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The XR Week Peek (2024.02.27): Meta reported to release Quest Pro 2 in 2025, Apple Vision Pro affected by the crackgate, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The hype for the Apple Pro is starting to deflate and it is possible to see that from some cues: for instance, there are more critics of the headset and fewer articles are talking about it. So at the beginning of next year, we may have huge players like Apple, Google, and Meta battling for the high-end XR sector.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.10.15): Meta Avalanche cloud rendering appears on the store, cheaper Apple Vision may cost $2000, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info Apple’s cheaper headset may cost $2000 According to the usual Marc Gurma n, Apple is working on a cheaper version of the Vision Pro, which may use cheaper materials, feature an A-series chipset, and ditch away the EyeSight display.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.13): Ray-Ban Stories get launched, Lynx R1 to come for $499, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook has always had the problem of distribution of its hardware (Apple has its stores, for instance, Facebook has not), and with this partnership, it immediately has the opportunity to showcase this and its future devices in all glasses shops thanks to Luxottica. Apple Event is tomorrow 14th September. Other relevant news.

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XREAL AR Smart Glasses to Tackle Meta, Apple Vision Pro during 2024 Holiday Period

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

In October, Micro Center will be selling XREAL products in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. This seemingly aims to steal the holiday season from competitors Meta and Apple.

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U.S. Signs $1.5B in CHIPS Act Agreements With Amkor and SKhynix for Chip Packaging Plants

Anand Tech

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. Addressing this last gap in the government's domestic chip production plans, these past couple of weeks the U.S.

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Exclusive interview and footage about “Sam & Max: This Time It’s Virtual”!

The Ghost Howls

For sure Apple, Facebook, and Google have to invest in this technology because the sales of the smartphones are declining, and they need something new. We were free to come up with almost anything if people liked it, even as we began making Star Wars and Indiana Jones games.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.25): Pico 5 to come in three models, Quest 3 is launching, and more!

The Ghost Howls

At the end of the day, I understand that Unity needs to monetize more because the economic conditions are s**t and Apple is killing its Unity Ads cash cow with its privacy shield. It features 11,000 movies and 4600 TV shows to choose from , including new blockbusters like Indiana Jones 5 or Guardians of the Galaxy 3.

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