A MetaQuest 3 is on display at the Meta Connect developer conference at Meta headquarters … [+]
Getting started with the new quest 3. I’m impressed with the passage and other improvements like room scanning. The interface is also much better. The first thing you see when you boot up the system is the physical room you’re in, enabled by the color cameras. Your spawn point is anywhere in the physical world, regardless of where you are. The digital display sits above reality, just as it sat above the cartoon environment that was the Quest 2’s spawn point. The colors through the cameras are so good that I could read emails on my iPhone while wearing the headset. It looks much more natural.
This YouTube video, created to show a clear graphical improvement in the Quest 3. In the headset, it looks slightly better, but it also looks faker, so pick your poison. Now the bad news. Although it’s sleeker than the Quest 2, the new Quest 3 is heavier and warmer. I miss the open sides of the Quest Pro, which dissipate heat. As a result, the Quest 3 may not be as suitable for fitness apps. XR needs its “Game of Thrones”. Maybe going through MR will finally make this possible.
The company’s displays are remarkably denser (14K PPI) than the micro-OLEDs in Apple’s Vision. … [+]
Mojo Vision gets its Mojo back after contact lens failure with a $43 million Series A round. Mojo Vision, which abandoned its ambitious contact lens project and turned its attention to microdisplays, announced a new $22.4 million Series A, doubling the previous tranche and bringing the total amount to 43, 5 million dollars. The discovery was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Khosla Ventures. . The company’s displays are remarkably denser (14K PPI) than the micro-OLEDs in Apple’s Vision Pro (3,400 PPI).
Hugo Swart, vice president and general manager of XR at Qualcomm.
Qualcomm lays off more than 1,258 people in Santa Clara and San Diego. The company has 51,000 employees in the Golden State. “Given the continued uncertainty in the macroeconomic and demand environment, we plan to take additional restructuring measures to enable continued investment in key growth and diversification opportunities,” the company said in a statement. communicated. It appears that most of the people removed were in sales, business communications, accounting and human resources.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – NOVEMBER 03: Marc Andreesen, partner of Andreesen Horowitz, speaks during the … [+]
Marc Andreesen’s new optimistic techno manifesto. It’s rather pompous to write a manifesto, to express one’s convictions, but the world of technology is looking at the billionaire’s missive because he is an optimist in love with the future. “We believe that the techno-capitalist machine of markets and innovation never stops, but continues to soar,” he writes. “Technology is the glory of human ambition and achievement, the spearhead of progress and the realization of our potential. » I love it, but I’m not really sure how I feel when Andreesen says things like “our enemy is corruption, regulatory capture, monopolies, cartels.” But it’s interesting. If you’re reading this, you should read this.
DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 26: Roblox CEO David Baszucki speaks on stage at Vox … [+]
Even Roblox is tired of remote work. In a letter to employees, CEO David Baszucki told the company it was time to ditch that sweet airBnB in Portugal and head back to San Mateo. Ironically, it’s a company that may be the closest thing to the metaverse we have. They recently introduced their own version of video chat. It turns out that being virtual is great when we need to be apart, but not so great when we should be together.
Mythic Realms turns your home into a mixed reality fantasy RPG on Quest App Lab. Speaking of games that exploit MR, Mystical Realms from Penticore Games arrives today on the Meta Quest platform via Applications Lab. The full game is expected in 2024.
The 10th Augmented Enterprise Summit opens in Houston, October 24-26. The Augmented Enterprise Summit focuses on commercial and industrial applications of AR/VR/MR (XR) and other emerging technologies related to the metaverse. The Augmented Enterprise is the best opportunity to see how the world’s largest companies are driving meaningful digital transformation with XR and discover solutions ready to deploy in today’s workplaces.
This week in XR is also a podcast hosted by the author of this column, Ted Schilowitz, futurist, Paramount Global, and Rony Abovitz, founder of Magic Leap. This week our guest is Jake Zim, Executive Vice President of Virtual Reality at Sony Pictures Entertainment, who is launching “Ghostbuster; Rise of the Ghost Lord” next week. We can be found on Spotify, iTunesAnd Youtube.
What we read
The Metaverse is Dead Because Silicon Valley Is No Fun (Fast Business)
Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way? (Sigal Samuel/Vox)