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PSVR 2 Sales Forecast, Quest Pro Price Cut Jan 31, 2023

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We discuss Meta dropping the Quest Pro price to $1,100, Apple's tools for easy to build AR apps, Echo VR shutting down, Rec Room exploring full body avatars, PSVR 2's sales expectation and AR/VR entering a new phase of adoption.

Microsoft Cuts Down Mixed Reality, CES Haptics Jan 24, 2023

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This week we discuss the upgraded Quest hand tracking 2.1, Microsoft's huge layoffs and its effect on mixed reality, Apple's latest VR/AR headset details, and close out our coverage of CES with a discussion about some impressive haptics demos we had with Contact CI and HaptX.

New Military HoloLens, Tilt Five AR Impressions Jan 17, 2023

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We discuss new developments related to Microsoft's militarized Hololens AR technology and Tilt Five's progress toward consumer AR.
We also cover Meta Quest Move syncing with Android, Unity supporting OpenXR hand tracking and Mojo Vision ceasing work on their smart contact lens.

Vive XR Elite & Pimax View Hands-On, Roblox On Quest 3 Jan 10, 2023

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Our super-sized episode covers CES 2023 demos of headsets including the Vive XR Elite and Pimax Portal View.
We also discuss Windows Mixed Reality growing on Steam with Reverb G2 discounts, Bigscreen co-watching with Disney & Amazon Prime, Meta ending Quest 1 Updates, Roblox rumored for Quest in 2023, Intel's latest Wifi chips, Quest 2's GPU performance boost.

10 Years Of Oculus, Best VR Of 2022 Dec 28, 2022

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We discuss our picks for best VR content of 2022 and look back at 10 years of Oculus VR headsets.

HTC's Quest Pro Competitor, Carmack's VR Departure, HoloLens 3 Dec 20, 2022

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We've got a mega-sized two hour episode to cover the end of 2022 VR news with Virtual Desktop reverting its big change, portals supported to other apps in Quest, shared space co-location arriving on Quest Pro, Meta planning automatic room scanning, the future of lens display tech and higher resolutions in VR, Microsoft teasing HoloLens 3, and a new headset from HTC Vive expected at CES 2023.
We also dive into John Carmack's exit from VR and what it means for the future, and we close out talking about Ian and David's favorite games of 2022.

Samsung Preps Dev Kit, PSVR 2 Preorders Open To All Dec 13, 2022

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Valve moved VR Support out of Steam's sidebar, Samsung reportedly has a dev kit incoming, Virtual Desktop made a change that has some folks talking, Quest 2 and Quest Pro are now selling in Germany, the Touch Pro controllers now work on Quest 2 and PSVR 2 pre-orders are now open to all. We also discuss Avatar and the potential of 3D movies to look great on the latest generation of VR headsets.

Pico 4 Taking Off, Apple Headset Delayed Again Dec 06, 2022

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Pico 4 appears on the SteamVR Hardware charts, a game-changing WebXR Open in Quest feature, a big change to Quest Pro passthrough recording, the latest Quest mobile app redesign and changes to the avatars in home.
We also talk about the latest Apple headset delay and how we're trying to recognize the best VR content.

DPVR E4 Headset, Meta Future AR/VR Investments Nov 29, 2022

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We discuss how the Meta Quest 2 will be sold in Germany, the new DPVR E4 wired SteamVR headset, Meta talks with Samsung & LG for displays, Meta's % of investment in Horizon Worlds, perceptual superpowers, do AR glasses need a display?

Snapdragon AR2 Glasses, Valve Controller Patent Nov 22, 2022

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