Welcome to the HoloWorld daily synthetic reality newsletter. Hello everyone from the first episode of the daily newsletter, which I have wanted to start for a long time, containing brief information from next-generation technology news, especially virtual reality news. I am starting this series for the purpose of sharing and recording from foreign sources that I already follow. Because I think that many technologies that touch our lives in the next one or a few decades will be different from today. We will see together how much and how I can continue this adventure.

Google may release a new AR headset in 2024

New news has started to come from Google, which has been silent for a long time about its AR works after Google Glass . It is no secret that Apple will also step into the market, where Microsoft is already involved in the game with HoloLens, within the next 1-2 years. According to technology news sites such as TechCrunch and The Verge , Google is preparing an AR Headset surprise for 2024.

Apple’s AR headset delayed to 2023

2022 was pointed out for the Apple AR headset, which has been rumored to be released every year since 2020. However, according to the latest rumor , it seems we will wait another year. Meanwhile, according to the 9to5mac site, the upcoming virtual reality headset will outshine its competitors in terms of performance. Among the incoming information is that the headset, which is likened to Apple’s new and highly performant ARM-based M1 processors, has an overheating problem.

Meta deleted the Oculus name from Twitter

A very interesting development took place and the name of Oculus’s Twitter account was changed. When you visit twitter.com/oculus, a warning appears that there is no such account. The username MetaQuestVR has become the address of the new account. I am eagerly awaiting the new move of Meta, which has become quite aggressive in its efforts to get rid of the ‘Oculus’ name. By the way, Cnet editor Scott Stein’s article on the subject is worth reading.

New AR lens displaying prices from Snap for shopping enthusiasts

With the new augmented reality -AR- lens announced by Snapchat, real-time price information of products can be displayed on the application screen. According to information provided by the Snap company, Snapchat users interact with AR 6 billion times a day, and 93% of these transactions are related to shopping. Lenses offered by two cosmetics companies ( Ulta Beauty & MAC Cosmetics ) are currently available for use.

$12.4 million investment in Alta virtual reality studio

Australia-based Alta (a virtual reality metaverse studio) received a 12.4 million seed investment led by Makers Fund and Andreessen Horowitz.

$6 Million Funding for Refract’s Wearable Technologies

Refract , an extended reality (XR) startup based in Singapore, announced that it has raised approximately SGD 8.5 million (around $6 million) in Series A funding from investors led by Sea Limited . It was announced that this investment will be used in R&D studies for AXIS , a wearable and game-focused full-body motion capture solution.

The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Chapter 2 Announced

https://twitter.com/MetaQuestVR/status/1485658658742677512

State-of-the-art supercomputer from Meta for VR/AR research

It is said that the AI Research SuperCluster supercomputer introduced by Meta (formerly Facebook) will be one of the top 10 fastest supercomputers in the world. In fact, according to Meta’s claim, the AI Research SuperCluster will become the world’s fastest supercomputer in the coming months and will provide processing power to the company in many areas such as artificial intelligence, metaverse, VR, and AR.