Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

Apple’s significant impact on the market tends to draw attention from companies that might not have otherwise entered a specific product category—aka “The Apple Effect.” ” Palmer Lucker donning ML1 | Image courtesy Palmer Luckey There are a few more reasons ML1 didn’t fare well.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Microsoft’s enterprise-focused HoloLens 3 may be dead in the water, as a recent report maintains that internal divisions have hobbled the company’s efforts to release its next AR headset as planned. Alex Kipman wearing HoloLens 2, Image courtesy Microsoft. Microsoft Responds.

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APRIL 18, 2024

This week, the Mircosoft Teams smartphone application is gaining new XR features through AR instructional annotations that team members and managers can apply to a caller’s feed, providing instructional insight and assistance. Microsoft is planning for device-wide general availability in 2024.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2021

Bet on games of Blackjack and Roulette in this blockchain-powered virtual casino coming soon to major VR & AR devices. XR technologies are changing the way we interact with each other and eliminating the need for expensive equipment,” said XR Casino CEO Dan Martinez in an official release. For more information visit here.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2024

Today, Microsoft is making its long—awaited Mesh for Teams immersive VR meeting platform available for enterprise end users. The service is now available for clients, allowing them to access Microsoft’s dynamic virtual remote meeting solution via desktop or Meta Quest headsets. Mesh is helping us achieve that.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

We at VRrOOm are hiring to do our innovative XR events, check the “Friends” section of this newsletter if this opportunity can interest you! Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. RoomPlan is an app that scans your room and identifies where are the pieces of furniture and what is their size.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

Welcome to another roundup of AR/VR news of the week! Wishing you all a very positive and special year of the rabbit, I leave you with the most important news of the week in AR and VR! Wishing you all a very positive and special year of the rabbit, I leave you with the most important news of the week in AR and VR!

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VRScout

JANUARY 22, 2022

Company’s like Apple and Meta are leaving Samsung in the virtual dust. According to a new report by The Korea Herald , Samsung is steadily losing its position within the VR/AR space due to its unhealthy “obsession” with foldable smartphone technology. Samsung Galaxy Fold / Image Credit: Samsung. respectively.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2023

Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD ( AOUSD ), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.”

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ARPost

JUNE 5, 2023

By the third day, the keynotes are done, the expo floor starts to get packed away, and panel discussions and developer talks rule the day. And Apple ruled a lot of those talks. Bracing for Impact From Apple A big shift is expected this week as Apple is expected to announce its entrance into the XR market.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Thankfully, our wishes were finally granted yesterday as Microsoft revealed that early access would begin rolling out to various countries beginning next month , with plans for global compatibility by the end of the year. . Image Credit: Apple. In tabletop mode, you look down upon the AR experience from a god-like perspective.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2023

This week is all about Apple. Even before the firm’s monumental and, in some ways, controversial device announcement, which saw audiences amazed at a high price point and technology promise, the XR industry was on each of their seats with predictions on Apple’s immersive debut. There are a few reasons for this.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 26, 2021

New Study Projects Headworn AR Revenue to Reach $17.7 ARtillery Intelligence publishes its five-year outlook for headworn AR revenues. –. SAN FRANCISCO, August 26, 2021: ARtillery Intelligence has released a new report that projects headworn AR revenue to grow from $1.6 Billion by 2025. billion in 2020 to $17.7

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Road to VR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs. Now Kress is back at Mountain View working on Google’s next AR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Microsoft has recently been awarded a patent to install hot-swappable battery functionality into a future pair of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, reports revealed. A screenshot of Microsoft’s patented AR smart glasses design.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

Apple Vision Pro is coming next year, not only making for the Fruit Company’s much awaited first XR headset, but also spurring a resurgence in public interest (and likely investment) in the XR space. Apple has a tendency to undervalue gaming initially, though perhaps reluctantly, eventually acknowledges its importance.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Here is it, today, the Apple Vision Pro finally falls into the hands of US customers. Alongside Apple’s XR device debut, other firms, from Zoom to Microsoft, are jumping on the spatial computing bandwagon. Will Apple remain a prominent figure in the XR device marketplace, or will another firm stand tall?

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ARVR

JUNE 14, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. These are a few utilitarian, commerce, and social angles. How else will geospatial AR materialize? What are its active ingredients, including 5G and the AR cloud ? continuing here with Microsoft. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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Upload VR

MAY 2, 2024

Tim Cook just officially announced that more than half of Fortune 100 companies have bought at least one Apple Vision Pro headset. Enterprises including KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, SAP, Porsche, Lowe's, and EnBW have publicly confirmed using Apple Vision Pro with custom visionOS software. Vision Pro launched exactly three months ago.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

2022 was an incremental year for AR & VR, which both continue to gradually push forward in gaining mainstream traction. Highlights include mobile AR engagement & monetization, continued R&D in AR glasses, and the gradual march of VR. There were many, but we’ll zero in today on the state of headworn AR.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

“Wearable Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Common wisdom states that mobile AR is the forbear to smart glasses. There, it can seed user demand for AR and get developers to start thinking spatially. in mobile workflows.

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2020

It seems now that many of Magic Leap’s recently laid-off employees are helping Apple with its own AR headset ambitions. The flow from Magic Leap to Apple has been a constant one too, Protocol has found. The flow from Magic Leap to Apple has been a constant one too, Protocol has found.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2023

Apple reportedly indefinitely postponed its AR glasses, but plans to eventually release a more affordable headset model. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that standalone Apple Glasses had at one point years ago been planned for 2023. Some startups like Nreal have already released primitive AR glasses.

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Road to VR

MAY 5, 2022

The acquisition was previously reported by The Information in March, however now Google has confirmed in a blog post that it has indeed acquired Raxium, a five-year old startup building microdisplays for use in AR and VR headsets. Check out our primer on the difference between smartglasses and AR headsets to learn more. µm per pixel.

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AR Insider

MAY 21, 2021

A s we examine in our ongoing Space Race series, one of AR’s most opportune areas is geospatial experiences. Because AR’s inherent function is to enhance the physical world, its relevance is often tied to specific locations. This is a foundational principle of the AR cloud. The AR Space Race, Part I: Google.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The End of the Windows Mixed Reality In its latest Windows 11 24H2 update , Microsoft is removing some support frameworks for its MR hardware and software portfolio. The update sees Windows Mixed Reality added to the “Deprecated Features” list, which congregates features that Microsoft is no longer working on.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Chinese AR glasses startup Nreal announced it’s raised a fresh $100 million Series C financing round, something it says will be used for R&D and to fund wider international expansion. The company’s Series C comes at a time when Apple is clearly making preparations for its own XR headsets. Image courtesy Nreal.

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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2023

Amid mounting pressure from Sony with the recent launch of its PSVR 2 headset for PlayStation 5, Microsoft again affirmed that it’s still waiting for the technology to mature before offering any sort of dedicated VR software or hardware for Xbox.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

T hough smartphones dominate AR today — based mostly on a massive installed base — the technology’s fully-actualized form is headworn. But AR glasses are still years from ubiquity, as the underlying technology isn’t to the point of achieving both stylistic-viability and robust UX.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

AR continues to be challenged in gaining consumer traction, but there are some bright spots. For example, usage and revenue continue to gain momentum in mobile AR. But that’s really a stepping stone towards AR’s fully actualized self which of course is head-worn. Common Patterns So what did the report uncover?

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JANUARY 26, 2024

The event comes just as Apple is set to debut its Vision Pro MR headset for US customers next week. Microsoft Mesh for Teams is now Available on Meta Quest Headsets Microsoft has launched its long-awaited Mesh for Teams immersive VR meeting platform for enterprise end-users. VR|MR aims to carry forward a legacy of inspiration.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2024

This has been the week when the preorders of the Apple Vision Pro have been opened and s**t just started getting real! I’m very curious about what Apple’s headset is going to bring to our ecosystem… and you? Of course, some people from all over the world made some tricks to buy it anyway.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

O ne of the common rallying cries of the AR industry is that the technology’s use in ubiquitous smartphones makes it a strong forbear to AR’s eventual manifestation in glasses form. We stand behind that concept, given that mobile AR conditions consumers to spatial experiences. Classic Apple. Trojan Horse.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Quest 2 users will soon be able to play Xbox games thanks to a growing partnership between Meta and Microsoft announced at Connect that will not only bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to the platform, but also a host of Windows productivity tools. ” Just who that “closed ecosystem” company is at this point remains to be seen.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 10, 2020

That includes mobile AR, headworn AR, and subsegments like advertising, commerce, gaming and enterprise productivity. For example, its recent mobile AR forecast quantified smartphone-based AR such as advertising and location-based gaming. The result is its report, Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2019 – 2024.

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AR Insider

APRIL 8, 2021

W hat are the biggest insights and observations in AR and adjacent sectors this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes , featuring lightning-round commentary from AR Insider partner M7 Innovations. Founder Matt Maher lends his insights from the trenches of AR experience creation. I have mixed feelings and explain the scenarios.

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