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The languages above however suggest it’s at least coming to Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Singapore, the UK, France, and Germany. A report from earlier this year maintained that talks between Meta and Chinese tech giant Tencent had stalled , which allegedly put hopes for a Chinese launch of Meta hardware on ice.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Taking the top spot across the US & Canada, the EU and Japan is Kayak VR: Mirage, a kayak racing sim initially released on SteamVR headsets in 2022 by Amsterdam-based indie studio Better Than Life. There’s also to consider that it was the subject of a hardware bundle, however that included a voucher code and not a physical disk.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The firm keenly notes the importance of cross-device interoperability across mobile hardware, a key growth area for XR devices and services across the market. Moreover, Metas $50 million Creator Fund is targeting smartphone-based content this year.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Previously only available in the United States since its initial launch in February, Apple says it’s now bringing Vision Pro to mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK, which includes keyboard support for major world languages used in those countries.

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JULY 6, 2022

In the past 100 years, Lowe’s has transformed from a small-town hardware store to a large-scale retailer of building and home improvement products. Now a giant in the industry, it is at the forefront of home improvement, serving millions of customers across the United States and Canada.

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JULY 22, 2021

The Academy of International Extended Reality (AIXR) has announced the finalists for the fifth International VR Awards , an international ceremony honoring incredible milestones made within the VR industry in categories such as hardware, gaming, film, social VR, marketing, and more. VR HARDWARE OF THE YEAR. VR FILM OF THE YEAR.

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JUNE 11, 2024

This week, leading consumer and professional camera hardware vendor Cannon announced a new XR lens to expand its range of products for capturing 360-degree and VR content. Moreover, to help with post-production workflows, Canon is also providing EOS VR Utility software as a separate subscription service, which streamlines the editing process.

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JUNE 16, 2021

In this context, a startup based in Ontario, Canada, XpertVR, has announced a series of free webinars on the topic of how to use VR in education. In the first webinar, the XpertVR webinar will cover the topic of when to use VR for research, present some research use cases, as well as available hardware and software.

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MAY 5, 2022

Raxium’s technical expertise in this area will play a key role as we continue to invest in our hardware efforts,” says Rick Osterloh, senior VP of Google’s Devices & Services team.

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Priced at $1,000, the headset makes for an interesting value proposition for users already hooked into the SteamVR hardware ecosystem, offering up a slim design thanks to the inclusion of pancake lenses and micro-OLEDs. Check out the specs at the end of the article. ” There’s also a bigger international expansion on the horizon.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

At the time of this writing, Meta officially supports the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and most countries in Europe. This isn’t the first time Meta hardware has found its way into mainland China.

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APRIL 21, 2020

Canada, and U.K. Their hardware-agnostic software solution fuses Cutaneous (tactile vibration) and Kinesthetics (force feedback & position) haptic technologies. The platform utilizes off-the-shelf hardware (PCs/laptops, VR headset and haptic arms), making it less than a tenth of the cost of current learning practices.

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APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. Carleton University, Canada. Vancouver Film School, Canada. University of Florida, USA.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

For now, the company says it allows creators to earn revenue from purchases people make in their worlds, which includes hardware platform fees and a Horizon Worlds fee, which Meta says is 25 percent. It was too good to be true.

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MAY 4, 2018

Besides the extra gubbins, the commercial-focused headset is presumably identical to the consumer version hardware-side, containing a 538ppi, 2,560 × 1,440 “fast-switch” LCD display (1,280 × 1,440 per eye). Image courtesy Trusted Reviews. Pre-orders are expected to begin shipping out starting mid-July.

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Soon you’ll be able to walk into a regular store in Europe and Canada and pick up an Oculus Rift headset, according to a tweet from the company’s CEO Brendan Iribe. Rift hits retail in Europe and Canada Sept 20, in-store Touch demos begin in October. pic.twitter.com/dJxx8rFsyY.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

Brian Rakowski, VP Product Management at Google, showed off Pixel’s hardware on stage boasting a Snapdragon 821, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen on both phones, 5-inch for Pixel and 5.5-inch Built by HTC, Google Pixel smartphones are available for pre-order today across USA, Australia, Canada, Germany, UK starting at $649.

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APRIL 27, 2023

Compared to more full-featured collaboration apps, Kokomo isn’t there yet, but it’s a start in a new direction for Canon, which up until now has been mostly focused on XR hardware aimed at enterprise.

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JULY 22, 2021

triple A code GmbH , a company creating hardware and software to increase accessibility across virtual landscapes. Unlocked Reality , a hardware company working on making VR – specifically movement in VR – feel more natural. VR Hardware of the Year. EVOKE Studios , a creative technological production studio.

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MAY 31, 2017

As for computer hardware specs, Microsoft and Intel have partnered on a platform specification for these headsets so they’ll be able to “scale across mainstream Intel architecture platforms natively on [Intel’s CPU-integrated] HD Graphics,” by the end of 2017.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Quest Store digital gift cards are now available in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, and Japan. This value can only be used for content, not hardware. Meta launched digital gift cards in the US back in October. The ability to gift specific titles was added to the platform in November 2020, a month after Quest 2 launched.

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MAY 11, 2023

This Tuesday, a report from leading immersive firm Meta Platforms, produced by Deloitte, analysed the economic forecast of Metaverse services across the US, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and Asia. trillion in Asia, and $20-38 billion in the KSA by 2035.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2021

VR display technology, as well as rendering software and connectivity hardware, have all advanced by leaps and bounds – even in the last year. VR Hardware of the Year. Most important of all is all of the developers and the companies working with us and building all of these great apps on top of our great hardware.”.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

It is very interesting that because of this recall, Facebook shared some data about how many facemasks were affected : it says 4M in the United States, around 170K in Canada. I think they handled all this situation in the best way possible. In Japan, the number is around 80K.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 29, 2024

The XR hardware space is growing to include more hardware variety than in years past when the general market focused on VR headsets. Now, significant vendors deploy emerging hardware; on the flip side, software providers must follow suit and leverage the tools provided to create device-shifting applications.

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DECEMBER 17, 2024

In fact they might be the first hardware category to be completely defined by AI from the beginning. The version 11 software update for Ray-Ban Meta begins rolling out today in the US and Canada via its Early Access Program.

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MAY 11, 2017

Today Microsoft announced that developers in the US and Canada can now pre-order the Acer ($299) and HP ($329) Mixed Reality headsets from the Microsoft Store. Delivery of the headsets is scheduled for August 2017. And what that means is a very cheap PC, that may also be ancient by today’s standards.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

HoloLens is currently only officially available in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. image courtesy Microsoft. image courtesy Microsoft.

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JUNE 21, 2022

To give people the experience of tankless water installation first-hand, Rinnai America decided to build virtual reality content, leveraging the hardware offered by VIVE. The decision to use VIVE as the hardware provider for the ecosystem was built around a need for ultra-high-resolution displays, powerful room tracking, and spatial sound.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

So you’re probably better off designing around the hardware than making your own from the ground up. After all, Valve’s Lighthouse sensor technology is protected under a royalty-free license, but you can only obtain it after going through a $3,000 course. SEE ALSO HTC Vive Accessory Store Now Stocks Things You Actually Need.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Meta first debuted the features in the US, Canada, and Australia. This international university research partnership comes as Meta seeks to enhance the applicability of AR data for new uses beyond smart glasses hardware. As XR technology expands beyond hardware, valuable spatial data will lead to new use cases.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

To deliver the best software experience for watching movies in Bigscreen , we also had to build the best hardware with Bigscreen Beyond.” Second wave shipments will begin in Q4 2023 in Canada and Europe including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Italy, and Belgium.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Black Friday is nearly here, and while the stores are soon to be jam-packed with people hoping to get a great deal on this year’s must-buys, online sales have already begun for the newest entries into the world of VR hardware. The deal includes both the headset and wireless motion controllers.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

and Canada—roughly a $50 price drop. On the heels of price drops for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive this past month, Sony is also jumping into the price war game. Sony’s PlayStation VR will be sold bundled with the PlayStation Camera for $399 starting next month across the U.S.

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JANUARY 28, 2025

Now, Samsung and Google have given YouTuber Marques Brownlee an exclusive hands-on with the headset, including permission to capture and share footage of both the hardware and software. He does however note four significant differences in the hardware: the face pad, the strap, the lack of EyeSight, and the open periphery (by default).

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MARCH 9, 2017

The detailed room-scale space breakdowns by country follow some logical patterns too, as countries with vast land mass like China, USA and Canada have the largest average play areas (China is highest at 5.9m²), and the densely-populated Japan has the smallest at 4.4m².

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AUGUST 13, 2024

Johnston added: We’ve rolled that out to a major retailer here in Canada for people who are learning how to pick packages in the warehouse. Research and Markets is expanding its coverage to include a broader range of hardware considerations in the growing smart glasses market. percent.

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