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A chat with Grigore Burdea about the past, the present, and the future of VR

The Ghost Howls

On the occasion of the release of his latest book about VR , I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Grigore Burdea about his last 30 years of work in Virtual Reality and talking about the present, the past, and the future of this technology. So you see apples, and you believe that you smell apples. Who is Grigore Burdea?

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The 7 laws of the present metaverse

The Ghost Howls

The 7 laws of the present metaverse. #1. Many presentations at events have been made about the metaverse, where the speakers talked about this future technology while in their head there were just monkeys playing cymbals. Apple is always coming next year, every year. The 7 laws of the present metaverse. Corollary #3.1:

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Vision Pro Owners Hopeful Apple Event Will Bring News of Unreleased Panoramic Display Feature

Road to VR

Apple announced in June it was planning to release a wider, higher-resolution version of Mac Virtual Display for Vision Pro. Stay tuned,” Apple marketing executive Greg Joswiak recently revealed on X. Thanks to Mac-side dynamic foveated rendering, Apple maintains content will “stay sharp wherever you look.”

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Apple Reportedly Rethinking XR Headset Approach Amid Reveal of Meta’s AR Glasses

Road to VR

Despite Vision Pro’s $3,500 price tag, which is nearly 12 times more expensive than the $300 Quest 3S , Apple and Meta are destined to be direct competitors in the XR space at some point in the near future. Heat management, whether it would be tethered or wireless, and what devices it could support are all up for speculation.

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AWE USA 2023 Day Three: Eyes on Apple

ARPost

And Apple ruled a lot of those talks. Bracing for Impact From Apple A big shift is expected this week as Apple is expected to announce its entrance into the XR market. Whether an Apple entrance is real this time or not, AWE is bracing itself. And diversity in the industry is what sets Apple apart. “If

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New Features Coming in VisionOS 2, Including What Apple Apple Didn’t Show

Road to VR

But there’s lots more that Apple didn’t actually show on stage. Beyond what Apple showed of VisionOS 2 in the WWDC keynote, there’s a lot more coming when the update launches this Fall. It will be interesting to see how well Apple’s approach works. Here’s everything we know so far.

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Rumor: Apple Will Debut AR Headset & Tracker In 2021

VRScout

According to TF International Securities analyst and respected Apple researcher Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is set to debut a wide range of new projects this year, including the long-rumored “Apple Glass” AR headset and AirTag tracking device. AirTag represents Apple’s long-rumored consumer tracking solution.

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