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Meta continues to burn through cash for its flailing metaverse and VR project, which lost $3.7 billion in the 3rd quarter

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Mark Zuckerberg showed full avatar at Meta connect event
Mark Zuckerberg's avatar at a Meta connect event.

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Mark Zuckerberg says he never expected people to be walking around wearing VR headsets — that's what the Ray Ban glasses are for

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Mark Zuckerberg said a world full of people walking around in VR headsets is "certainly not the future that I'm hoping we get to."

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Meta May Ship Far Fewer Quest 3 Headsets than Quest 2

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How’s that whole metaverse thing going? Well, according to one top analyst’s sales expectations for the Quest 3 mixed reality headset, not as well as Meta might hope.

Virtual try-on tech is tackling a $280 billion problem in fashion retail and offering customers a different way to shop

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Oculus Rift was the cornerstone of the future of VR

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A woman with blonde hair faces the camera in an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset

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How to cast an Oculus Quest 2 to a TV so you can share your virtual reality experience

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  • You can cast your Quest 2 to a TV to make your virtual reality screen a group experience.
  • You can cast directly from the headset using the Share button in the home menu.
  • It's also possible to enable casting from the Oculus app on your phone with the Casting icon. 

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Apple's Vision Pro and Meta's Quest headsets are poised to make the virtual workspace a reality — if they can get past the buyer hurdles on price and quality

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A Meta virtual-reality meeting shows what a workplace of the future could look like.

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Tim Cook says he's using Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro headset daily. There are still no photos.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook stands next to the new Apple Vision Pro headset is displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 05, 2023 in Cupertino, California. Apple CEO Tim Cook kicked off the annual WWDC23 developer conference with the announcement of the new Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is using the Vision Pro every single day.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse losses pass $40 billion. Here's why that's suddenly OK.

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Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook/Meta, is seen in attendance during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on October 01, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mark Zuckerberg.

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The FAA Is Using VR Simulators to Test Helicopter Safety

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The top aircraft regulator in the US says it’s experimenting with a pair of virtual reality helicopter training simulators to conduct safety research.

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