Meta’s VP of VR/MR, Mark Rabkin, is leaving the company in March, citing “family health issues”.
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Paid ‘Quest Games Optimizer’ Tool Now Has Over 100,000 Users
Quest Games Optimizer, the paid software that lets Quest users boost game performance, has now topped over 100,000 users. Initially released in 2022, Quest Games Optimizer is a tool Quest users can run in the background during gameplay that can increase resolution, performance, frame rate, and increase battery life across all Quest headsets—from the 2019 original […]
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Apple Reportedly Cancels Mac-connected AR Glasses Due to Poor Internal Reviews
According to a Bloomberg report, Apple has shuttered an AR glasses project aimed at mainstream consumers. Originally planned for release in 2027, the device, codenamed N107, was a Mac-connected pair of AR glasses which the company was positioning as a more accessible alternative to the $3,500 Vision Pro mixed reality headset. The report, citing internal […]
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Meta CTO: 2025 is a ‘Make or Break’ Year for Meta’s XR Ambitions, Internal Memo Reveals
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth released an internal memo to employees, stating 2025 is going to be “the most critical year” for the company’s XR efforts yet, Business Insider reports. Titled “2025: The Year of Greatness”, the memo (seen below) largely takes an inspirational tone, urging Reality Labs employees to do “the best work of your career […]
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Meta’s VP of XR is Departing the Company Citing Family Health Concerns
Meta’s VP of XR, Mark Rabkin, is departing the company after leading its XR efforts for more than four years. Rabkin cites family health issues as the primary driver for his departure. Today Mark Rabkin announced his plan to leave the company in March. In his public announcement he said, “devs and fans [of XR]—I […]
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Robotics Demonstration, Air and Water Quality Checks Aboard Orbital Lab
Free-flying robotics and science maintenance topped the work schedule aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday. The Expedition 72 crew also analyzed station air and water quality and set up a student-controlled camera for Earth observations. NASA engineers are using the weightless environment of the orbital lab to study how robots might capture objects in …
Meta Invests $100 Billion into Augmented Reality Smart Glasses, Virtual Reality Headsets, Mixed Reality Quest, Metaverse Portfolio
Following its recent Q1 earnings report, news emerged highlighting how Meta is again doubling down investments in immersive technology via a $100 billion spending plan for its XR product portfolio, which includes augmented reality smart glasses, virtual reality headsets, mixed reality Quest, and metaverse services. The news comes as Samsung drops an increasing amount of […]
Apple Ceases AR Smart Glasses Production, Retaining Vison Pro Focus
This week, Bloomberg reported that Apple is dropping the development of Mac-ready AR smart glasses. The report follows internal research into an XR device that could sit next to the Vision Pro headset. Seemingly, the Apple AR smart glasses device would work alongside and tether to Mac hardware, indicating that computing power would be shared […]
Will Elon’‘s Increasing Political Ambitions Help or Hurt X?
Elon’s digging deeper into politics, which could impact his businesses.