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The XR Week Peek (2024.09.10): Pico launched 4 Ultra in Europe and Asia, Vive is teasing a new headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Pico) Pico launches Pico 4 Ultra and Motion Tracker in Europe and Asia After the launch in China, Pico has launched its latest product, Pico 4 Ultra, also in Europe and Asia. It’s interesting to see that the partnership between Google, Samsung, and Qualcomm is a long-term one.

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One of Europe’s Largest Water Parks Now Has a VR Water Slide

Road to VR

One of Europe’s largest water parks, Therme Erding’s Galaxy Erding water park in Germany, has a new claim to fame: a water slide that outfits guests with a VR headset. Dubbed VRSlide, the system includes a water-resistant VR headset powered by a Samsung Galaxy S8 for a deep dive through the waters of the digital unknown.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

With currently 26 labs operating in the United States, Europe, Asia and Oceania, VR First is bringing the number to 40 labs by the end of year. While the program was principally incubated by Crytek, students working in VR First labs tend use Unity (48%), followed by Unreal (20%) and then CRYENGINE (14%). image courtesy VR First.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) There are vaiours solutions to also export Unity XR projects to the web (Image by Mozilla). and I can expect more realistic filters with depth occlusion to come soon.

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Big XR News from Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Sony, XREAL, Magic Leap, Lynx, Meta, Microsoft, TeamViewer, Haply

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Notably, Google is developing the XR OS in collaboration with Samsung, which also revealed plans to release an XR headset in 2025. Developers who begin working with Android XR today can utilize familiar tools such as ARCore, Android Studio, Jetpack Compose, Unity, and OpenXR to start building applications.

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What is the Valve Index? Everything you need to know: features, specs, price and how to preorder it!

The Ghost Howls

Instead, it is not for people wanting: An affordable device ( Rift S is much better in this sense); A portable device ( Oculus Quest or Vive Focus Plus are the way to go); A super-big screen resolution ( Varjo VR-1 or HP Reverb are better in this sense); An easy-to-use headset (again, Rift S or WMR devices like the Samsung Odyssey are better).

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The YouTube of 3D Models, with Sketchfab CEO Alban Denoyel

XR for Business Podcast

And two thirds of them are in mostly Europe, mostly Paris. I would say about 40 percent of the users are in the US, and then another 40 percent in Europe. We’ve got a lot of users in Asia, a lot of users in Eastern Europe. I guess it would be still Unity, for now. [chuckles]. How many people are at Sketchfab now?