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The XR Week Peek (2025.01.29): Google acquires HTC engineers, Meta plans to release Oakley smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google acquires HTC Vive engineers for $250M Completely out of the blue (at least from our eyes), Google decided to acquire some XR-related engineers from HTC Vive (together with a non-exclusive license on some HTC IP) for the whopping amount of $250M. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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HTC Launches Browser-based 3D & VR Platform ‘VIVERSE Worlds’, Aims to Be ‘YouTube of 3D Content’

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HTC today launched VIVERSE Worlds , a 3D content platform that can be embedded on “any website for any device,” positioning it as a lighter, more flexible way of hosting and browsing 3D content across the web. Embedding 3D is effortlesssimply copy and paste it into any website as an IFrame, all for free,” HTC says.

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Hands-On With The New HTC Vive Flow VR Glasses

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HTC’s lightweight VR device is designed primarily for lifestyle and light entertainment. HTC today unveiled the Vive Flow, a portable VR glasses device. Unlike existing VR headsets such as the HTC Vive or Oculus Quest 2, the Vive Flow is aimed primarily at mental and physical wellness rather than AAA gaming or enterprise.

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Apple Sets Stage For VR; Shows Off Star Wars Vive Demo

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Also continuing the theme of VR support for Mac, Industrial Light and Magic staffers demonstrated the first-ever native HTC Vive demo on a Mac system. The refreshed Mac system will come with enough horsepower needed to render HTC Vive-ready content at a comfortable 90-frames-per-second refresh.

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PicotionAI: Playing Pictionary with mixed reality, camera access, and artificial intelligence

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Even more, in the end, I had the opportunity to make a little demo involving camera access for the launch of the Pico 4 Ultra enterprise… (Pico)tionAI Let’s now speak about how the idea of the Pictionary game came out. If you see a bloc notes in the demo room, then for sure the demo is running.

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HTC Unveils New Vive Pro Headset & Wireless Adapter

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It’s been nearly two years since HTC first introduced the Vive VR headset, opening up an entirely new world of room-scale VR that’s had us dodging arrows and bumping into furniture ever since. Early hands-on demos with the Vive Pro were promising. Increased resolution without a cord. Now the Vive is getting an upgrade.

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HTC Vive Shows Off Portable 5G Device With RC Cars

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Day four of the event included informative talks featuring speakers from companies such as Amazon Web Services, Weta Digital, and Nolia as well as a plethora of incredible demos from a large list of exhibitors. . Vive Flow / Credit: HTC. Vive Focus 3 / Credit: HTC. Viveverse / Credit: HTC Vive. Feature Image Credit: HTC.

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