Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Chinese startup Nreal launches its $379 Air AR glasses in the US, adding iPhone support with a $59 dongle, expanding on the $599 Nreal Light glasses from 2021 — Augmented reality company Nreal is launching its stripped-down Air glasses in the United States.
Zac Bowden / Windows Central:
Microsoft launches its ARM mini-PC Windows Dev Kit 2023, formerly Project Volterra, with Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 and 32GB RAM for $599, coming to eight countries — Available to order now in 8 markets for just $599. — What you need to know — Microsoft’s Windows on ARM developer kit launches today for just $599!
Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal:
A look at HoloLens’ development, as Microsoft spurned an early lead in AR to cede ground to Meta and others; one executive blames a lack of money and people — Problems plagued development of its HoloLens augmented reality headset; ‘we had the opportunity to own this market’
Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers:
Qualcomm debuts Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 designed for slim AR glasses, using 4nm process, claims 2.5x better AI performance than XR2 with 50% less power consumption — The chipset will make an appearance on upcoming AR glasses from Lenovo, Nreal, LG, Oppo, TCL, Xiaomi, and more!
Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Meta unveils the $1,499 Quest Pro headset, offering eye and face tracking and color passthrough video for mixed reality, shipping on October 25 in 22 countries — Meta has finally announced the Meta Quest Pro: a $1,499 virtual reality headset it’s been teasing for the past year.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nvidia RTX 4080 review: great 4K performance, transformative DLSS 3, and 16GB of VRAM, but huge, expensive, and the dongle adapter is annoying — Nvidia is back with another new 40-series card. The RTX 4080 can deliver impressive 4K gaming compared to the RTX 30-series.
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Square launches support for Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone to sellers in the US, available within its Square Point of Sale app for iOS on the iPhone XS or newer — Square today publicly launched support for Tap to Pay on iPhone to sellers across the U.S., enabling small merchants …
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