Facebook’s 2021 XR Investments to Total $10 Billion, Even More in 2022 & Beyond
In the company’s Q3 2021 earnings call Facebook today said it expects its XR investments this year to top $10 billion, and advised investors that it plans to spend even more than that in subsequent years. Facebook’s top brass believe so deeply that XR and the metaverse will be a transformative computing platform that they […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

26. Oktober 2021
Facebook Researchers Show ‘Reverse Passthrough’ VR Prototype for Eye-contact Outside the Headset
Researchers at Facebook Reality Labs today published new work showcasing a prototype headset which has external displays to depict the user’s eyes to others outside of the headset. The goal is to allow eye-contact between the headset wearer and others in an effort to make it less awkward while wearing a headset and communicating with […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

3. August 2021
Facebook Reveals Latest Wrist-worn Prototypes for XR Input & Haptics
Facebook today revealed some of its latest research and vision for a wrist-worn input device that the company expects to form the basis of AR and VR interactions and haptics in the future. The device, still in a research prototype phase, senses electrical signals in the user’s arm to detect intentional inputs. In addition to […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

18. März 2021