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Vision Pro Has Apps and Quest Has Games, What Can Samsung Bring to XR to Compete?

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn’t tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. Despite its $3,500 sticker price, Vision Pro has shown that big and expensive is okay as long as you can engage diehard fans with compelling hardware and greater ecosystem integration. […]

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Zuckerberg: Quest 3 Beats Vision Pro in ‘vast majority’ of Cases in Mixed Reality

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg got a chance to try out Apple Vision Pro, which although seven times more expensive than the company’s Quest 3 mixed reality headset, is arguably its biggest competitor right now—at least in terms of mental real estate it’s taking up. Here’s what the Meta chief himself thought about Apple’s first XR […]

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SteamVR Driver for Vision Pro Now in Development, Including VR Controller Support

The developer leading the push to make PSVR 2 compatible with PC VR games says they’re working on a SteamVR driver that aims to bring unofficial SteamVR support to Vision Pro, controllers and all. You may have heard earlier this week that independent programmer Zhuowei Zhang had installed a modified version of Wi-Fi PC streaming […]

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Vision Pro: What’s Real, What’s Hype and What’s Plain Dangerous

Vision Pro is getting a ton of social media engagement after it launched earlier this month, which is great since people are finding out just how Apple’s first mixed reality headset can fit into their lifestyle. There’s plenty of interesting use-cases out there: some of it’s real, some of it’s hype, and some of it’s […]

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Vision Pro: What’s Real, What’s Hype and What’s Plain Dangerous

Vision Pro is getting a ton of social media engagement after it launched earlier this month, which is great since people are finding out just how Apple’s first mixed reality headset can fit into their lifestyle. There’s plenty of interesting use-cases out there: some of it’s real, some of it’s hype, and some of it’s […]

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YouTube is Coming to Vision Pro Eventually, but What About Spatial Video?

YouTube is one of the biggest apps not available on Vision Pro at launch. Thankfully we now we know that it’s on the way. But will it support its large existing library of spatial videos? Not only did YouTube not have a Vision Pro app ready for launch day, the company actually went out of […]

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SteamVR Streaming Works on Vision Pro, But Adding Controllers Will Be Difficult

Vision Pro isn’t supposed to be able to play SteamVR games, although an independent software developer has been able to modify a popular Wi-Fi streaming app that could open the door to PC VR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020) on Vision Pro—if it weren’t for the Apple’s strategic omission of tracked motion controllers. Vision Pro can do […]

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Vision Pro Durability Tests Show Glass Has Great Shatter Resistance, But Scratches Easily

Vision Pro is in the wild, which means we get to see just how durable Apple’s first mixed reality headset it. The good news: the $3,500 device is pretty drop resistant, although if it does take a tumble, don’t expect it to look brand new for long. The drop test from ‘Apple Track’ was one of […]

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Vision Pro Teardown Shows Balancing Act Between Cutting Edge Tech & Weighty Design

Vision Pro is here, and if you were wondering what’s under the hood of Apple’s $3,500 mixed reality headset, iFixit has done another one of its patented teardowns to crack some tightly-glued seals and un-torque a billion-or-so screws. Vision Pro was bound to be incredibly complex, what with its inclusion of eye-tracking, automatic interpupillary distance […]

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This is What a Vision Pro Competitor From Meta Could Look Like

With Apple Vision Pro out in the wild, it’s likely that Meta’s Quest Pro line will evolve to become more of a direct competitor. And we’ve actually got an idea of what an even higher-end Quest Pro 2 could potentially look like. Apple’s Bar With Vision Pro, Apple was clearly not aiming to make an […]

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