📊 Week Ahead
- VRChat New Year’s Eve Event (Dec 31, 2024): Celebrate New Year’s Eve in VRChat
- XREAL One Shipping Begins (mid-December): New XREAL One AR Glasses Arrive With Proprietary Chip
- Magic Leap 1 End-of-Life (Dec 31, 2024): Magic Leap 1 AR Headsets Will “Cease To Function” After 2024
- CES 2025 AR/VR/XR Topics (Jan 9–12, 2025): AR/VR/XR – CES
🔬 Deep Dive
- “The $10B Mistake Everyone’s Making”: Read the Full Analysis
💰 Market Moves
- Snap Acquires WaveOptics: Snap Is Acquiring AR Display Maker WaveOptics for More Than $500 Million
- Meta Partners With James Cameron’s Lightstorm Vision: Meta Partners with James Cameron’s Tech Venture to Boost Mixed Reality Content
- Adobe Releases Photoshop 26.2: Adobe releases Photoshop 26.2
🎯 Research Radar
- EnVisionVR for Accessibility: EnVisionVR: A Scene Interpretation Tool for Visual Accessibility in Virtual Reality (arXiv)
- ARCADE Immersive Topology Optimization: ARCADE: An interactive playground for real-time immersed topology optimization (arXiv)
- ARbiter Dialogue Support: ARbiter: Generating Dialogue Options and Communication Support in Augmented Reality (arXiv)
📋 Patent Watch
- Meta Neural Interface Wristband (US20200022606A1): US20200022606A1 – Google Patents
- Apple Dual Gaze Tracking System (Pub. 20240219715): Head-mounted devices with dual gaze tracking systems
- Glint-based Gaze Tracking (20250113998): Glint-based gaze tracking using directional light sources
✅ Prediction Tracker
- ✓ Called Niantic’s pivot 4 months ago
- ✗ Overestimated Apple’s AR timeline
- ⏳ Watching our Magic Leap prediction
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💬 Community Pulse
- Poll Results: 67% expect a major AR breakthrough in 2025 – SpatialTech Forum Poll: Haptic Feedback
- Reader Question: “What about haptic feedback?”
📅 Calendar
- Dec 31, 2024: VRChat New Year’s Eve – Celebrate New Year’s Eve in VRChat
- Jan 7, 2025: Tech Trends 2025 – Tech Trends 2025: Explore What’s New & Next in Emerging Technology
- Jan 9–12, 2025: CES 2025 – AR/VR/XR – CES
- Mar 18, 2025: NVIDIA GTC 2025 Keynote – GTC 2025 | NVIDIA Investor Events
