The XR world is going through a bit of a down time and Meta seems to be taking it the worst. Also, there are cool new things but no one uses the term the same.
VR AR MR XR
VR games showcase coming next month
Meta Quest 3 has a layout app that checks the size and dimensions of things in the real world for you.
Gundam VR movie
China uses XR to improve tourism.
Quest 2 can follow your controllers and hands at the same time.
Quest 3 vs Pico 4
Google Earth VR sounds like a great way to find the many places I have lived.
$1.6 Million to make a VR game called Fractured. Where do I get investors like this?
Stanford has new holographic see through lenses. Will they make head sets better?
New VR Games
Sandbox VR is making games for public groups
The Burst is another action shooter.
New Omni walking system has games that work with it
Alien stealth game. Hide from the xenomorphs in Alien Rogue Incursion
Bounce Arcade is basically Racquetball in VR
These VR game creators started as fans and built up
Treadmill shoes for VR
AR glasses connected to ChatGPT-4o and has a camera for $249
XR: Shared Reality
Shared Reality is a new term in VR. People are using it for giant screen experiences
https://youtu.be/fto0K9E8rhI?si=FdGe4geN9NAo769i
In fact, when I searched it on google, that's all I found.
Just a giant screen experience. This is completely missing out on what could be done.
There is also the idea of someone with VR goggles working in one way and someone one with AR goggles can see what they're doing.
This is all from one guy experimenting several years ago. Here's his blog.
Here's another article on the subject for the same experiment.
XR: Fan Made MechWarrior Simulator
Fan made Full Motion Simulator for Mech Warrior 5
A video about his progress
XR: Business
Sony has built an adapter for PSVR2 to work on PC. They won't let the cool stuff happen, but you can use it on a steam account.
Ultra leap is selling it's hand tracking business.
Third verse gets a new CEO
Magic Leap got rid of any department that makes goggles. It is dead and just another part of Microsoft.
Meta shut down a VR developer
VR for the tourist industry
Two guys who made the high level VR AR goggles for Varjo have their own company. It projects 3D imagery on a car windscreen
Bus: Bad News
XR sales are down by 60%
No one seems to be buying the Apple XR HeadSet
More on how the market isn't being reached. 7 reasons why people aren't using the headset goggles
Vision Pro app releases are less and less
Bus: Good News
How Andretti FEC has used VR to be successful when most haven't. Their answer is proper staff placement.
Zero Latency is actually making money
XR: Samsung
Samsung and Google making goggle set
Samsung promises a Virtual Pro rival this year
AR: Laptops
AR glasses as a laptop screen tried out
AR glasses as a laptop screen company goes under
XR: Meta
Reality Labs is going through a hard time. They switch out leadership every few months, never make enough money, and XR is not the at home business expected
Meta is competing against its own Monopoly. This article sparks a lot of problems with the VR/AR goggles scene.
Meta shuts down it's 3rd Party AR program. The add ons will disappear on the first of 2025
A year old article asking if the Quest is a flop
Ready at Dawn is also gone
It's been an unmitigated disaster
There is no direct way to play Fortnite on Meta Goggles. You can play it off XBox cloud services, but it won't be in VR
Meta spent $4.3 billion on its VR division in three months, and made checks figures $440 million in return
Zuckerberg considers 6 screen layout for meta quest business mode
Meta has AR glasses coming out. CTO says it will be great.
Quest 3s information
Meta: Quest Pro 2 Cancelled
Quest Pro 2 is cancelled and this article says it's a good thing.
An article talking about the cancelled Quest Pro 2
John Carmack tried to kill Quest Pro and said it was sent out to die
Meta: GTA San Andreas
Meta was making a GTA San Andreas VR edition
GTA San Andreas for Meta has been canceled
I actually don't mind my Oculus rift headset even though I never get to paly anymore. VR is ok and potentially really good. It is a shame it didn't take off but I can't say I'm sad given the potential for abuse and total clown world take over. It's obvious a lot of people want a screen right in front of everyone's eyes at all times. If the google or apple attempt at 24/7 mobile augmented reality had succeeded, it really would be a watershed moment where you could point to and say "this is where we moved from metaphorical sheeple to literal sheeple"
They wanted to use it for business and military uses with the living room being the way in. Instead, it's best use is for stuff like FECs and XR Shared experiences. Because it doesn't fit the actual reason, the companies seem to be giving up.
I thought a GTA San Andreas would be cool.