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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.17): Big tech companies’ battle for talents, PSVR 2 still not confirmed for 2022, and more!

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The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple has performed very strategic acquisitions as well, and the news of the week is that Snap has acquired Compound Photonics to gain a key supplier of LCOS and Microled displays. Apple may have delays for its headset.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.04): Varjo announces XR-4 headset, Quest 2 sells much more than Quest 3, and more!

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More info (Varjo launches XR-4 headset) More info (Varjo’s launch on Road To VR) More info (Varjo opens up waiting list for consumers) Other relevant news Quest 3 is selling well, but Quest 2 much better Quest 3 sales are not going bad, and the headset, after Black Friday , has now already 5% of the shares of devices on the SteamVR survey.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.03.07): Samsung is planning to launch an XR device, PSVR may arrive in 2023, and more!

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If I had to bet, I would say that the possibilities are two: Smartglasses to see the notifications of your phone A hybrid VR/passthrough AR headset, similar to Project Cambria or the rumored Apple headset. With the rumors intensifying, and with Apple always closer to entering the market, I am expecting an announcement for this year.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.02.07): Meta has invested more than $10B on XR, Hololens 3 may have been canceled, and more!

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These are huge numbers for VR: if you look at the most recent SteamVR survey, you get that Oculus headsets are now at 67% of the whole PCVR market. Image by Apple). Apple may implement WebXR in Safari. If you make some calculations using these data, the result is that Meta has probably sold 9–10M Quest 2 units until now.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.08.01): Quest 2 price raise, PSVR 2 passthrough, Pico 4 leaks, and more!

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He also is aware of Apple entering the market, and said his employees that the battle between Meta and Apple is a battle between open ecosystems vs closed ecosystems. Some people switched to other virtual worlds like Neos. Road To VR) More info (The FTC blocks Meta’s acquisition of Within?—?Upload Upload VR).

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The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into

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This is supported by a 2022 PwC survey , which shows that 42% of business leaders are planning to use the metaverse to provide onboarding and training for their employees. This is followed by 36% who shared that they’re planning to use the metaverse for interactions with colleagues, as well as for creating virtual content for their audience.

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OpenSim sets record high number of grids, for sixth month in a row

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As a quick comparison, Second Life currently has 27,778 regions, according to Grid Survey. Another option for people who want free OpenSim land is to use DreamGrid from OutWorldz, a version of OpenSim used by many people to create virtual worlds on personal computers, private company grids, or school grids.