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Meta Quest Pro's new update adds mixed reality capture

With the new update, users can now record and show off those mixed reality moments, while using applications that merge their actual reality with a virtual one

Meta to roll out new mode in VR game to let players make their own levels

Sandbox mode will launch on December 14 within the VR battle royale game

Apple's upcoming AR headset to use extended reality OS, name it 'xrOS'

The company is also developing a Software Development kit, which will allow third-party developers to make applications for the new platform

Apple continues to add employees to its AR-MR headset project: Report

Earlier, the tech giant was reportedly planning to start mass production of its AR-MR headsets from March next year

Apple may begin mass production of AR headset in March next year: Reports

The mass production of the headset will probably start in March 2023 and may be unveiled in the following month

Meta plans to launch consumer-grade virtual reality headset next year

Recently, Meta had unveiled a VR headset Meta Quest Pro that was packed with features like full-colour mixed reality and was priced at $1,500

Flipkart partners with eDAO for virtual shopping experience in metaverse

Homegrown e-commerce platform Flipkart announced that it has partnered with Polygon-incubated organisation eDAO to launch a metaverse space, Flipverse

Apple's XR headset to have 'Face ID' like tech to make payments using eyes

Apple's XR headset has been highly-anticipated for years and is expected to be released sometime in 2023

India and the industrial metaverse

The images inside the metaverse can be interactive and powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and edge computing, while being connected by 5G speeds.

Microsoft brings animated avatars to 'Teams' software in metaverse push

Earlier this week, Microsoft and Meta partnered to bring Microsoft Teams to the Quest headsets soon

It's hard for Meta's virtual-reality avatars to have legs, says Zuckerberg

Why is it so hard to build a metaverse avatar a visual representation of ourselves in the digital world that walks on two legs? I think everyone has been waiting for this," said a cartoonish digital version of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, unveiling his new avatar legs and jumping up and down at a virtual-reality event Tuesday. "But seriously, legs are hard. Which is why other virtual reality systems don't have them either. Early avatar models introduced by Meta, as well as Microsoft, have been ridiculed for appearing as legless, waist-up bodies floating around their virtual worlds. That's in part because tech companies have been eager to show off their progress in building out virtual-reality environments while still working on the technical challenges of making avatars more human-like and realistic. Meta renamed itself from Facebook last year in hopes of jumpstarting its corporate transformation into a provider of metaverse experiences for work and play. Zuckerberg described legs a

Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 unveiled as Meta Quest Pro's chipset

It also supports 8K 60fps 360-degree video, 'concurrent perception' technologies, including head, hand, and controller tracking, 3D reconstruction, automatic room mapping, and high pixel density

Microsoft, Meta announce partnership to deliver immersive experiences in VR

Microsoft and Meta have partnered to deliver immersive experiences in VR. This collaboration will bring Teams and Microsoft's other productive tools to VR headset

Metaverse in India: The challenge of buying land and painting houses

VR headsets are gradually becoming somewhat accessible, with an Oculus Go priced at Rs 22,000. Several start-up founders say they are also developing software for laptops and mobile devices.

Meta wants you to work in virtual reality - here's what that's like

Meta Platforms Inc has made it clear that it wants to infiltrate the business world with virtual reality technology

Meta, Qualcomm to develop premium experiences for Quest platform

Both companies' engineering and product teams will deepen technical collaboration to deliver next-generation platforms and core technologies to accelerate a fully realized metaverse

Meta's VP of 'Horizon VR' Vivek Sharma to leave the firm after six-years

Vivek Sharma, the Indian-origin VP of Meta's Horizon social media virtual reality platform, is departing from the company

Mark Zuckerberg announces launch of new VR headsets costing $1000 in Oct

Mark Zuckerberg has announced Meta's new VR headset that will cost around UDS 1,000

Meta to let its Quest VR headsets users log in via new Meta account

If you are new to Meta VR devices, you can create a Meta account using an email address, Facebook account, or Instagram account

The metaverse isn't here yet, but it already has a long history

Published in 1879, Ella Thayer's novel of the telegraphic world makes remarkable predictions. Many aspects of the current metaverse were already familiar 143 years ago