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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

It’s time for another roundup of amazing XR news. Are you ready? Top news of the week Google announces important AI and XR news at Google I/O This Google I/O has seen immersive realities back to the menu. During the keynote, CEO Sundar Pichai and his collaborators announced interesting features both for AR and VR. I’ve written […]

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
by Skarredghost
The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. During its keynote, the CEO Sundar Pichai announced many new products of the company. Of course, AI has been the star of the show, with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there […]

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2023.05.08): Quest Gaming Showcase to come on June 1, Zappar shows Zapbox cheap AR headset, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.05.08): Quest Gaming Showcase to come on June 1, Zappar shows Zapbox cheap AR headset, and more!

Welcome back to the last completely human-written newsletter that remained on Earth! You can be sure that this article has been entirely crafted by some breathing meat… for the good and the bad.  It’s a few weeks that nothing truly relevant is happening in the XR field: it seems the most interesting articles lately are all […]

May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2023.05.01): Meta still committed to the Metaverse, Jio launches Dive headset, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.05.01): Meta still committed to the Metaverse, Jio launches Dive headset, and more!

Happy International Workers’ Day! I hope you are enjoying this day of rest that is recognized in many countries all around the world. Personally, I’m celebrating it by working, so that today you can have your favorite weekly summary of XR news! The past week has been actually quite positive for me: I have discovered that […]

May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
by Skarredghost
ONTOP’s ARcade Sports showed me that AR arenas can be fun

ONTOP’s ARcade Sports showed me that AR arenas can be fun

When I was at AWE Europe in Lisbon at the end of 2022, I had the opportunity of meeting with ONTOP‘s CEO Nuno Folhadela and try its very interesting solution, called ARcade Sports, which showed me that multiplayer mobile AR can be fun. I absolutely wanted to write for you a review about this experience […]

April 29, 2023April 29, 2023
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2023.04.24): Apple headset to have iOS apps, Pico launches Pico 4 Pro in China, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.04.24): Apple headset to have iOS apps, Pico launches Pico 4 Pro in China, and more!

This week we had quite a few interesting pieces of XR news. From the nth rumor on the Apple headset to the announcement of the Pico 4 Pro in China, there have been a few things happening that you as an XR enthusiast can’t miss. Here in this roundup, of course, you can find them […]

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023
by Skarredghost
Editorial: Apple Reality may aim to replace the iPad, while Meta…

Editorial: Apple Reality may aim to replace the iPad, while Meta…

I was reading Mark Gurman’s latest rumors about the upcoming Apple headset, and I found his article very intriguing. But not much for the rumored specifications of the device, but more for the applications that were reported to be present at the launch. Let me explain to you why. Apple Reality may be the new […]

April 22, 2023April 22, 2023
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2023.04.18): Valve confirms it’s working on a VR headset, Quest 2 has 6M+ active users, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.04.18): Valve confirms it’s working on a VR headset, Quest 2 has 6M+ active users, and more!

This hasn’t been the most interesting week ever for XR, because we had no big news. But we had many interesting small pieces of news that are worth a read. And guess where you can find them? Yes, here below, personally curated by your favorite ghost! Top news of the week Valve confirms it is working […]

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023
by Skarredghost
The 300th XR Week Peek (2023.04.10): Meta innovates image segmentation, Chrome implements WebGPU, and more!

The 300th XR Week Peek (2023.04.10): Meta innovates image segmentation, Chrome implements WebGPU, and more!

It’s the 300th edition of my XR Week Peek. A lot of time has passed by, and I can’t even recall all the countless days I’ve spent reading news about XR and then summarizing them at the end of the week. It’s been a lot of effort, that required me a lot of discipline every […]

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2023.04.03): Apple may unveil its headset on June, 5th; PSVR 2 sales are not great, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.04.03): Apple may unveil its headset on June, 5th; PSVR 2 sales are not great, and more!

Are you ready to read about some interesting pieces of XR news? You are in the right place… Top news of the week Apple may launch its headset on June, 5th Apple has finally announced the date of its upcoming WWDC event: it will be held on June 5–9. The event will be pre-recorded and visible online, […]

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2023.03.27): Vive inside-out Tracker announced, Pico’s launch in the US delayed, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.03.27): Vive inside-out Tracker announced, Pico’s launch in the US delayed, and more!

This has been quite an interesting week. We had at the same time the Game Developer Conference (the GDC) and the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) by NVIDIA, so we had lots of announcements about 3D technology in general and also about XR. Since there are these two conferences with a very similar name happening at […]

March 27, 2023March 27, 2023
by Skarredghost

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