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We Met In Virtual Reality streaming now on HBO Max by filmmaker Joe Hunting offers a look at VRChat culture and the connections that are possible in virtual worlds. Ian Hamilton interviews the director about his intention with the film.

We discuss the unexpected announced that Meta is raising the price of Quest 2 up to $399, the new computer vision passthrough system for Sony's PSVR 2, and the first hints of Pico 4 & Pico 4 Pro. 

After a week off we're back with news about Nofio wireless VR for Valve Index, the final price of Magic Leap 2, a tidbit about Apple's second generation VR headset, and the probable final name of Meta's high-end VR headset, Project Cambria.  

We also discuss the move to unbundle Quest 2 from the requirement it be attached to a Facebook account and close out this week with a big discussion about Apple vs. Meta and the future of VR hardware. 

This week we discuss PSVR 2 being seen in the wild for the first time, Tobii confirmed for Sony's headset, new Quest 2 recording settings for developers, as well as Meta's ruthless prioritization around Cambria & Quest 2. We also discussed open standards for the Metaverse and whether Meta might ever reconsider its approach to PC VR.

This week we discuss Apple CEO Tim Cook's latest hints at the company's AR ambitions, SideQuest's new native app for Quest & Quest 2, and the latest findings surrounding Valve's standalone VR headset. 

We discuss Pico heading toward the United States, Horizon Home launching with Quest v41, Horizon Worlds available in the U.K, the ability to garble the voices of strangers in Horizon Worlds, Meta scanning photoreal avatars from an iPhone. We also discuss the shifting timelines and product plans for future headsets from Apple and Meta.

David Heaney and Ian Hamilton dive into the news before Alex & Skeeva from Between Realities join for a special episode reporting back from the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara. We cover Quest 2 possibly selling 15 million units, Pimax Crystal headset, Meta's CTO on larger field of view VR, SteamVR's unexplained jump in usage, Etee's buttonless controllers shipping soon, Lynx R-1 shipping date moving again, and Apple's first VR Apps. 

Between Realities discussion for Augmented World Expo begins at around 1:09:23 with discussion about In3d, HaptX, Demeo in AR, Galea, Goertek and Magic Leap 2.

We discuss why Meta says there's no automatic detection of your room boundaries on Oculus Quest, Lynx raising money ahead of delivery of the R-1 headset, evidence of experimentation with cloud VR streaming at Meta, PSVR 2 potentially coming in 2023, a RealityOS trademark and the discussion around Apple's efforts in VR and AR. 

We discuss the story behind Apple's mixed reality headset development and how the effort stacks up against Meta. We also dive into: 

• A new Quest 2 experimental room setup feature
• Valve Index replacement parts coming to iFixit
• New details on Quest 2's display tech
• A new Qualcomm wireless AR reference design
• Zero Latency replacing backpacks with Vive Focus 3