Page 4 - Virtual Reality

Mass shipment of Apple AR headsets to delay further this year, says analyst

In November last year, it was reported that the iPhone maker was planning to start mass production of its MR headsets in March this year

CES 2023: Sony to skip TVs; likely to showcase virtual reality-ready PS VR2

Tech giant Sony Electronics will not introduce a new TV lineup at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023

Meta makes virtual reality headset Quest 2's GPU more powerful by 7%

The dynamic clocking system will automatically increase the frequency as it detects that the application would benefit from it

AR/VR drives into classrooms: How tech is changing education landscape

But the cost of infrastructure for a medium of instruction with virtual reality and augmented reality can prove to be a challenge, especially for private schools

PlayStation VR2 pre-orders are now available without an invitation: Report

The report said players can preorder the PS VR2 headset from the PlayStation Direct website and get it within a week of its February 2023 launch

Meta battles US antitrust agency over the future of virtual reality

The trial will serve as a test of the FTC's bid to head off what it sees as a repeat of the company buying its way to dominance, this time in the nascent virtual and augmented reality markets

Apple's AR/VR headset may arrive in late 2023 due to software issues

The delay appears to affect only the mass shipment of finished goods, rather than manufacturing itself

Meta Quest Pro's new update adds mixed reality capture

With the new update, users can now record and show off those mixed reality moments, while using applications that merge their actual reality with a virtual one

Meta to roll out new mode in VR game to let players make their own levels

Sandbox mode will launch on December 14 within the VR battle royale game

Apple's upcoming AR headset to use extended reality OS, name it 'xrOS'

The company is also developing a Software Development kit, which will allow third-party developers to make applications for the new platform

Apple continues to add employees to its AR-MR headset project: Report

Earlier, the tech giant was reportedly planning to start mass production of its AR-MR headsets from March next year

Apple may begin mass production of AR headset in March next year: Reports

The mass production of the headset will probably start in March 2023 and may be unveiled in the following month

Meta plans to launch consumer-grade virtual reality headset next year

Recently, Meta had unveiled a VR headset Meta Quest Pro that was packed with features like full-colour mixed reality and was priced at $1,500

Flipkart partners with eDAO for virtual shopping experience in metaverse

Homegrown e-commerce platform Flipkart announced that it has partnered with Polygon-incubated organisation eDAO to launch a metaverse space, Flipverse

Apple's XR headset to have 'Face ID' like tech to make payments using eyes

Apple's XR headset has been highly-anticipated for years and is expected to be released sometime in 2023

India and the industrial metaverse

The images inside the metaverse can be interactive and powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing, while being connected by 5G speeds.

Microsoft brings animated avatars to 'Teams' software in metaverse push

Earlier this week, Microsoft and Meta partnered to bring Microsoft Teams to the Quest headsets soon

It's hard for Meta's virtual-reality avatars to have legs, says Zuckerberg

Why is it so hard to build a metaverse avatar a visual representation of ourselves in the digital world that walks on two legs? I think everyone has been waiting for this," said a cartoonish digital version of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, unveiling his new avatar legs and jumping up and down at a virtual-reality event Tuesday. "But seriously, legs are hard. Which is why other virtual reality systems don't have them either. Early avatar models introduced by Meta, as well as Microsoft, have been ridiculed for appearing as legless, waist-up bodies floating around their virtual worlds. That's in part because tech companies have been eager to show off their progress in building out virtual-reality environments while still working on the technical challenges of making avatars more human-like and realistic. Meta renamed itself from Facebook last year in hopes of jumpstarting its corporate transformation into a provider of metaverse experiences for work and play. Zuckerberg described legs a

Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 unveiled as Meta Quest Pro's chipset

It also supports 8K 60fps 360-degree video, 'concurrent perception' technologies, including head, hand, and controller tracking, 3D reconstruction, automatic room mapping, and high pixel density

Microsoft, Meta announce partnership to deliver immersive experiences in VR

Microsoft and Meta have partnered to deliver immersive experiences in VR. This collaboration will bring Teams and Microsoft's other productive tools to VR headset