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Horizon Worlds Still Facing the Challenge of Attracting and Retaining Users
Internal documents show the Horizon Worlds social VR platform is still struggling to keep users. According to the documents, Meta is now lowering the target of hitting 500,000 monthly active…
The Quest Pro Headset Supports Eye Tracked Foveated Rendering
The Quest Pro headset has an Eye Tracked Foveated Rendering feature. What are the performance improvements from this? Eye Tracked Foveated Rendering (ETFR) refers to the rendering technique where only…
Panasonic’s Meganex VR Headset Now Has SteamVR Support
An upgrade adds support for Index Controllers and Steam VR to the Panasonic MeganeX VR headset. The slim and lightweight MeganeX PC VR headset was launched by Shiftall, a Panasonic…
What are the New Features in the Magic Leap 2 Mixed Reality Headset?
The Magic Leap 2 augmented reality headset finally made its commercial debut last week. Priced at a steep $3,299, the headset mainly targets the commercial or enterprise market segment. This…
Internal Memo Shows Horizon Worlds Too Buggy and Not Being Used by Employees
Meta’s flagship metaverse social network Horizon Worlds is reportedly grappling with various quality issues and isn’t being used even by the team building it according to an internal memo from…
Can Brands Capitalize on the $1 Trillion Metaverse Opportunity?
A recent JP Morgan report describes the metaverse as a $1 trillion yearly opportunity. JP Morgan is one of the first major financial corporations to embrace Web 3; the financier…
Footage Appears of Quest Pro Mixed Reality Passthrough and Peripheral Blinders in Action
Virtual reality developer Immersed has shared a short video showing Meta’s new color passthrough and peripheral blinders in action. The video, packaged in a GIF, was shared by Immersed CEO…
Zuckerberg Teases Quest Pro’s Color Passthrough with a Mixed Reality Fencing Game
Mark Zuckerberg has released a video of himself teasing the color passthrough of the Meta Quest Pro headset with the gameplay of a mixed reality fencing game. The video showcases…
Lynx Mixed Reality Headset Launching in November 2022
Paris-based mixed reality startup Lync will now be delivering the first units of its Lynx-R1 mixed reality headset from November 10-15, the founder Stan Larroque has announced. Larroque issued a…
Eye Tracking in Meta Quest Pro Also Improves Image Quality
The eye tracking functionality in Meta Quest Pro can do much more than previously known in spite of the many leaks about the headset so far. A text that explains…