XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 5, 2022

It accounts for a significant share of the XR market, which is set to reach a value of $300 billion by 2030. For instance, the Oculus Quest 2, one of the world’s top gaming headsets, sold 15 million units after 20 months on the market, even during a pandemic. Let’s take a closer look at XR’s impact on the gaming world today.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 24, 2022

billion by 2030. VR is becoming more affordable for a wide range of gaming customers, thanks to tools like the Oculus Quest, which sold 15 million units during just 20 months on the market. Microsoft and Meta have already revealed their intentions to build Metaverse gaming environments and communities in the years ahead.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

When I worked at Microsoft I got in trouble with the lawyers over patents so they made me sleep with a lawyer (true story, that was my punishment). I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Why am I so confident? What are array microphones?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

More info (Quest 3S costs $299 — Road To VR) More info (Quest 3S costs $299 — Upload VR) More info (Quest 3S may ship on October, 16th) Other relevant news (Image by Ray-Ban) Meta and Luxottica extend their partnership until 2030 Meta and EssilorLuxottica came to an agreement to continue their partnership about creating glasses together until 2030.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2025

And that the company went on to dissolve the ‘Oculus’ brand, which had long been the most recognizable name in the industry for enthusiasts and even outsiders. Not to mention Microsoft discontinuing its Windows MR platform and giving up on HoloLens (ok actually, that one I might have believed).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 30, 2022

I mean, Zuck always said that his vision was at 2030 and beyond. I would say that it can happen even later, in 2030-2040. Well, people don’t know that, according to some sources, the money that Microsoft had to spend to reach the technology to build the HoloLens over the years was something like $5-7B.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 4, 2022

Last year, it was still called Oculus Gaming Showcase, and it featured important updates on games like Pistol Whip, The Climb 2, I Expect You To Die 2, and Resident Evil 4 VR. Ruth Bram, Executive Producer at Oculus Studios, will be the host of the show. Pico Neo 3 , Vive Focus 3 , Oculus Quest 2 ) only offer Wi-Fi connectivity.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Meta promised to put on sale glasses similar to that at an acceptable price before 2030. They use a neural wristband as input mechanism. A few selected people tried them and came out excited about them. The news about Orion spread like wildfire and created hype in the tech communities.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And so I feel like that there is a bit of like a real openness, but yet right now on the whole XR industry, there’s a bit of– with the launch of the Oculus Quest it’d starting to get locked down a lot more, they’re starting to be a little bit more of trying to grab and own different aspects of the platform.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And so I feel like that there is a bit of like a real openness, but yet right now on the whole XR industry, there’s a bit of– with the launch of the Oculus Quest it’d starting to get locked down a lot more, they’re starting to be a little bit more of trying to grab and own different aspects of the platform.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And so I feel like that there is a bit of like a real openness, but yet right now on the whole XR industry, there's a bit of-- with the launch of the Oculus Quest it'd starting to get locked down a lot more, they're starting to be a little bit more of trying to grab and own different aspects of the platform. You have Apple, with ARKit.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset — and they sold millions of these units. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Started covering those areas when they were very tied to games, especially when the original Oculus Rift was launched. Oculus Go came out with this $199 headset – this really inexpensive headset -- and they sold millions of these units. Outside of that, we've worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

And that’s going to increase to 500-billion by 2030. And the mobile phone revolution with really inexpensive accessible small high resolution LED screens or LCD screens, and IMUs, and tiny processors, and all of the components that Palmer Luckey needed to build his first Oculus headset came out of the cell phone industry.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 5, 2020

But as far as I know, nothing disruptive for the industry : Oculus has already shots all its bullets, and HTC for the first time isn’t announcing anything. Image by Oculus). According to Abrash, AR glasses may substitute smartphones in 2030–2040. in 2019 thanks to new headsets like the Oculus Quest. Other relevant news.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 3, 2020

And that’s going to increase to 500-billion by 2030. And the mobile phone revolution with really inexpensive accessible small high resolution LED screens or LCD screens, and IMUs, and tiny processors, and all of the components that Palmer Luckey needed to build his first Oculus headset came out of the cell phone industry.

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2025

For example, if you’ve ever cracked open an Oculus Rift DK2, released in 2014, you’ll find aGalaxy Note 3 display panel at its coreSamsung branding and all. In the early 2010s,small, low-cost displays developed for smartphones were a key driver in kickstarting the consumer VR headset revolution.

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