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Well, there goes the metaverse!
The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ambitions....
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Meta’s Layoffs Leave Supernatural Fitness Users in Mourning
Users of the VR fitness service are distraught that Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates. They’re also pissed at Meta....
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What it’s like to watch an NBA game courtside in Apple Vision Pro
When I tried Apple Vision Pro for the first time at WWDC 2023, one part of the demo immediately stood out: sports in Apple Immersive Video. During a sizzle reel...
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Smart glasses are better than ever, but the promise of Android XR is too close to ignore
Smart glasses have been the tech dream we’ve been chasing for years now, and the technology is finally getting there. Better displays, improved hardware, and an...
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Anduril’s Palmer Luckey thinks the future of tech is in the past
Luckey, who initially made his fortune in VR and now runs the defense contractor Anduril, and Ohanian both seemed to agree: Stuff was better in the old days....
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Meta’s Quest 3S is still $50 off and comes with a $50 gift card
We posted a couple of times about Meta’s Quest 3S during the holidays. The virtual reality headset that typically sold for $299.99 was — and still is — availabl...
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Marine Biological Laboratory Explores Human Memory With AI and Virtual Reality
Memory Research at the Marine Biological Laboratory Plato observed that every experience triggers a change in the brain, driven by long‑term memory. Today, neu...
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Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program
Meta has 'paused' its program to license its VR operating system to other hardware companies so they could build their own headsets using the platform, as repor...
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VRChat: “There are more Japanese creators than all other countries combined”
Article URL: https://twitter.com/chyadosensei/status/2001356290531156159 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46305172 Points: 29 Comments: 9...
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Meta is pausing its dream of sharing Quest’s Horizon OS with third-party headset makers
The company said that it would revisit opportunities for third-party partnerships in the future....
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Apple Releases visionOS 26.2 With Travel Mode Updates
Apple today released visionOS 26.2, the second update to the visionOS 26 operating system that came out in September. visionOS 26.2 comes a month after the rele...
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Relax, grown-ups: VR is doing fine
This is Lowpass by Janko Roettgers, a newsletter on the ever-evolving intersection of tech and entertainment, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a w...