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Steam’s VR Hardware Survey is No Longer Reliable
Steam’s regular VR Hardware Survey has had some anomalies lately and as a result, the data is no longer a reliable source of insights into the VR market. Steam Hardware…
The Cost of Virtual Reality Technology is Rising Once More
Are we seeing the end of the low-priced headsets? Meta recently announced increases in the prices of its Quest 2 headsets by $100 with the 128Gb version now set to…
Consumers To Spend 4 to 5 Hours a Day in the Metaverse in Next 5 Years
The metaverse is gradually permeating our lives and is being embraced by everyone, ranging from comic creators to the healthcare industry. Still, the metaverse is still not regarded as something…
‘Mirror Lake’ is Meta’s Next Big VR Headset Bet
In a recent call, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg showcased a number of physical VR headset prototypes the company has been working on over the past seven years. One for which…
CannesNFT Summit: Cannes Brings the Metaverse to the Film Industry
The Cannes Film Festival is going all-in in its dalliance with the metaverse. The festival is set to host its first NFT summit bringing together media, the film industry, and…
Is Virtual Reality Safe for Kids?
Finally, virtual reality hardware is coming into the mainstream and children are increasingly coming into contact with the experience. With this being one of the coolest new technologies at the…
Could Meta’s New Cambria Support Variable Focus?
Project Cambria is Meta’s new next-generation virtual reality headset set to launch in Q2 this year. Could it support variable focus? A killer feature that many virtual reality headsets have…
Digi-Capital Report: A Continuing Downward Trend in XR Investments
The willingness to invest declines in times of adversity and the same applies when it to the XR market. The fourth quarter of 2019 witnessed a significant decline in the…
SteamVR March 2020 Hardware Survey Shows 1 Million VR Users Have a VR Headset
Valve has been collecting more accurate VR usage data on Steam from March 2020. Let’s see what these numbers say. For the March hardware survey, Valve updated the survey figures…
Facebook to Show New VR Games at Online Game Developers Showcase on March 16 to 19
A few weeks back, Facebook pulled out of the 2020 Game Developers Conference (GDC) over coronavirus concerns and the show was eventually cancelled. Facebook is now planning to host an…