The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple aims at a $1500 Vision device Let me tell you what have been the main pieces of news about the Vision Pro I’ve found this week. First of all, Apple has updated the runtime VisionOS to version 1.1, bringing many quality-of-life improvements. More info (VisionOS 1.1)

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, Magic Leap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. Let’s dive in… Apple VR rumors mounting up. Macrumors called our attention to articles in the Verge and Bloomberg that quote an unnamed source who’s supposedly seen Apple’s debut consumer HMD.

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Digital Trends

MARCH 30, 2022

Arizona now views Apple Wallet's ID feature as legitimate ID, so knowing how to set it up will be crucial as other states follow Arizona's lead.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

According to a report from South Korean outlet The Korea Economic Daily (Korean), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be in-country this week to finalize a deal with LG regarding a previously rumored competitor to Apple Vision Pro, which is reportedly set to be jointly built by the two companies for release in early 2025.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 13, 2023

ByteDance's main hardware focus now is the development of a high-end Apple Vision Pro competitor incorporating "cutting-edge technologies", a project which Osawa reports is codenamed Swan. Pico does plan to release a refreshed version of Pico 4 however, Osawa writes, but he doesn't give any detail of what changes this new model will bring.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 23, 2022

Apple just took another step on its one device quest. Arizona is just the first state of many that Apple said it has queued up for its digital IDs — a promise that brings with it its own set of potential privacy concerns.

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 9, 2024

Amkor to Build Advanced Packaging Facility with Apple in Mind Amkor plans to build a $2 billion advanced packaging facility near Peoria, Arizona , to test and assemble chips produced by TSMC at its Fab 21 near Phoenix, Arizona. government signed memorandums of understanding worth about $1.5

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The news comes as the Chinese tech giant aims to develop a premium rival to the Apple Vision Pro. Additional apps like Arizona Sunshine 2, YouTube VR, VRChat, and others have also been posted to the Pico Store. Osawa said the VR headset project, codenamed Swan, was “still largely experimental and conceptual.”

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Digital Trends

JUNE 6, 2022

At , Apple showed off some major updates and changes coming to Apple Wallet. Following the in Arizona and Colorado, the company expects 11 more states to follow suit. Currently, the states working on integrating Apple Wallet as a legitimate form of ID are already integrating it into TSA checks at select airports.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The game includes Walkabout's first course, Tourist Trap, with Cherry Blossom, Seagull Stacks, and Arizona Modern listed as coming soon. Of course, Walkabout is also available on the Quest Store , Steam Store , PlayStation Store , and Apple App Store.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

With Apple Vision Pro out in the wild, it’s likely that Meta’s Quest Pro line will evolve to become more of a direct competitor. Apple’s Bar With Vision Pro, Apple was clearly not aiming to make an affordable headset. But what could a Quest Pro 2 look like if Meta wanted to go toe-to-toe with Apple?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Major firms like Apple are sending staff to stores across the USA to train staff using its new MR headset. Apple Preps Retail Stores for Vision Pro Debut Apple is preparing for the release of its Vision Pro device, which was announced earlier this year. On the other hand, as market competition rises, pressure also increases.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 4, 2023

More info Apple Vision Pro offers an incredible hand segmentation A leaked screenshot from an Apple Vision Pro devkit shows how the Vision Pro is able to show almost perfectly the hand of the user above virtual content. This would show the level of polish of the upcoming Apple headset.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

More info Some news about Apple Vision Pro The news and rumors about Vision Pro never end. In these two weeks, we got to discover that Apple is planning to organize demo sessions of Vision Pro inside the Apple Store venues and that in the beginning, the only way to buy a Vision Pro will be going to an Apple Store.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Now the Metaverse is gaining newfound traction from enterprise clients, companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are reinforcing XR as a serious technology for various use cases. During its WWDC event, Apple showed how clients could use first-party productivity applications on the Vision Pro product.

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Anand Tech

DECEMBER 7, 2022

TSMC this week held its Arizona fab 'first tool-in' ceremony, where alongside celebrating its first US fab, the company also announced major expansion plans for the production facility. Companies like AMD, Apple, and NVIDIA are set to run orders through Fab 21 phase 1 to produce their advanced chips in the U.S.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro may be out in January According to the latest report on Bloomberg, Apple is still on track to release the Apple Vision Pro at the beginning of this year. I hope we will meet there and have fun together! Outstanding move. Good luck with that.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Apple Vision Pro may have a very slow start The same Ming-Chi Kuo, who probably woke up with a lot of pessimism that day, has also expressed doubts about the widespread success of the Apple Vision Pro. This would mean that Apple’s XR offering should rely for 3 years on a very expensive headset with very low sales.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 27, 2022

The former Alaska governor and disastrous presidential running mate is in the Big Apple to sue the New York Times for libel after it insinuated that her rhetoric was tied to the 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, which left six dead and Rep. Gabby Giffords with massive brain injuries. While she’s around, Palin … Read more.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Younger readers might not know, but there was once an annual tradition in which Apple would release a new iPhone, old iPhones would suddenly start performing poorly, and users would speculate about a conspiracy to get them to buy the shiny new thing. It turned out that a conspiracy, of sorts, did exist, and Apple has… Read more.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 17, 2024

Volumetric 6DoF platform Gracia is now on Quest 3 App Lab with a resolution boost, while Fly is essentially Google Earth VR on Quest and Apple Vision Pro. Elsewhere, VRChat now has hand-tracking support on PC. With VR Gaming, Meta finally confirmed that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on Quest is "on hold indefinitely."

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Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I spend hours out front every week cataloging what goes past (I have the new over-the-ears headphones from Apple and usually use them outside while walking around talking to dozens of people all over the world building the future –they absolutely rock, by the way). So, could Apple “beat” Tesla? Can Apple match this?

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

What is interesting is that a few important universities are already using it, including Arizona State University, Houston Community College, Imperial College London, Miami Dade College, Morehouse College, University of Miami, and University of Michigan. This device, which has also a cool design, is now available on IndieGoGo.

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Digital Trends

MAY 26, 2022

After Arizona, Apple is bringing support for driver's licenses and IDs in the Wallet app to Maryland. Other states are expected to follow soon.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2024

More info (Max Mustard’s team sharing info on PSVR 2 launch) More info (Some reasons why the game can have sold better on PSVR) Huawei could launch a Vison Pro competitor this week According to some leaks, Huawei may launch today October, 22nd a new MR/VR headset, dedicated to competing with Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

One of the consequences of the launch of Unity 6 is that Unity also finally released to the public the Unity beta package to develop for VisionOS, so that finally all of us Unity developers can start developing for the Apple Vision Pro, trying our prototypes on the emulator. Great job, Vuzix.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Here's what you may have missed: Following Apple Vision Pro 's recent launch, it's been a quieter week for VR. Virtual Desktop got an update, YouTube's planning an Apple Vision Pro app , WebXR sites are creating cross-compatible destinations for Vision Pro and Bigscreen Beyond released a VRChat-themed storage can.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Store links - Quest Arizona Sunshine Remake - October 17 (Pico, PC VR, PSVR 2, Quest) Following in the footsteps of Arizona Sunshine 2 , Vertigo Games has "completely rebuilt" the original entry with Arizona Sunshine Remake , where you must once again survive in a post-apocalyptic southwestern America.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

It also features a big library of video content (thanks to iQiYi main business) and a catalog of seriously good VR games like Arizona Sunshine, Swarm, Mercenary: Silicon Rising, Zombieland: Headshot Fever. Apple AR/VR headset may rely on a nearby iPhone to work. News worth a mention. Image by Lynx).

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Upload VR

JULY 6, 2024

Lynx-R1 production was described as " an absolute mess ," Surreal Touch is a new 6DoF tracked VR controller for Apple Vision Pro, Apple is reportedly now using the Dual Loop band for Vision Pro demos , and Pico is opening up its store. Quest v67 lets you freely position windows, and any Quest MR app can now disable the boundary.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2024

If they keep building the device, when Apple halts production, there may be enough units in the warehouses to keep the sales happening until the next version of the headset is released. This headset may be priced around $2000, and according to this last report from The Information, Apple plans to sell around 4 million units of them.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The render, showing what the headset would look like being worn, was teased by Meta's Director of Display Systems Research Douglas Lanman during a talk titled "How to Pass the Visual Turing Test in AR/VR" given at The University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences. 0:00 / 0:12 1× The Mirror Lake concept was shown off by Meta last year.

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Digital Trends

JULY 29, 2020

The investigation follows another being led by the Texas attorney general.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Motorola Phones will soon be usable in VR via Quest's Horizon OS, the non-pro Apple Vision headset is reportedly targeting $2000 pricing, and we shared our hands-on impressions with the Vive Focus Vision. We'll bring you our full review soon but in the meantime, we assessed its hand tracking quality compared to Quest 3.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As for the suggestion engine, it is always been a problem since the Gear VR times, when people started receiving nonsense notifications like “Since you liked Arizona Sunshine, go playing Hello Kitty Word 2000” and published them on Reddit so that we all could have a laugh.

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Anand Tech

JULY 17, 2020

Beyond Huawei’s consumer business segment which had grown to be the #2 smartphone vendor in the world, behind Samsung and ahead of Apple, Huawei is an important player in the cellular infrastructure market where they are currently the leading player for telecommunications equipment.

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