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The XR Week Peek (2022.12.06): Apple headset delayed, Gorilla Tag on the Quest Store, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.12.06): Apple headset delayed, Gorilla Tag on the Quest Store, and more!

It’s December, the month of Christmas, the holidays, and New Year’s Eve! But while you wait for the days in which you can relax a bit, enjoy this collection of the most interesting XR news of the week! Top news of the week Apple headset may have been delayed again A new week, a new set of […]

December 6, 2022December 6, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.11.29): Meta’s spending mostly on AR glasses, Black Friday XR deals, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.11.29): Meta’s spending mostly on AR glasses, Black Friday XR deals, and more!

I hope all of you that are from the US have spent a great Thanksgiving! And to you non-American friends, that you did great shopping for this Black Friday and Cyber Monday 🙂  Here you are the news of the week, in a condensed format. Top news of the week Meta’s XR spending is mostly for AR glasses It’s […]

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.11.21): Qualcomm launches AR2 chip, HTC headset gets leaked, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.11.21): Qualcomm launches AR2 chip, HTC headset gets leaked, and more!

Another week, another roundup of amazing AR/VR news! Let’s see what have been the most interesting things happening in immersive reality… Top news of the week Qualcomm and Niantic bet on the future of augmented reality with AR2 The biggest news of the week took place in the Hawaii islands, where Qualcomm had its Snapdragon Summit event. […]

November 21, 2022November 22, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.11.14): Meta lays off 11,000 people, Apple works on some sort of “metaverse”, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.11.14): Meta lays off 11,000 people, Apple works on some sort of “metaverse”, and more!

I finally got my Quest Pro last week and this evening I plan to finally turn it on and try to have some fun with it! I guess a review is coming in 2–3 weeks, so be prepared 🙂 As for the Pico 4, I’ll do that either this week or next one, instead. Sorry for […]

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.11.07): PSVR 2 will cost $549, HoloLens are probably dead, and more!

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

Yesterday I discovered that a friend of mine wants to propose as “Vitillo’s law” or “Skarred’s law” the law that every innovative technology we are waiting for is always coming in “5 to 10 years”. I would love for that to become an official Murphy’s law, but I’m sure that even if the XR community […]

November 7, 2022November 7, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.11.01): Quest Pro gets released, Quest 3 slated for 2023, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.11.01): Quest Pro gets released, Quest 3 slated for 2023, and more!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE! Even if it is not part of the Italian tradition, probably Halloween is the right festivity for me, since I’m a ghost :). And in fact, for me, this one has been a pretty cool week: HTC Vive has selected me as one of the top 100 VR influencers (whatever this word means), […]

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.10.24): Pico 4 Enterprise launched, Meta under criticism, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.10.24): Pico 4 Enterprise launched, Meta under criticism, and more!

I just got back from Lisbon, where I attended AWE Europe. I’m super-tired because of the trip, but especially because we at VRrOOm had to deliver the VR world of Oxymore, a new musical experience we did with Jean-Michel Jarre. It’s been tough work, and yesterday I slept 3 hours because we spent the night […]

October 24, 2022October 24, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.10.18): Meta announces Quest Pro, new rumors about Apple, and more!

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

This has been the week of the Meta Connect, which brought with it many important announcements. 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 […]

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.10.11): Quest 3 may be 2x better than Quest 2, HTC teases a new device, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.10.11): Quest 3 may be 2x better than Quest 2, HTC teases a new device, and more!

Hello everyone! These days I’m literally crunching for my dev job, juggling many projects at the same time. I’m also putting effort into my outreach activity. Among other things, I have written a fantastic post about the VR concerts worth millions of dollars that Pico is doing in China; I have been interviewed in a […]

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.10.03): Quest 3 leaks, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX launch, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.10.03): Quest 3 leaks, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX launch, and more!

I wish you are having a great day and a great week! This week I’ve been pretty busy with my dev work, but I also had some great moments: I had the pleasure of attending an XR-related event dedicated to women here in Turin; of being interviewed by the awesome Rene Schulte for his podcast […]

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022
by Skarredghost
The XR Week Peek (2022.09.26): Pico 4 announced, RTX40 cards revealed, and more!

The XR Week Peek (2022.09.26): Pico 4 announced, RTX40 cards revealed, and more!

This is the first newsletter of the Autumn! It is not my favorite season of the year, but it is going to bring with it many cool pieces of VR news, and many cups of hot chocolate, so I guess I will be very happy in the upcoming weeks… Top news of the week Bytedance launches […]

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022
by Skarredghost

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