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1/ Short thread on 12k @pimaxofficial Reality Series announced:
$2,399 coming Q4 2022
QLED (combines OLED+LED)
1200 PPI
35 PPD
200Hz
Foveated Rendering via Tobii eye tracking
Full-body & facial expression tracking
Standalone with split rendering with XR2
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2/ The 12K Pimax Reality Series feels like a VR headset that you'd create if you jammed every single VR enthusiast feature in without any concern for weight or cost.
How will it feel?
It'll have 200-degree horizonal FOV, with 135-degree vertical FOV & a 118-degree binocular FOV. ImageImageImageImage
3/ Whenever you have that big of a field of view on a VR HMD, then it inevitably has some distortion.
@pimaxofficial claims to have both a new patented anti-distortion algorithm, new bionic lens, & foveated rendering powered by Tobii eye tracking.
We'll wait & see how it feels. Image
4/ You might assume that the 12k @pimaxofficial Reality Series VR headset would be a PCVR HMD, but it's actually a wireless, All-in-One HMD, with swappable battery, & a Qualcomm XR2 chip for split rendering, WiFi6E, and a 60GHz high bandwidth connection. ImageImageImageImage
5/ They also talked about QLED, which is some sort of new combination of tradeoffs between LED & OLED.
Their 12K resolution will have 1200 pixels per inch & 35 pixels per degree.
One metric that I DIDN'T see reported during the press conference was how much this thing weighs. ImageImageImageImage
6/ Like I said, this headset feels like they threw in every single feature possible. Here's some more of the features + extensible third party modules, also auto-IPD adjustment.
Full press conference: ImageImageImageImage
7/ Like many different VR companies, @pimaxofficial is jumping on the Metaverse train trying to tie their new 12K Pimax Reality features as being fundamental to the metaverse.
This usage of violates Parisi's Rule #5. The Metaverse is Hardware-Independent.
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8/ Pimax did mention they're working on a VR Station sort of like a mini-computer optimized for PCVR gaming. They didn't mention a price, but potentially sort of like a higher-end console to make it a real standalone device, since not sure if any content can run on device. Image
9/ That's some highlights on @pimaxofficial's Pimax Reality 12K QLED that I had from watching their online press conference.
Again, it's a kitchen sink device that we don't how much it weighs & costs $2,399 & not coming until Q4 2022 (over a year from now)
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END/ Some final slides I screencapture from the Pimax presentation showing:
* A bump in refresh rate to 200Hz (probably thanks to foveated rendering)
* Relative comparisons of their bionic lens
* Differences for PCVR vs Standalone mode specs
* Discounts for previous Pimax owners. ImageImageImageImage

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Oct 11, 2022
1/ THREAD covering @Meta's #MetaConnect, which is starting now.

I'll be covering all of the announcements, watching all new videos, & reading all of their press releases. They usually dump a ton of new info

Follow here: facebook.com/events/6307993…
Or here:
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3/ @boztank talking about some ecosystem stats for VR apps.
Philosophically they want to make ecosystem more open & how some apps have onboarded via the App Lab. Will push towards openness.
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1/ @PICOXR officially announced the Pico 4 today.

Pico was acquired by Bytedance (aka @tiktok_us) & they’re taking on Meta as the best standalone VR competitor to the Quest (but only in Europe & Asia to start).

Thread 🧵👇 to digest the livestream & news
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2/ My sources of @PICOXR news are the official livestream👆

@CasandChary have the most comprehensive & digest & hands on:


@vr_oasis did a hands-on analysis


@RtoVR has the best specs breakdown here:
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3/ Here's 1st of 4 trailers @PICOXR showed during their Pico 4 announcement livestream.

Pico 4 has color, mixed reality passthrough while Meta is expected to launch similar features with Meta Quest Pro but at a higher price point.
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Sep 14, 2022
1/ Starting now is the #ARVRPolicyConf22 led by @XRAssociation & @ITIFdc.


I'll be tuning in & covering the talks in thread🧵👇

I expect the framing will be business-friendly as XRA is a trade organization representing Meta, Unity, MSFT, Sony, & Google.
2/ @XRAssociation's Liz Hyman opens the #ARVRPolicyConf22 & mentions they just launch a 4-page #HowXRWorks infographic yesterday called “Into the Digital World: XRA’s Guide to Immersive Technology”
xra.org/howxrworks/
3/ Reality Caucus co-chair @repdarrellissa gives the opening keynote at #ARVRPolicyConf22.
delbene.house.gov/news/documents…

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1/ I recorded an epic recap & reviews of the 30 immersive stories in competition at #VeniceImmersive with @vrgeschichten.

We chat about each experience for ~5 min, & so it's a comprehensive break down of this year's selection.
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20+ interviews coming soon Image
2/ I'm about to release other 20 podcasts from #VeniceImmersive, and here's a sneak peak of the 26 episodes, which total just over 24 hours worth of coverage. Image
3/ Here's the Twitter thread of my live coverage from #VeniceImmersive, which starts with an interview with co-curators Liz Rosenthal and Michel Reilhac.
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Aug 29, 2022
1/ Venice Immersive features 75 immersive stories.
I got a preview of highlights by co-curators @LizRosenthal & @michelreilhac (includes links to 30+ #VRChat experiences)
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I'll be onsite at #VeniceImmersive covering the fest & this is will be my THREAD🧵👇 Image
2/ There will be 10 hours of different #VRChat world hops during #VeniceImmersive spanning 30 different worlds.
The guided tours are only available on site, but the worlds are public.
I link to all of the @VRChat worlds by genre at the bottom of this post:
voicesofvr.com/1119-venice-im… Image
3/ The video below has trailers for the 30+ different #VRChat worlds featured in the #VeniceImmersive World Gallery Selection.

Find links to these worlds at the bottom of this post: voicesofvr.com/1119-venice-im…

VIDEO:
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Meta is rolling out their Meta accounts today.

They’re introducing a follower model option, which will be interesting to see how that works with a medium that is primarily synchronous.

Blog overview
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You can still use Oculus acct on Quest 1 until 2023. ImageImage
2/ I migrated my account and made it “Open to everyone” to follow + “Anyone can see this profile.”

Friends are now called “Mutuals” and folks who you’d don’t follow but follow you are followers who can track your activities.

See
store.facebook.com/help/accounts/…

store.facebook.com/help/quest/art… ImageImageImageImage
3/ The new language around Mutuals as Friends and “follow requests” is confusing.

A “follow request” should really be named “mutual follow request” as accepting a “follow request” is the same as accepting a friend request.

“Should I let this person follow me?”= friending them. Image
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