Hands-on with Boba 3, Meta's prototype PC VR headset with a form factor similar to the Quest 3, featuring an ultrawide field of view of 180° by 120°
honestly my Vision Pro when close to my eyes feels about on par. Tiramisu was only a 30 degree FOV but felt like more of a peek into the future. David Heaney / @heaney555 : Here's...
Hands-on with Tiramisu, Meta's “hyperrealistic” VR research prototype with beyond-retinal resolution, high brightness and contrast, and a narrow field of view
At SIGGRAPH 2025, I went hands-on with Tiramisu, Meta's research prototype that combines beyond-retinal resolution … X: @ibrews and @heaney555 X: @ibrews : The @Meta Tiramisu heads...
Meta's Anduril deal shows how much has changed in the past couple of years in Silicon Valley, where developing war tech was once considered a hard red line
Meta is crossing a former hard red line in Silicon Valley to develop tech for military uses. — I can't think of any other deal …
Meta and Anduril partner to build EagleEye, a line of XR products like helmets that enhance soldiers' hearing and vision and enable control of AI weapon systems
An AI-Powered Combat Headset That Can Detect Drones Vaughn Cockayne / Washington Times : Meta, Anduril team up to bring high-tech perception to U.S. warfighters Bloomberg : Meta Te...
Meta announces a $50M creator fund for Horizon Worlds; CTO Andrew Bosworth reportedly told staff that 2025 is a make-or-break year for Meta's XR ambitions
they are making a long-term play. rather than put money into supporting VR for adults, productivity, etc. — they're investing in a generation that will have *grown up* with VR X: ...
Sources: Apple cut 2024 Vision Pro shipments to 400K to 450K units, compared to a 700K+ market consensus, and US demand has “fallen sharply beyond expectations”
My latest survey is as follows: — Apple has cut its 2024 Vision Pro shipments to 400-450k units (vs. market consensus of 700-800k units or more).
Magic Leap tells customers the Magic Leap 1 AR headset, which launched in August 2018, and its apps will “cease to function” from December 31, 2024
Magic Leap 1 AR headsets will “cease to function” from 31 December 2024, the company announced. — Magic Leap sent an email to all customers containing the following:
Oculus says six Oculus Quest titles have each cleared $10M in revenue and 60, or one third of all paid apps available on its store, have earned $1M+
Facebook rolls out Messenger for Oculus Quest, as well as App Lab, letting developers distribute apps outside the Oculus Store without needing to sideload
Facebook is continuing to stitch its services more closely together — it's now rolling out Messenger on Oculus.