XR Industry News – Seite 25 – spatialcomputing.info

‘Stranger Things’ Multiplayer VR Experience is Coming to Sandbox VR Destinations Later This Year

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR destination, is working with Netflix to create a multiplayer VR experience based on the hit TV show Stranger Things. Coinciding with the fifth and final season of the show, the upcoming VR experience Stranger Things: Catalyst is slated to let you gear up with friends to face supernatural threats plaguing […]

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10. Juni 2025

Vision Pro Will Allow ‘Optional’ and ‘Required’ Designations for Apps Using Motion Controllers

One of the biggest pieces of Vision Pro news from today’s WWDC is that the headset will be getting support for PSVR 2 motion controllers and a Logitech motion stylus with the release of visionOS 26. Now we’re learning more of the details, including the fact that developers will be able to publish Vision Pro […]

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Apple Reveals Major Vision Pro Updates Coming in VisionOS 26, Developer Beta Available Starting Today

VisionOS 26 is Apple’s next major update to Vision Pro. Expected to be released to the public later this year, Apple says developers will be able to start testing the new version starting today. The update adds some major changes, including support for PSVR 2 motion controllers and a spatial stylus from Logitech. Apple previewed […]

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Vision Pro is Getting a Major Visual Upgrade to Its ‘Persona’ Avatars

Apple ‘Personas’ on Vision Pro are already the most likelife real-time avatars you can find on any headset today, but in the next version of visionOS, they’re taking another step forward. Apple today announced that its Persona avatars for Vision Pro will get a major visual upgrade with the launch of visionOS 26, due out […]

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9. Juni 2025

AWE 2025 Preview: 4 Companies Building XR’s Future

AWE USA 2025, one of the XR industry’s largest annual conferences, kicks off next week. We got a preview of what four interesting companies attending the event will be showing. As far as industry events go, AWE USA has become our must-attend XR event of the year. It kicks off next week on June 10–12 in […]

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6. Juni 2025

Etsy Co-founder is Reportedly Building a Wild Magnifying Glass-like XR Device

Robert Kalin, co-founder and former CEO of online marketplace Etsy, is reportedly building a hand-held, magnifying glass-like XR device. As discovered by Low Pass, Kalin’s new startup Dopple Works is developing a mixed reality device reportedly called ‘Loop’. An application for the device just passed through the FCC, which could mean it’s nearing release. As FCC applications […]

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A Look Inside Meta’s ‘Aria’ Research Glasses Shows What Tech Could Come to Future AR Glasses

Earlier this year, Meta unveiled Aria Gen 2, the next iteration of its research glasses. At the time, Meta was pretty sparse with details, however now the company is gearing up to release the device to third-party researchers sometime next year, and in the process, showing what might come to AR glasses in the future. Meta revealed […]

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5. Juni 2025

VR is Fundamental to Our Augmented Future, Says One of the Industry’s Most Successful VR Studios

Big tech players like Meta and Apple see the ultimate destiny of XR as a replacement for the smartphone. One of VR’s leading studios makes the case that there’s much to be lost in the transition to that future of XR if the talent and techniques built over the last decade of virtual reality aren’t […]

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3. Juni 2025

Meta Reportedly Set to Expand Retail Locations as Smart Glasses Competition Heats Up

Meta Lab (LA) Pop-up Store | Image courtesy Meta

Meta has been flirting with retail for years now, however a Business Insider report maintains the company is finally looking to expand its retail footprint beyond its first and only brick-and-mortar location. Citing an internal communication, the report maintains Meta is looking to hire retail staff and roll out more physical stores, which are thought to go […]

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30. Mai 2025

Meta Partner’s with Ousted Oculus Founder’s Company to Build “the world’s best AR and VR systems for the US military”

In a twist that promises to make the inevitable Palmer Luckey documentary even more dramatic, Palmer Luckey’s military tech company Anduril has now officially partnered with Meta to build “the world’s best AR and VR systems for the US military.” Luckey founded Oculus in 2012, the company whose Rift headset was the spark that rebooted […]

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