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Meta Connect 2025 Takes Place September 17 & 18

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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.

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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

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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 eye tracking for avatar movement and gaming. Interest in VR is rapidly increasing with a forecasted 48.7

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PlayStation VR2 Hand Tracking Review: How Does It Compare To Quest 3's?

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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.

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Greenlight Insights and Adlens Release Study on the Future of XR

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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.

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AR Smart Glass: why we still have to wait for mass adoption?

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They say Apple will finally release a Mixed Reality headset in 2022 and that it will be endowed with eye tracking 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.

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Smart Glasses in the Future of Work 

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Although the benefit for businesses could be significant, smart glasses enable workers to access mission-critical documents hands-free with increasingly sophisticated eye tracking and voice-assisted navigation options. Fresh Developments from Meta Meta is trying to finish the Nazare device in time for a release in 2026.

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Editorial: This VR cycle may take more time than expected

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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.

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