Tag: Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality
Snap Spectacles take the big leap to AR with new glasses, a new OS, and lots of gesture-controlled mixed-reality
Snapchat is taking its Spectacles game to the next level with a complete reimagining that enables augmented reality, gesture control, experience sharing, gaming, and more. On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, the social media company unveiled its beefy new 226-gram smartglasses, which look almost nothing like any Snapchat Spectacles that have…
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Meta Connect 2024: 5 things I want to see at the rumored Meta Quest 3S launch event
With Meta Connect 2024 just around the corner – September 25-26 – I’m sharing the five announcements I most want to see at the event, as well as explaining why I think they are (or aren’t in one entry’s case) likely to happen. Meta Connect is an annual Meta event…
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The 5 best upgrades in the new Meta Quest 3 update coming to Meta AI and more
The latest Meta Quest update is rolling out to the Meta Quest 3, Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro headsets, and while there’s no stand-out upgrade it adds several quality of life improvements that you’re sure to appreciate in areas like multitasking and keeping your library clutter free. A…
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New Meta VR headset in FCC certification teases an imminent Quest 3S launch
Meta Connect 2024 is fast approaching, and one of the announcements we’ll almost certainly get on September 25 will be for the Meta Quest 3S. We not only saw a batch of details from regular leakers, Meta itself leaked the headset’s existence twice in recent months, and now FCC and…
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Meta’s canceled Quest Pro 2 could pave the way for a major VR headset redesign in 2027 – and I’m all for it
Meta may have reportedly dumped its plans to launch a Meta Quest Pro 2 in 2027, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be serving mixed reality goodness that year. According to a new report, we could see a pair of light mixed reality glasses – codenamed ‘Puffin’ – launch instead,…
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Rumored Samsung XR headset appears on Geekbench with specs that could tease an AI-powered Apple Vision Pro rival
At the recent foldables-focused Galaxy Unpacked event Samsung and Google teased that we’d finally see the results of their XR partnership “coming this year” – and it looks like things are on track as the Samsung XR headset’s performance scores have seemingly leaked on Geekbench. If the leak is correct,…
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