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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.20): Oculus ready to manufacture the Quest S, Pico doubles-down on 3DOF, and more!

The Ghost Howls

(Image by Oculus). Oculus could be starting the production of a new Quest at the end of July. Multiple reports seem to confirm that Oculus is actually starting the production of a new Oculus Quest headset, with an expected release date in 2021. Oculus improves development time for UE4 developers. Image by Pico).

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

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This Year’s VR Hardware of the Year Award went to the Oculus Quest. The Oculus Rift S was also nominated for the award. The original Oculus Rift won the first VR Headset of the Year Award (not its own category this year) in 2017. That same year, Oculus Touch won VR Hardware of the Year. VR in Healthcare.

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Spatial Beats: Snap, Google & Digilens

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On the more comical side of the news, Unreal is suing Chinese smartglasses maker Nreal because the brand names are too similar and will cause confusion. Soon, you will be able to superimpose your real self into a virtual world through Oculus casting. Former Oculus chief Hugo Barra has announced he’s left Facebook in a blog post.

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Big XR News from Meta, OpenXR, NHS, CGS, GIGABYTE

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This week’s XR landscape is marked by significant advancements across diverse sectors, from gaming development to healthcare and content creation. This update makes OpenXR the recommended way to create immersive experiences across Unity, Unreal, and Godot.

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On the Hunt for VR’s Killer App with Epic Games’ Technical Director of VR & AR, Nick Whiting

Road to VR

From healthcare, education, social, training, cinema, gaming, and more, VR has a lot of Killer Use-cases. Whiting oversees the development of the award-winning Unreal Engine 4’s virtual reality efforts. Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 is one of the leading tools for VR game development. Oculus’ Head of Content, Jason Rubin.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

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Such as with healthcare provider Ocuvera, which is currently using this technology to prevent patients from taking a fall while in hospitals. In other words, down with the “walled garden” approach favored by companies such as Apple and Oculus. This translates into enabling smarter solutions for a range of use-cases.

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7 Insightful XR Education Case Studies to Read in 2022

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Meta Oculus and Aptiv. Turning to the Leadership Network, and leveraging the power of Oculus for Business, Aptiv achieved phenomenal results. With the Oculus Quest headset, Aptiv has been able to reduce in-person training times significantly, with most courses now only taking between 4 hours and 2 days.