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Meta’s Head of AR Hardware Teases Next-gen Transparent AR Glasses with Wide Field-of-view

Meta is full steam ahead on its mixed reality platform, however Head of AR Glasses hardware Caitlin Kalinowski says in a new interview with Android Central that its first augmented reality glasses will offer a real “wow” moment to users thanks to its “high field of view immersion.” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed in late 2021 […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

26. April 2024
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Meta Reportedly Rejected Google Partnership to Bring Android XR to Quest

According to a report from The Information, Google and Meta held a meeting late last year wherein the two companies discussed the possibility of bringing Android XR to Meta headsets. While it’s said Meta rejected the partnership, which would potentially allow Quest headsets to run standard Android apps, Google is allegedly still open to the […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

1. März 2024
Meta Shows Off Wrist-worn XR Controller Prototype to Ray-Ban Parent EssilorLuxottica
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off a prototype of the company’s wrist-worn XR controller this week to EssilorLuxottica, the Italian parent company behind the Ray-Ban Stories camera glasses and a host of other conventional luxury eyewear brands. Although outwardly it appears to be similar to what the company revealed last year, it’s a definitely vote […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

6. Mai 2022
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FTC Sues to Block Meta’s Acquisition of Top VR Fitness App Developer
In 2021 Meta announced its intention to acquire Within, the studio behind popular VR fitness app Supernatural; though neither company announced the deal price, reporting indicated a whopping $400 million price tag which may have caught the attention of the US Federal Trade Commission. Today the FTC moved to formally block the deal in what […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

17. Dezember 2021