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Creator of Meta's Oculus VR says Apple's rival mixed-reality headset is 'so good'

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Oculus creator Palmer Luckey had high praise for Apple's metaverse headset.

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Mark Zuckerberg says he is absolutely not abandoning the metaverse as company division loses $4 billion

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Big tech companies continue cost cutting

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It's Monday, readers. I'm Paayal Zaveri, and welcome to the first week of April.

We're now officially a quarter of the way through the year. That's a good reminder to make sure you plan some vacation time this year. Nearly half of all American workers don't take their PTO, according to the Pew Research Center. 

Apple's smart goggles could be the shot in the arm the whole industry needs

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Apple is said to bei introducing the Reality Pro smart goggles later as soon as June. It'll make Apple a challenger in a market where competitors like Google and Microsoft have sputtered.

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Meta can't make any big acquisitions right now, as its $40 billion war chest starts going towards appeasing Wall Street investors

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Investors are pushing Meta to focus less on the metaverse and more on its established core businesses.

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Zuckerberg Pivots to AI After Pivoting to the Metaverse

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With the rise and proliferation of advanced, large language model chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, everyone and their mother seems to be talking about AI.

Meta is slashing up to $500 off the price of its VR headsets after 'underwhelming' sales and mixed reviews

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The price of Meta's Quest Pro headset is being cut by $500.

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Meta's VR Headset and AR Glasses Plans For the Next Four Years Just Leaked

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Guess what Meta’s virtual/augmented reality team has got cooking up? We were already aware that the Meta Quest 3 was likely being planned for this year, but the company also apparently plans to come out with limited “smart glasses” in 2025, with full AR glasses following by 2027. Of course, Meta is planning to pack…

Prototypes for Apple's upcoming mixed-reality headset feature in-air typing tech that uses hand and eye movements, report says

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Apple's Reality Pro mixed-reality headset is expected to being shipping late in 2023, Bloomberg reported.

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Meta CTO reportedly tells employees the company tracked down a leaker and severed ties with them

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Andrew Bosworth told employees the company had identified the worker who had leaked details about Meta VR headsets, according to a report from The Verge.

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