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Spatial Beats: 2020’s Top Ten

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B from Google, Disney, AT&T, Alibaba Group, JP Morgan, Kleiner Perkins, Qualcomm, and other brand name investors to make see-through AR glasses, and the content, optics, chips, and AI that go in them. A year later Magic Leap ran out of cash and laid off half the company. Charismatic founder and CEO Rony Abovitz raised $3.4

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Apple Vision vs. Meta Quest: The New iPhone Vs. Android?

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Google chickened out , Microsoft got distracted , and it's totally understandable if you lost interest in VR when they did. Yes, Google might still be resurgent with Android, powered by Owlchemy's insights and Samsung's hardware , and other companies might surprise with a novel strategy too. This is happening.

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A brief history of VR and AR

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Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The first Oculus Rift prototype reignited the conversation when it arrived in 2012. Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene. The following year, Google introduced Cardboard, a super cheap and extremely clever smartphone accessory.

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The IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality’s Dan Lejerskar

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But we managed to navigate those water until I would say 2011, 2012, when the hardware became available for mobile devices. Small companies like Google, and eventually people like Facebook and others, and create this revolution. And I’m together with Magic Leap, I think Magic Leap is a wonderful product.

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The IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality’s Dan Lejerskar

XR for Business Podcast

But we managed to navigate those water until I would say 2011, 2012, when the hardware became available for mobile devices. Small companies like Google, and eventually people like Facebook and others, and create this revolution. And I’m together with Magic Leap, I think Magic Leap is a wonderful product.

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The IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality's Dan Lejerskar

XR for Business Podcast

But we managed to navigate those water until I would say 2011, 2012, when the hardware became available for mobile devices. Small companies like Google, and eventually people like Facebook and others, and create this revolution. And I'm together with Magic Leap, I think Magic Leap is a wonderful product.

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Creating a Dialogue Between Innovators and Educators, with VirtualiTeach’s Steve Bambury

XR for Business Podcast

You can go into Google, like "HTC Vive blog Steve Bambury" or something, you'll probably find them. I'm a Microsoft master trainer, so I do a lot of work with Microsoft technology. So in 2012, when I was doing a lot of work with iPads in the classroom. I mean, I was a distinguished educator. So yeah, that's where I'm at.