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Microsoft Shifts to a Software-Led Metaverse Strategy
Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has confirmed that the company is pivoting from hardware to a software-led metaverse strategy. This shift may not bode well for the company’s hardware projects such…
Dubai to Create 40,000 Metaverse Jobs Within 5 Years
Dubai is ramping up its metaverse efforts with the launch of the Dubai Metaverse Strategy which aims to create 40,000 metaverse jobs in the next five years and catapult the…
FCC Patent Filings Show Pico Plans to Launch Pico 4 and Pico 4 Pro Simultaneously Soon
According to FCC filings discovered by the tech publication Protocol, Pico is planning to launch its Pico 4 and Pico 4 Pro headsets simultaneously and the launch could happen soon.…
ByteDance Targeting Meta Quest 2 With the Pico 4 Headset
ByteDance subsidiary, Pico, is planning to launch a new headset according to FCC filings discovered by the online publication Protocol. The new entries for the Pico 4 headset were filed…
Meta Codec Avatars Now Have Very Photorealistic Clothing
Meta’s Codec Avatars already have very convincing faces. Now they are about to get very photorealistic VR clothing thanks to new research work. Meta has shared details of its new…
This Startup Transforms Your Car into a VR Driving Simulator
A Vienna-based startup has developed simulators that transform any car into an immersive XR driving simulator. The startup, Nekonata XR Technologies (NXRT) develops mixed reality simulators that convert any ride…
Magic Leap 2 to Launch on September 30, to Cost $3,299
The launch date of the Magic Leap 2 headset has finally been revealed as September 30th and it will launch with an enterprise-level starting price of $3,299. Magic Leap 2…
Klang Games Raises $41 Million for Its Player-Built Online Universe
Berlin-based entertainment and gaming development studio Klang Games has raised $41 million for the development of its Seed player-built online universe. The studio also announced that Isabelle Henriques, an Electronic…
Israeli Company Elbit Systems Unveils X-Sight Helicopter Pilot Helmet
Technology company Elbit Systems unveiled its helicopter vision suite for military helicopters last week. The technology uses a mix of machine learning, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence to give pilots…
Analyst: Meta Quest 3 To Be Released in Holiday 2023
YouTuber and XR analyst Brad Lynch is now reporting that the successor to the Quest 2 headset could launch as soon as 2023. In May this year, The Information reported…