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

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

I’m back in Italy! My time at SXSW has been great, but now it’s time to be back to the usual routine. I still feel a lot tired because of the jet lag and the little sleep I had in Austin, but this is pretty normal, and in one week or such this feeling should […]

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2023.03.13): AltspaceVR shuts down, and much more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.03.13): AltspaceVR shuts down, and much more!

Hello everyone from Austin, Texas, where I am attending the SXSW! I’m having fun, listening to interesting talks, meeting new people… basically everything I always do at these events! I’ve very limited time, but luckily this week has not been very relevant for the ecosystem, so I’m managing to write this newsletter anyway 🙂 Top news […]

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2023.03.07): Meta roadmap unveiled, Xiaomi shows its AR glasses, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.03.07): Meta roadmap unveiled, Xiaomi shows its AR glasses, and more!

This week is going to be great because I’m going to attend the SXSW (I will write a dedicated post about it). Before traveling, I’m trying to finish a few tasks for my job and I was hoping that this week there wasn’t much to write in this roundup so that I could write this […]

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2023.02.27): PSVR 2 gets released, Meta is in talks with Tencent, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2023.02.27): PSVR 2 gets released, Meta is in talks with Tencent, and more!

Today very weirdly I saw some snow outside of my window. The weather is getting crazy… a bit like me. I really hope you are having a great time, maybe with a newly bought PSVR 2 headset. I’m preparing for my next adventure… can you guess where will it be? Top news of the week PlayStation […]

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023
by Skarredghost

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