The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

Scoperlys parent company is owned by Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund, meaning that Pokemon Go now belongs to the king of Saudi Arabia. This means that Samsung wont go all-in with hand tracking like Apple did. For this purpose, it created a spin-off called Niantic Spatial which starts with $250M in funds.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

February 2024 is here, and this month marked the end of a long, long wait for Apple’s Vision Pro. Apple has already sold 200,000 devices in the first week, which is impressive. However, the optics are positive for now in terms of enterprise and consumer XR markets. “They make technology easier to use,” Jay remarked.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to AlMuawad, Midwam’s solutions were key to developing Saudi Arabia as a strategic tech and metaverse incubator. ” Companies developing solutions similar to HTC VIVE’s lip-tracking tools would deepen immersion and lead to greater levels of realism for avatar development.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

Image by HTC Vive). HTC’s new headset may be called Vive XR Elite. Thanks to the support of the community member Inscothen, I have discovered that the Korean website of HTC may have leaked the info about the upcoming headset that the company should unveil at this CES. Meta bought Luxecel, Apple Limbak. Image by Meta).

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