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This has been a very intense week for me, work-wise. Luckily, intense in a good way. And just when I thought I had already too many things to do, I had to add another task, because Meta decided to release camera access for Quest and I couldnt resist getting my hands dirty with it! Anyway, lets dig into the most interesting pieces of XR news of the week which are actually a lot!
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