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Quest Black Friday Sales Volume on Amazon May Have Fallen Short of 2023

5 months ago
InternetNews

Data from Amazon US suggests that Quest headsets didn’t sell as well over Black Friday & Cyber Monday 2024 as compared to 2023. Based on data from Amazon US, in 2023 about 170,000 Quest headsets had sold in the 30 day window surrounding Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In 2024, that number was around 146,000 […]

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‘Skydance’s Behemoth’ Won’t Miss Dec 5 Launch Despite Technical Setbacks, Week-1 Patches Announced

5 months ago
InternetNews

Skydance’s Behemoth is coming in hot, although it may be coming in hotter than expected. Developer Skydance Games tells Road to VR it’s already planning post-launch patches for its first week on Quest and PSVR 2. A Skydance Games representative tells us it’s experienced a “cascading hardware failure that delayed the testing and certification of Skydance’s […]

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‘Green Hell VR’ Gets Long-awaited Co-op Mode This Month on Quest and PSVR 2

5 months ago
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Green Hell VR (2022), Incuvo’s VR adaptation of the popular open world survival game, is finally getting the long-promised co-op mode this month on Quest and PSVR 2. First announced in April 2023, Green Hell VR’s co-op mode is nearly here, launching December 16th for free to owners of game on PSVR 2 and Quest 2, […]

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Samsung Reportedly Set to Unveil Smart Glasses at Galaxy S25 Event in January

5 months ago
InternetNews

A recent report from South Korea’s Yonhap News maintains Samsung is set to unveil a pair of XR glasses at its annual Unpacked product event, which is expected to take place sometime next month. Samsung promised back in July we’d be hearing more about its forthcoming “XR platform” before the end of this year, which […]

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Crew Finalizing Science For Return to Earth Aboard Dragon

5 months ago
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The Expedition 72 crew is packing up finalized science experiments this week for return to Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. The International Space Station residents also studied antibiotic resistant bacteria and set up space botany hardware. Station Commander Suni Williams and Flight Engineer Don Pettit, both from NASA, kicked off their day transferring …
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Crew Packs Dragon for Departure This Week

5 months ago
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The Expedition 72 crew is packing a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft ahead of its departure later this week. The seven astronauts and cosmonauts also kept up a variety of space biology and lab maintenance tasks aboard the International Space Station on Monday. Cargo packing is at the top of the schedule this week as the …
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OSHA Deploys Vuzix M400 AR Smart Glasses

5 months ago
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Vuzix continues to advance its enterprise and consumer AR smart glasses portfolio this week after an incredible Q3 and Q4 period. Most recently, Vuaix has increased its collaboration with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which expands the deployment reach of its M400 workplace AR smart glasses from the governmental […]
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XR Predictions 2024: The Year in Review and What’s Next for 2025

5 months ago
InternetNews
As 2024 closes, we look back at XR predictions for the year, examining which forecasted trends came to fruition and setting the stage for upcoming 2025 predictions from XR industry leaders. Immersive technology has undergone significant evolution this year, with developments particularly around mixed reality (MR), augmented reality smart glasses, and spatial computing, driven by […]
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Bosch Joins XR Marketplace – From Dish Washers to AR Smart Glasses

5 months ago
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Recently, technology leader Bosch entered the XR marketplace; by re-invigorating the development of its AR wearables hardware. Via its Sensortec division, the firm is announcing Light Drive, an AR wearable solution to support smart glasses’ long-term or “all-day” wearability. Commonly, an issue behind immersive wearables is how the device sits on a user’s head and, […]
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Meta’s Implements New Requirements for Financial Services Ads in Australia

5 months ago
InternetNews

The requirements aim to address the rise of “celeb-bait” scams.