A report by Bloomberg revealed what could be And they are a bit unexpected, in my opinion.

  Meta should release , which are basically to show you some visual information to only one eye. To not clutter your view, the visual elements are, so you have to actively look down to see them. The glasses can be commanded using Hypernova should also get a camera upgrade, getting something similar to “the iPhone 13 from 2021”. Meta is also planning to . This is the expected part of the report, because it more or less respects what we already knew and represents a normal evolution of the smartglasses that Meta has on the market today.

  What is a bit unexpected is the rest. Considering that everyone wants to use stylish Ray-Ban glasses but almost no one wants to wear the brand Meta on the face, this is pretty confusing. This goes to kill what were two of the main drivers of the success of the Ray-Ban Meta: the Ray-Ban branding and the distribution network of Essilor Luxottica. There was a third driver of the success, which was the low price, and guess what? Meta is going to break that, too: according to the report,. This is a huge price, especially for glasses that do not have a fundamental use case. They are just meant to see phone notifications and make photos and videos; . Unless there is an Apple drawn on it, of course.

  So, apart from the fans of Meta and the hard tech enthusiasts, who does usually buy very expensive devices in the early stages? I think you guessed it: , so we can play around with new hardware and also get an early-mover advantage. So you’d think this is a devkit. But actually not, because the same report, like on the present Ray-Ban Meta. So not even developers would have interest in buying this.

  In the end, (as all the reports, it should be taken with a grain of salt), because otherwiseeople wanting to make photos and videos can buy a Ray-Ban Meta, devs that want to experiment with development with smartglasses can buy more open smartglasses (e.g. from Brillant Labs), and people that want quick access to phone notifications can buy a smart watch.

Finally, after many years that it was just me and a couple of other crazy guys making April Fool’s jokes, this year there have been quite a few people and companies Just to summarize some of the craziness: while Sebastian Ang (MRTV) published . Ndreams announced and Voodoo DE showed

  Of course, it has not only been the XR space, but the whole tech ecosystem making jokes. This year Razer made one of my favorite sketches, the headset that is able to. I guess something like that would actually be useful to adults entering Gorilla Tag and finding themselves surrounded by screaming kids…

  Have fun reading the links below with my personal selection of favorite April Fool’s jokes!

I’m writing this part of the newsletter that is still a black monday for all the stock exchanges of the world because of . The situation is still evolving, and it is not clear if the tariffs are meant to stay or if they have just been introduced as a way to gain an advantage through a forced deal with the other countries.

  If they are meant to stay, All the American companies that are going to source components and/or have manufacturing facilities in Asia, and most probably have to recoup these additional expenses by So the Quest 3S may cost $500, for instance, after Meta has finished its current stocks.

  The fact is that since (they are a nice-to-have more than a must-have), their sales are very susceptible to price. The reason why Quest 2 and now Quest 3s have sold so well is because their prices are ridiculously low for what they offer. And notwithstanding that, XR has still not fully entered the mainstream. and this is going to hurt our space in a moment where the situation is already pretty stagnant

  I hope this situation is only temporary, otherwise, this is going to impact us all.

  (Thanks Rob Cole for some of the below links)

We are in a pretty contradictory moment, where some of the indicators point to the fact that For instance, some titles are having a big success nowadays: Gorilla Tag and I Am Cat are huge hits. Not to mention A, aiming at becoming even bigger than Gorilla Tag.

  But at the same time, some devs are seeing their game lose market share, and there have been many layoffs. Plus, it seems. At GDC, Meta has announced that which is a good number… if not for the fact that. This shows that revenues on Quest have slowed down, maybe thanks to the new influx of kids who like to play free-to-play games.

A developer known with the handle “whatdahopper” iVRy, that you may remember for the adapter meant to connect PSVR 2 to PC,

  If these people succeed in their intent, This wouldn’t be good only for VRChat fans, but also for research centers and other entities that may be interested in exploring eye interactions and foveated rendering.

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