display could potentially replicate changing eye focus.
They say Apple will finally release a Mixed Reality headset in 2022 and that it will be endowed with eyetracking capabilities, an 8K display and a 5 nanometers CPU. The smart glass market was valued at USD 3.89 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 7.96 Again, as of 2021, we just have rumors.
Although the benefit for businesses could be significant, smart glasses enable workers to access mission-critical documents hands-free with increasingly sophisticated eyetracking and voice-assisted navigation options. Fresh Developments from Meta Meta is trying to finish the Nazare device in time for a release in 2026.
There was (and still is) quite a good hype for these headsets, exactly as there was hype for what was Oculus Santa Cruz, the codename of the Oculus Quest. The rumors from Mark Gurman talk about a new cheaper version, which can have a more mass market appeal, forecasted for 2025-2026. Let me tell you why. Not an easy task.
I totally want them to care more about our privacy, and I’m all in with Avi Bar-Zeev in having better management of eyetracking data on the Quest Pro. That’s why its greatest bet is AR glasses that are coming from 2024 or 2026. I’m not a huge fan of Zuck, and I ‘ve always criticized Meta when needed.
Body tracking leaked from Quest SDK documentation. A leaked image from the Oculus team shows that the company is working to implement body tracking inside the Oculus Unity SDK. We are not supporting eyetracking or biometrics for this closed beta. Other relevant news. Image leaked from Meta firmware).
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