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The XR Week Peek (2024.10.08): Windows 11 update bricks WMR headsets, PSVR 2 becomes the 9th most used HMD on Steam, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Or maybe “relaxed” is not the right word to use, considering the little drama on Microsoft’s headsets. Top news of the week (Image by HP) Microsoft officially drops support for its Mixed Reality headsets Microsoft has just released the infamous Windows 11, version 24H2 update. I think this speaks a lot.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

In this blog, I told you about the Finnish Metaverse Strategy , but I’ve heard that also The Netherlands and Korea are bullish on this new technology. When I tried to use ChatGPT to create Unity scripts, it managed to write something good, but often I had to correct it. AI is very good for increasing the productivity of a team.

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HoloLens 2 Sales Expanding to 15 More Countries, ‘Development Edition’ Launches in the US

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Microsoft initially began selling HoloLens 2 to enterprise customers back in late 2019, but a broader rollout has taken quite some time. HoloLens 2 is Microsoft’s enterprise-focused AR headset which the company initially launched late last year with limited availability to select partners. ” Image courtesy Microsoft.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Microsoft is working to improve the distribution of its latest devices: HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Other relevant news. HoloLens 2 availability has been expanded to 15 new regions : Italy (YESSS!),

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Snap Spectacles 5 hands-on: a nice devkit towards a brighter future

The Ghost Howls

Austria, and The Netherlands. I think instead that Snap should ambition to create a great general AR ecosystem like other companies like Microsoft and Magic Leap already tried to do. I’m a Unity developer and my team uses Unity every day to create amazing applications. Why should we use Javascript?

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Project Caliper: the journey of prototyping optimal controllers for VR

The Ghost Howls

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. The name was of course inspired by “The Unity Cube” application (Image by Rob Cole). Image provided by Rob Cole). The Guncube.

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

Road to VR

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%). NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands. image courtesy VR First. LLC Technology Companies Development Center, Ukraine. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

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