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MAY 13, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro 2 may come in 2026 The rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2 continue. It seems that most of the rumors are aligning on the launch of an Apple Vision Pro 2 in 2026–2027. What a time to be alive! Matt Miesnieks said that the rumor aligns with some things he heard.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Apple Vision Pro may have a very slow start The same Ming-Chi Kuo, who probably woke up with a lot of pessimism that day, has also expressed doubts about the widespread success of the Apple Vision Pro. This would mean that Apple’s XR offering should rely for 3 years on a very expensive headset with very low sales.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

First of all, it seems that the headset is not a new product, but that Apple has been working on it for 7 years. It seems anyway that for the first time ever at Apple, Cook has this time now given priority to the operations team. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info News worth a mention (Image by The Information) Let’s have realistic expectations on the Apple headset We are all very excited about Apple joining our industry, but we must have realistic expectations about the headset that is going to come. I will leave you the link to do that below. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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AUGUST 14, 2023

This is a very useful resource for all of us XR developers that are going very soon going to experiment with Mixed Reality applications on a headset by Meta, Apple, or one of their competitors. More info Immersed VISOR to support hand tracking and eye tracking It seems that Immersed truly wants to compete with Apple with its VISOR headset.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Of course, Epic is completely against Apple and its vision of its own walled garden. Epic also announced a few interesting things, like a tool to record facial animations for MetaHumans that run on an iPhone; and Fab, the Unreal version of the Unity Asset Store, where the developers can find many tools and multimedia elements put on sale.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

So, for instance, you record a video of a person from a low position and then see how it looks from a higher position Apple has just published a patent about showing invisible things on mixed reality glasses. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Some news on the metaverse.

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AUGUST 8, 2023

He also envisions that a first version of the Samsung MR device will still be made to enhance the smartphone experience, while the visor-based approach, like the one proposed by Apple with the Vision Pro, is more something for the long term. I mean, if Apple CEO finds this device useful, I think it’s a hell of an endorsement.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Yes, it is less than the 5% of Unreal, but until yesterday we only paid per seat, not both per seat and per revenue sharing. Some developers I know are already switching to Godot or Unreal because they say that Unity can’t be trusted anymore. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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JULY 17, 2023

More info News worth a mention (Image by Meta) Meta CTO talks about the Quest 3 launch Andrew Bosworth has spoken about the launch of the Quest 3, stating that actually, Meta has not changed its plans for the launch because of the upcoming announcement of the Apple Vision Pro. But I hope this is going to happen relatively soon.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

Apple headset will not be focused on gaming. A new report seems to suggest that the upcoming Apple headset won’t be focused on gaming at all. According to the rumors, In the beginning only Apple’s first part tools (like RealityKit) will be allowed to create content, and only after, Unity support will come. Other relevant news.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple announces the release date of the Apple Vision Pro During the last few days, the rumors about possible release dates for the Apple Vision Pro have intensified , and someone talked about January, 27 as the day of the launch. The headset will be available for purchase in the U.S.,

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JULY 3, 2023

It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. Regarding all the rumors about the use of tracked controllers, Mark Gurman stated this in his latest report: “ I’m told that Apple isn’t planning its own Vision Pro game controller, nor is it actively planning support for third-party VR accessories ”.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

VR modder Praydog has just announced a “Universal VR injector” for Unreal Engine. According to some members of the community, “this is one of the most exciting things to happen in the VR Modding scene because it could mean VR mods for HUNDREDS of incredible AAA Unreal Engine games in full VR ”. VR Modding reaches a new milestone.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

If they keep building the device, when Apple halts production, there may be enough units in the warehouses to keep the sales happening until the next version of the headset is released. This headset may be priced around $2000, and according to this last report from The Information, Apple plans to sell around 4 million units of them.

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