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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.20): Meta to perform new layoffs, Google Glass to shut down, and more!

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Many magazines wrote that Meta is abandoning the “metaverse”, but actually, the famed M-word appeared two times in the statement that Mark provided his employees about the new course of the company. The hype is now all about AI, and that’s why Mark has said that the company is now heavily investing in artificial intelligence.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.07): PSVR 2 will cost $549, HoloLens are probably dead, and more!

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The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. Some months ago, some important magazines leaked that Microsoft might have abandoned the HoloLens project. According to a new leak, Microsoft scrapped the plans for a HoloLens 3, and also the collaboration with Samsung has been brought to an end.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.18): Meta announces Quest Pro, new rumors about Apple, and more!

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I thought that there could be nothing else to say in this roundup apart from the Connect, while actually, digging into the various XR magazines and social media feed, I have been able to find a lot of interesting little news, which I’m reporting to you. Meta announces at Connect Quest Pro and a partnership with Microsoft.

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XR Talks: Microsoft Doubles Down on AR

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Among tech giants investing in AR , Microsoft continues to show strong signs as a leading platform for enterprise productivity. That not only includes its best-of-breed hardware in the Hololens 2, but an expanding suite of software (it is Microsoft after all) for enterprise AR. usually to future-proof core businesses.

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How to (not) solve SteamVR framerate issues on Windows 11

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It turns out it is a common problem, highlighted even by popular magazines like Upload VR. Thanks Microsoft for keeping the tradition of the cycle of operating systems. Unless you are forced to for whatever reason, my suggestion is to keep using Windows 10 for VR at least for a few more months , while Meta and Microsoft fix this mess.

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The AR Space Race, Part VII: Microsoft

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continuing here with Microsoft. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Owning Enterprise AR Among tech giants investing in AR, Microsoft continues to show strong signs as a leading platform for enterprise productivity. This ties to Microsoft’s DNA, as enterprise productivity has been its core business for 30 years.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.11.21): OpenAI drama shakes the AI world, Unity enables Vision Pro development, and more!

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The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. I’ll try to summarize all of that, especially for what concerns the announcements related to our XR space.

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