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Report: Apple Racing to Build Software & Services for Upcoming Mixed Reality Headset

Road to VR

Fitness+ : will let users exercise while watching an instructor in VR. Chips communicate via a custom streaming codec to combat latency. Said to be an always-on display similar in latency and power draw of Apple Watch or iPhone 14 Pro. Apple Books : will allow users to read in virtual reality. Siri voice control is also present.

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Sifting Reality From Hype: What 5G Does (and Doesn’t) Mean for VR & AR

Road to VR

Tis the season of 5G, the next-gen mobile data technology which promises to boost bandwidth and reduce latency. Quite simply: 5G promises greater bandwidth and lower latency than current mobile data connections offer. As for latency, 35ms for mobile and 5-15ms for home connections are common. What Does 5G Mean For You.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.02.20): Zuckerberg reviews the Vision Pro, Mozilla Hubs shuts down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Regarding the photon-to-photon latency of the passthrough, Optofidelity confirmed with a test that it is below 12 ms, as Apple claims. For instance, the gloves can detect which weight you are lifting, so they can follow you while you do your fitness exercise in XR.

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The Best Third-party Vision Pro Accessories & Why You’ll Want Them

Road to VR

Ok, you don’t need a Magic keyboard, just a Bluetooth one (or even just a connected iPhone), but if you already have one laying around, you” appreciate being able to exercise that muscle memory. AirPods Pro ($250) : Blasting public spaces with your audio is bad, and you should feel bad for doing it.

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1 Month Review of my oculus

ARVR

Some games have clarity issues and some has latency issues. sometime you may end-up in wrong exercise. Other games i tried was Gunraiders (Personally i liked it a lot), Echo, pavlov. Oculus is worth the money for playing games. especially its standalone and make yourself untie from system.

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Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 1: Everything you need to know about Vive Trackers

The Ghost Howls

Put simply, the Vive Tracker is a wireless, battery powered SteamVR tracked accessory that provides highly accurate, low latency 6 Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) motion tracking within a roomscale environment. Since my visit to Sandbox all those years ago, there have been another 2 versions of the Vive Tracker released, aptly named Vive Tracker 2.0

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China shows its masterplan to lead Virtual Reality in 2025

The Ghost Howls

and promote the development of rendering processing technology to high image quality, low latency, and low power consumption. Accelerate the application of virtual reality technology in medical teaching training and simulation exercises, surgical planning and navigation, and promote the improvement of medical service intelligence.