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Xreal Announces Air 2 Ultra AR Glasses Ahead of Apple Vision Pro Release

Road to VR

China-based XR company Xreal (previously Nreal) announced its newest pair of glasses at CES 2024, marking the company’s return to augmented reality right as Apple is prepping its $3,500 Vision Pro for its upcoming launch. Read more about what separates AR and smartglasses here. mm, Width: 48 mm, Height: 161.5

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Apple's Dynamic Head Tracking Is Here. If You Have the Expensive AirPods

GizModo VR

Back in June, Apple introduced both lossless audio and Dolby Atmos-powered spatial audio to Apple Music. However, with iOS 15's public release , Apple’s also added Dynamic Head Tracking—and for that, you’re… Read more.

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Apple’s iPhone Will Soon Scan Your Ear to Solve a Big Problem with Spatial Audio

Road to VR

Today during Apple’s WWDC 2022 keynote, the company announced that iOS 16 will allow users of modern iPhones to scan the shape of their ear to create more accurate spatial audio. During the WWDC 2022 keynote, Apple announced the feature as part of the forthcoming iOS 16 update which is due out later this year.

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Head-tracking spatial audio in tvOS 15 is awesome

Digital Trends

Apple delivers an immersive movie experience through a set of wireless headphones, putting the Apple TV 4K ahead of Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Google Chromecast.

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The Meta Quest 3S vs the Vision Pro: Which is Best?

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The Apple Vision Pro , Apple’s first high-end spatial computing device, is even more feature-rich, with exceptional visual fidelity, built-in eye tracking capabilities, and a set of proprietary chips offering incredible performance. That makes it similar in price to the early Quest 2 (despite being a lot more powerful).

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Hands-on review: Apple’s head-tracking for music is one weird trip

Digital Trends

What happens when you add head-tracking to the already immersive audio experience of Dolby Atmos Music? We put Apple's tech to the test.

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One of the First Oculus Rift Games is Currently One of Vision Pro’s Best

Road to VR

Proton Pulse , originally created for the Oculus Rift DK1 development kit in 2013, has been re-released on Apple Vision Pro this week. Practically untouched from its original head-tracked input scheme, the game marks a soft reset in XR game development as developers assess how to approach Vision Pro’s lack of controllers.

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