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Meta to Retail Headsets?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The New York Times reported that Meta has discussed possibly opening retail stores (probably to be called Meta Store) globally to promote its VR and, later, AR hardware. Work on the …

Tags:Apple| Facebook/Meta| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Will your next TV really be a $1 AR app?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol Next Up newsletter picked up on a comment by Mark Zuckerberg last week that “Lots of things that are physical today, like screens, will just be holograms in the …

Tags:Holographic Displays| Holography| The Metaverse| TV Viewing| TVs (TV Sets)

Microsoft plans to debut Mesh for Teams for mixed-reality work experiences

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Microsoft, the most valuable company in the world when I last looked (and that’s not often!) has responded to Meta’s talk of the Facebookverse by talking up its plans to add …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microsoft| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

The Metaverse is on the Menu

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Last week there was lots of discussion on issues of the ‘Metaverse’, the idea that XR can allow interaction in a digital virtual world made up of immersive shared spaces, an …

Tags:Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Samsung Joins 200 Other Firms in Korea’s Metaverse Alliance

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Economic Daily reported that Samsung has joined a Korean government initiative to coordinate activities to create a metaverse. A total of 202 firms are involved in the initiative which …

Tags:Korea| Samsung| The Metaverse

Facebook’s next product launch will be its Ray-Ban smart glasses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg said on the Facebook earnings call that its next hardware launch will be Ray-Ban branded smart glasses developed with EssilorLuxottica. “The glasses have their iconic form factor, and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| The Metaverse

Varjo Wants to Develop the Metaverse

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We listened in to a webinar by Varjo last week and the company announced that it has acquired a BIM software company, Dimension10 and wants to use technology from the firm …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Mergers & Acquisitions| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Samsung Display Moves its Language in SID Keynote

by Bob Raikes

JS Choi, CEO of Samsung Display (SDC), gave the first keynote that I watched from the SID Display Week, although it wasn’t the first keynote published. Over the years, I have attended many keynotes …

Facebook Keen to Get VR Headsets into the Hands of More Consumers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Mark Zuckerberg continued his promotion of the importance of XR with an interview with CNet in which he said that the firm may bring out a Quest Pro higher end product …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Facebook Adds Subscriptions to Oculus – Google Developing Waveguides

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Protocol blog reported that a plan to enable in-app subscription billing to the Oculus platform is a first move to allow the Oculus platform for the Quest VR headsets to …

Tags:Augmented Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Epic Games, developer of 3D engine Unreal, raised $1 Billion

by Bob Raikes

What They Say VentureBeat reports that Epic Games has raised $1 billion to help fund its development of a ‘metaverse’ and the round values the company at $28.7 billion. Among the investors was Sony …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Augmented Reality| Investment| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Microsoft Thinks True Mixed Reality is Five Years Away

by Bob Raikes

Although Microsoft is developing ‘Mixed Reality’ headsets with PC OEMs based on the Holographic platform that are expected to be here later this year, Microsoft XBox boss, Phil Spencer told Time in an interview …