This is what #BeatSaber looks like when tracked. I played four songs on Expert mode.

Lift Off by Far Out
Hey Look Ma, I Made it by Panic! at the Disco
High Hopes by Panic! at the Disco
Around the World by Daft Punk

#gaming #videogames #music #vr

Every time I play Beat Saber I remember that it is absolutely the best VR game to ever be created.

#beatsaber #vr #virtualreality #Gaming

Apple’s Vision Pro is a bad product with an even worse vision for the future of computation.

New sales numbers prove it’s a failure, but more than that it shows the idea of tech’s inevitability is a myth. We have the collective power to stop tech that doesn’t serve us.

https://disconnect.blog/the-vision-pro-is-a-big-flop/

#tech #apple #visionpro #vr #ai

The Vision Pro is a big flop

The product’s failure should further dispel the myth of tech inevitability

^{Paris Marx (Disconnect)}

Meta lost $3.85 billion on the metaverse in the first quarter of 2024 alone. You know, that thing we all laughed about a couple years ago and next to no one actually uses.

It’s burned $45 billion on the metaverse since the end of 2020.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/24/metas-reality-labs-posts-3point85-billion-loss-in-first-quarter.html

#tech #meta #metaverse #vr

Meta's Reality Labs posts $3.85 billion loss in first quarter

Mark Zuckerberg's bet on the metaverse continues to be a money-bleeding endeavor, with the unit reporting billions of dollars in losses every quarter.

^{Alex Koller (CNBC)}

Apple is cutting Vision Pro production as it fails to meet sales targets.

Analysts expected it to sell 700-800k units in 2024, but it could now be as low as 400k. A lower cost model could now be pushed beyond 2025, if it ever arrives.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24138487/apple-vision-pro-cut-shipment-forecast-kuo-rumor

#apple #tech #visionpro #vr #ar

Kuo: Apple cuts Vision Pro shipments due to low demand

Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple is cutting Vision Pro shipments for 2024 down to as little as 400,000 units.

^{Umar Shakir (The Verge)}

Not even Apple can help this market.
#apple #VisionPro #tech #vr

https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/23/kuo-vision-pro-shipping-delays/

Kuo: Apple cuts Vision Pro shipments, now 'reviewing and adjusting' headset strategy - 9to5Mac

Apple has slashed its shipping estimates for Vision Pro, according to a new Ming-Chi Kuo analyst report. Kuo says that...

^{Chance Miller (9to5Mac)}

“Are the days of VR headsets numbered, or is there still a chance we'll see a next-generation headset beat all expectations and breathe new life into the space?”

Apple has two problems with the Vision Pro: 1) $3500 is too much and 2) No Beat Saber.

https://futurism.com/the-byte/apple-vision-pro-vr-sales

#vr #ar #apple #applevisionpro

Almost Nobody Is Buying Apple's Super Expensive Vision Pro VR Headset

As Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports, barely anybody is booking demos for the Apple Vision Pro. Almost nobody is buying the device.

^{Victor Tangermann (Futurism)}

Peak #VR: Lying down mode.

https://mastodon.social/@verge/112241737848208988