As a developer, I’m closely watching the success of smart glasses with great interest because they represent a huge opportunity. But at the same time, I’ve serious doubts about how this opportunity can actually be profitable for me, and for us developers and creators in general. Let me tell you why. The success of smartglasses […]
I’m back in Italy, but I’m still thinking about the beautiful days I had at Meta Connect. And talking about Connect, I want to thank the many people who are still writing me some kind words related to my interview with Boz. It seems that the description of all the emotions I felt resonated with […]
It has been a week since the launch of the Meta VR Glasses, but the community is keeping debating about them. In particular, people are commenting about them being a good thing or a bad thing for our ecosystem and are keeping comparing them with the Apple Vision Pro. In this article, I’ll try to […]
Hello everyone from Mountain View, California! I’m taking the plane quite soon, and the last thing I’ll do here in the US is write this newsletter episode to tell you the most relevant XR news of the week. This has been the week of Meta Connect, so most of this roundup will be about that […]
Today I’m going to tell you about the most incredible thing that happened to me during Meta Connect: I interviewed Boz, the CTO of Meta. It was surprising. It was incredible. And it was overly embarrassing. Let me tell you the full story. I already warn you that in this article you won’t discover any […]
I just got home from the keynote of Meta Connect. It’s been a busy day; I am devastated; but before going to sleep, I still feel the urge to tell you what my impressions are from today. I’m pretty sure you’ve already read all Meta’s announcements in some magazines like Road To VR. So I’m […]
Meta Connect is coming soon, and as it is tradition for my blog, I’ll try to predict what is going to be announced this year! I love playing this guessing game, and it’s even more fun if you comment with your own predictions, either here or on my social media channels! Let’s start with my […]
It’s been a HUGE week for XR! The Steam Frame has been officially launched, and also the Snap Specs have been fully unveiled. And we are not stopping here, because this coming week we’re going to have Meta Connect! I think none of these announcements are going to radically change our space, but all of […]
After having unveiled its Specs glasses at AWE, today Snap has officially launched its glasses. And it has done that by unveiling new details about them, with a strong focus on the use cases of the device. Let me tell you what the company has announced today, with also my personal commentary about whether this […]
Valve just announced the price of the Steam Frame. It costs $1,059/€1,049 for the standard 256GB version and $1,299/€1,279 for the 1TB version. The two versions are identical, they just have different storage. [Notice: the news is breaking, so forgive me if this article is written very quickly and is not super detailed!] The specs […]
The next couple of weeks are going to be exciting: most probably Steam Frame is launching today, Snap Specs is launching on the 16th, and Meta Connect is on the 23rd. A lot of new AR/VR headsets and glasses are coming! Of course I will update you about all of this on my blog and […]
