VRScout

JANUARY 6, 2017

Huawei’s Mate Pro phone will be Google Daydream enabled, allowing consumers to enjoy VR on their device by using the Google Daydream viewer. Additionally, Signh mentioned that Huawei phones will be Google Tango-enabled soon. Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group, announced at CES that starting on Jan.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Pico 4 launches in China, while new info is shared in the West. First of all, Pico 4 has been launched in China, priced at 2699 yuan and 2999 yuan (with a 200 yuan discount at launch). First of all, Pico 4 has been launched in China, priced at 2699 yuan and 2999 yuan (with a 200 yuan discount at launch). Only time will tell….

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 29, 2023

Furthermore, Rokid will launch the system as a bundle, which includes the AR smart glasses and Google-certified Rokid Station Android TV device. The set will cost potential customers $489 USD for a back-to-school promotional sale and a separate, standalone sale on Amazon.

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Road to VR

APRIL 9, 2017

I had a chance to catch up with Viveport president Rikard Steiber at GDC to talk about the genre differences between Viveport and Steam, future support of VR headsets beyond the Vive, their support for delivering content to China, as well as some of their arcade licensing options. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The console can also be inserted in a special case (a much improved version of Google Daydream View) to become a VR headset. Pico is facing in China internal confusion and mediocre sales. A report coming from China reveals interesting information about Pico. sales, while in China now it has sold less than 50K units.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Huawei has launched in China its VR glasses, that will be on sale in China in December for 2999RMB, around $400. Google is doing it again. It is not clear what is the destiny of the VR 180 format, especially because Google declined to comment on the topic. Amazon announces Echo Frames smartglasses.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Not to be outdone in the generative artificial intelligence (AI) race, China-based tech giant Alibaba has recently unveiled a number of its own tools and models. Alibaba is best known in the West as an e-commerce titan, in many ways analogous to Amazon.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

More info Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon release open map dataset A group called the Overture Maps Foundation, which includes Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom, has released its first open map dataset, including 59 million “points of interest,” such as restaurants and landmarks. Learn more News from partners (and friends) Why WebXR?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. This headset should feature pancake lenses, mixed reality capabilities, and micro-LED displays by Raxium , a startup owned by Google. Dubbed XREAL Air 2 , it comes with a standard and a Pro version.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Oculus will release its official cable next month in limited quantities , but for now, it has released the specifications required for Link so that you can find alternate cables on Amazon. Google announces The Relightables. Google has just invented a new system to shoot volumetric videos of avatars.

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VRWorld

JUNE 29, 2017

As you would expect from an expo focused on supercomputing, there were a lot of servers and server-related products presented to the public, but some of them, due to their size, were only shown as models, as was the case of the supercomputer installed in the National Supercomputing Center in Wuxi, China.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

It also offers access to the Google… Read more. While the Lenovo Smart Clock 2 isn’t as iconic as the vintage Sony Dream Machine from the late ‘80s, it is just as effective at getting me up in the morning.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

In countries like China, the camera on a smartphone isn't just for fun selfies -- it's an everyday practical device, for everything from banking to shopping. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Stores in China are very experiential and sort of future-facing. Alan: Hey there, it's Alan Smithson with the XR for Business Podcast.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

In countries like China, the camera on a smartphone isn't just for fun selfies -- it's an everyday practical device, for everything from banking to shopping. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Stores in China are very experiential and sort of future-facing. Alan: Hey there, it's Alan Smithson with the XR for Business Podcast.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. China is launching real name identification in games. More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic).

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 5, 2017

Ditto with Google and ditto with Microsoft.”. The game will expand into the West, China, and other markets soon. Overall, Riccitiello said he likes market competition, including Amazon and Cocos2d. “We’re picking up four or five market share points a year,” Riccitiello said. I could argue they compete with their customers.”.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

In countries like China, the camera on a smartphone isn't just for fun selfless -- it's an everyday practical device, for everything from banking to shopping. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Stores in China are very experiential and sort of future-facing. Alan: Hey there, it's Alan Smithson with the XR for Business Podcast.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

More info (HTC teasing Vive Flow) More info (More teaser images of Vive Flow) More info (Launch event invitation / Western World) More info (Launch event invitation / China). iOS 15 finally brings AR navigation instructions to Apple Maps , in a way similar to the one that Google is already offering. Other relevant news. Image by IGN).

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VRWorld

MARCH 8, 2017

GearBest is one of fast growing e-tailers, trying to replicate the success of Alibaba and Amazon. and EU, rather than its home in mainland China. OnePlus 3T can now run on Google Android 7 i.e. Nougat, and with its Oxyigen UI it is very quick in everyday tasks. In March 2017, GearBest is celebrating its third anniversary.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! Amazon and Tesla could be two outsider of the XR ecosystem instead. USA vs China. “He has one million cars collecting data of the world.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2019

This was a bit the philosophy of Google Daydream View, that was the first headset employing this kind of materials. The Quest can be acquired in China from Amazon US , or from various resellers on Taobao. It can be bought on Oculus website, on partner e-commerce sites like Amazon or even in offline shops like Best Buys.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The only company not much affected by it is HTC, that manufacturers its headsets in Taiwan and not in Mainland China. On the software side, HTC has just launched in China Vive Sync , a solution for remote meetings in VR that may help a lot the Chinese people that are forced to work from home. Facebook acquires Sanzaru Games.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. China will try to change gear.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Or is it just a talk about glasses?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

It is not on sale on US HP Store and will be on Amazon US next month. My review of Google Hand tracking library. Last week, Google has released an opensource library for hand tracking on mobile devices based on its MediaPipe framework. The company has now solved all the issues and the headset can return on the market.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Imagine it as the Google Docs for 3D artists, a set of tools that let people involved in CGI work on the same scene collaboratively at the same time, even if they are at the opposite sides of the world. Discover (and buy) the book on Amazon. Convert assets to industry-standard formats ? Publish & distribute everywhere.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2021

This Quest-Focus-Neo mix will be launched in China on May, 10th 2021. I’ve confirmed with the company that the launch will regard only China at the moment, with Western SKUs coming in the second half of the year. Is Google collecting the pieces for an XR headset?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon has just acquired the Finnish company Umbra. The management of this digital map of the world is very complicated, and the acquisition of Umbra can be useful exactly for this, representing an important piece of the AR Cloud puzzle for Amazon. More info (Use Google Translate). Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 25, 2022

Because of ongoing Covid lockdowns in China, Pimax were unsure if the controllers would ship with batteries (held at another warehouse location), so advised me to purchase them on Amazon and provided a link. Ltd was founded by Robin Weng and associates in Shanghai, China in 2015. Google searches are very revealing.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The result is that many big brands are canceling their presence at CES: Google, Intel, Microsoft, Meta, Lenovo, and many others, have decided not to go , and maybe provide their news virtually. Huawei this week has announced a new pair of smart glasses, available in China for around $270. a $100 Amazon Card). Some XR fun.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed. Image from Amazon).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

Sorry if you have to use Google Translate, but the article is of course all in Chinese The most relevant piece of news for us in the West are all about Nreal: The Nreal Light is finally arriving in Europe and the US in Q2 2021; The Chinese company has also showcased an enterprise version of the headset. The Verge).

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Road to VR

MARCH 31, 2018

You can pre-order Lenovo Mirage Solo on Amazon for $400 with a release date of May 6th. Based on Google’s Daydream Android VR ecosystem, the headset’s biggest claim to fame is its 6 degrees of freedom (6DoF) tracking, which allows for room-scale positional tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 2, 2024

Additionally, US trade restrictions on China linked to advanced semiconductor technologies are already impacting Nvidia’s growth. Many cloud service providers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google Cloud have already developed AI processors that work with Nvidia chips. However, the market is still changing at an incredible rate.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: I’m going to Google it here. That actually is a little bit different in China and some of the Asian countries. Google Pixel came out. We’re all talking to our Echos and our Amazon and all this kind of stuff, for good or bad. Wouldn’t that be amazing? Lance: That would be amazing. What is it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: I’m going to Google it here. That actually is a little bit different in China and some of the Asian countries. Google Pixel came out. We’re all talking to our Echos and our Amazon and all this kind of stuff, for good or bad. Wouldn’t that be amazing? Lance: That would be amazing. What is it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 3, 2020

Alan: I'm going to Google it here. That actually is a little bit different in China and some of the Asian countries. Google Pixel came out. We're all talking to our Echos and our Amazon and all this kind of stuff, for good or bad. Wouldn't that be amazing? Lance: That would be amazing. I think it's Lance, lance-ar.com.

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