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Archives for March 2023

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Kuo: Apple headset production pushed back.

Well-connected supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says mass production for Apple’s rumored headset has been pushed back and forecasts shipping numbers this year of 200k to 300k units instead of 500,000 or so.

Kuo suggests the change is tied to a lack of optimism about the launch and “uncertainty” about a WWDC reveal — echoing a recent New York Times report — and while I don’t know if that’s the case, I’m sure there will be more rumors before the show starts on June 5th.

Apple staff reportedly express doubts about mixed-reality headset months ahead of launchApple staff reportedly express doubts about mixed-reality headset months ahead of launch
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Apple reportedly held a mixed-reality headset demo for its top executives.

In yet another sign that Apple’s upcoming headset is nearing launch, the company covertly showed off the device during a “glitzy” presentation at the Steve Jobs Theater, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

The company reportedly invited around 100 of its “highest-ranking executives” to see the device. And while this isn’t the first time these executives got a look at the headset, Gurman says this latest showing suggests “a public unveiling is getting close.”

Apple Reality Headset Details: Pro Features, Top 100 Meeting, Watch-Like Start

[Bloomberg.com]

Meta’s new hand tracking feature almost feels like touching the futureMeta’s new hand tracking feature almost feels like touching the future
Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Scuttlebutt: Pico pulled the plug on a VR headset launch at GDC because of TikTok.

“A new journey begins,” the Meta Quest competitor teased three days ago. “Save the date: 22 March 2023.” But despite having one of the single biggest booths at GDC, Pico had nothing to reveal.

An employee there tells me Pico planned to release the promising Pico 4 in the US — but it’s waiting, because its parent company is currently getting grilled in Washington over a better-known product: TikTok.

The Pico 4 VR headset on a wall at GDC 2023.
The Pico 4 VR headset on a wall at GDC 2023.
Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Oculus publishing is now Oculus Publishing.

Meta has a new name for its publishing arm that supports VR developers: Oculus Publishing.

Not the most exciting name, but it’s one we might need to get familiar with. Meta says Oculus Publishing currently has 150 titles in “active development.”

Meta’s new quests could give you something to do in its VR social networkMeta’s new quests could give you something to do in its VR social network
Comedians are trying to make the metaverse cool, but it won’t let them

Dedicated creators have built their own communities and spaces in Meta’s Horizon Worlds. But they feel the company isn’t supporting them as well as it could.

Jay Peters
Victoria Song
Victoria Song
Your workout might be in the metaverse, but the Strava kudos are real.

FitXR, a VR fitness app for the Meta Quest 2, now integrates with Strava. Some people might scoff, but the digital fitness space is pretty disjointed and Strava’s long served as a popular, de facto fitness hub for folks to view all their data and progress in one place. Getting onto Strava gives VR fitness extra cred as a legit form of exercise.

These parts could be the first leak of Apple’s mixed-reality headsetThese parts could be the first leak of Apple’s mixed-reality headset
Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Is Apple’s mixed-reality headset ready?

Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks so, but the company’s design team? Not so much, according to a report from the Financial Times.

Cook is reportedly pushing ahead with its launch against the wishes of Apple’s top designers, who hoped to debut a more lightweight pair of AR glasses instead of the much bulkier headset that Apple’s expected to reveal in June.

Tim Cook bets on Apple’s mixed-reality headset to secure his legacy

[FinancialTimes]

Vjeran Pavic
Vjeran Pavic
I think I’m ready to spend $550 on PSVR 2.

I spent way too much time racing in Gran Turismo 3 as a kid. But none of the GT games that came out later captured my imagination in the same way. I think that’s about to change; the VR version of Gran Turismo 7 looks like everything I ever wanted from a racing game.

Take a look yourself:

Before Your Eyes is a beautiful showcase of what VR storytelling can beBefore Your Eyes is a beautiful showcase of what VR storytelling can be
I don’t think Meta knows it’s a game company

Meta seems very committed to making hardware to usher in a whole new world and racing away from the games that drive its VR business.

Alex Cranz
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
This week on The Vergecast, we talked about TikTok’s AI filter, the Motorola Rizr, and Meta’s plans for VR.

It must be MWC, because every old mobile grievance was revisited, even as we celebrated what is surely our phone of the future, Motorola’s rollable Rizr concept.

We also dug into Alex Heath’s big scoop exposing Meta’s hardware roadmap, TikTok’s unsettling new filter, and talked a little about Elon Musk. Not too much.

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