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Valve Standalone Findings, SideQuest In VR & More Jun 28, 2022

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This week we discuss Apple CEO Tim Cook's latest hints at the company's AR ambitions, SideQuest's new native app for Quest & Quest 2, and the latest findings surrounding Valve's standalone VR headset.

New Meta Prototype Headsets, Valve Deckard Design Patent Jun 21, 2022

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Pico Coming To USA, Meta Halts AR Glasses Launch Jun 14, 2022

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We discuss Pico heading toward the United States, Horizon Home launching with Quest v41, Horizon Worlds available in the U.K, the ability to garble the voices of strangers in Horizon Worlds, Meta scanning photoreal avatars from an iPhone. We also discuss the shifting timelines and product plans for future headsets from Apple and Meta.

Apple's First VR Apps, AWE Demos & More Jun 07, 2022

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David Heaney and Ian Hamilton dive into the news before Alex & Skeeva from Between Realities join for a special episode reporting back from the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara. We cover Quest 2 possibly selling 15 million units, Pimax Crystal headset, Meta's CTO on larger field of view VR, SteamVR's unexplained jump in usage, Etee's buttonless controllers shipping soon, Lynx R-1 shipping date moving again, and Apple's first VR Apps.
Between Realities discussion for Augmented World Expo begins at around 1:09:23 with discussion about In3d, HaptX, Demeo in AR, Galea, Goertek and Magic Leap 2.

Apple RealityOS, Is Quest Getting Cloud VR Streaming? May 31, 2022

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We discuss why Meta says there's no automatic detection of your room boundaries on Oculus Quest, Lynx raising money ahead of delivery of the R-1 headset, evidence of experimentation with cloud VR streaming at Meta, PSVR 2 potentially coming in 2023, a RealityOS trademark and the discussion around Apple's efforts in VR and AR.

Apple's Mixed Reality Troubles, Quest 2 Resolution Lower Than Specs May 24, 2022

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We discuss the story behind Apple's mixed reality headset development and how the effort stacks up against Meta. We also dive into:

A new Quest 2 experimental room setup feature
Valve Index replacement parts coming to iFixit
New details on Quest 2's display tech
A new Qualcomm wireless AR reference design
Zero Latency replacing backpacks with Vive Focus 3

Next-Gen VR Displays, Project Cambria Depth Sensor May 17, 2022

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We've gotten a look at some next generation VR display technologies from TCL, JDI, and eMagin with the mysterious "STEAMBOAT" board potentially hinting at some big things. We also discuss updates from Meta, with the v40 update for Quest adding new tracked keyboards, fresh statements about a Facebook-free Quest login experience, R&D spending news, and the new Horizon Worlds asset library.
Lastly, we dive into the latest we've learned about Project Cambria and its passthrough mixed reality functionality.

Inside The Meta Store & Codec Avatars May 10, 2022

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We talk about UploadVR's correspondents going inside the very first Meta Store In Burlingame, California, venues moving inside Horizon Worlds, codec avatars and the chips being built to drive them, new ultra thin holographic glasses research, and Meta's neural wristband input for future glasses.
Note there's some echoing in this week's audio, sorry about that and we will try to get it fixed next week.

Project Cambria's Price, Is Quest 3 Coming Next Year? May 03, 2022

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We discuss new research into using VR controllers to track body movements and the latest look at Meta's 'Codec' avatars as well as the prospect of VR calling. We also talk about Meta's growing expenses and the details we learned about Project Cambria and the company's next VR headsets.

Amazon AR Hints, Meta's First Retail Store, Air Bridge Manual Apr 26, 2022

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We discuss Amazon's AR/VR hiring, VRChat's new Avatar Dynamics, Meta's first physical store to sell Quests, glasses, and Portals, and the leak of a manual to Meta's reported Air Bridge accessory for wireless PC VR. We also consider the question: What would happen if Meta pulled out of consumer VR?

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