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The XR Week Peek (2024.10.12): AI models generate 3D scenes, Samsung may unveil its smartglasses in January, and more!

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The combination of Quest 3 and Quest 3S sales on Amazon US was around 146,000 headsets, which is absolutely a good number, but it is 14% less than what Quest 3 and Quest 2 sold last year. More info PSVR 2 may support hand tracking At SIGGRAPH Asia, Sony has demonstrated hand tracking working on PSVR 2. Thanks to KF for the tip!)

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

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At the same time, personal voice assistants developed by tech giants — Alexa from Amazon, Siri from Apple, and Google Assistant — are standing at the forefront of the audio augmented reality market. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds. Top 3 Types of AR-Enabled Hearables.

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‘Rec Room’ Has No Plans to Support PSVR 2

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Well, the news isn’t good, as Rec Room has “no current plans” to support Sony’s latest VR headset. ” The free social VR platform has been available on the original PSVR since late 2017, bringing its user-focused maker tools alongside a host of first-party games and activities.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.17): Big tech companies’ battle for talents, PSVR 2 still not confirmed for 2022, and more!

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Image by Sony). While we were all considering a 2022 release as a given, when asked directly about the matter, Sony declined to answer. A report by Bloomberg reveals that while PS4 should have been discontinued in 2021 , Sony has just ordered the manufacturing of a million new units so that to guarantee a smoother transition to PS5.

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Sony Acquires Beyond Sports to Expand Metaverse Solutions

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Japanese electronics giant Sony recently bought out Beyond Sports, allowing the former to build massive metaverse content for sporting events. Beyond Sports develops real-world data for 3D animations, and its technologies will seamlessly integrate with Sony’s growing portfolio of immersive solutions. it announced this week.

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The XR Week Peek (2025.02.18): Ray-Ban Meta sold 2M devices, Meta may be working on humanoid robots, and more!

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More info (Mentra and Vuzix partner on AugmentOS) More info (AugmentOS official website) News worth a mention (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment) PSVR 2 had great holiday sales numbers Thanks to the huge price discount from $550 to $350, the sales of PSVR 2 had a huge boost in 2024. This is impressive.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.26): Quest 3 page appears on Best Buy, Vision Pro SDK released, and more!

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If you want to start playing around with these tools, of course, you need a Mac , and if you are a Windows guy like me, you are SOL (S**t Out of Luck). Thanks to Hexa, Amazon can so show the 3D model of the items it is selling , and also provide virtual try-on features.

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