Joe Smerdon, Author at VRRelated

AI Is Becoming the Interface: What Meta’s New Quest Assistant Really Signals for XR

Meta has started rolling out its AI assistant to Quest 3 headsets, a move that many headlines are painting as a simple quality-of-life upgrade. Voice commands, object recognition, smarter navigation. But beneath that surface is something far more consequential: a shift toward AI-driven spatial interfaces. It’s a direction that could reshape not just how we […]

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The Quest for VR’s Killer App: How Close Are We?

Editors Pick / Joe Smerdon

Introduction Virtual reality (VR) has long promised to revolutionise how we play, work, and connect, yet mainstream adoption remains limited. Enthusiasts often point to the need for a “killer app” – a singular, must-have experience so compelling that it drives mass uptake of VR hardware, much as Halo did for the Xbox or the spreadsheet

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Palmer Luckey’s Return Signals a Shift in Silicon Valley’s Defence Morality Gap

Technology / Joe Smerdon

It’s one of those headlines that would have been unthinkable five years ago: Meta is partnering with Palmer Luckey’s Anduril Industries to build combat-ready VR headsets for the U.S. military. The man Facebook (now Meta) once fired amid political controversy is now collaborating with Mark Zuckerberg’s company on a $100 million defence contract proposal for

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