ARVR

APRIL 9, 2021

billion for the augmented reality market by 2025. Why are augmented reality apps gaining in popularity? No wonder so many businesses launch new products using an augmented reality app. No wonder so many businesses launch new products using an augmented reality app. What is AR? What is ARKit?

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ARVR

JULY 15, 2020

Source [link] Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR and AR) have had a noticeable presence in the news lately. Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions. The First No-Headset Virtual Monitor 3.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. A big hug to all of you! Well, it seems that our hope has died.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

While many were pumped to see a new iPhone, Watch, and Apple TV announced at Apple’s special event from the brand-new Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, we’ve all been waiting to hear more about the company’s augmented and virtual reality efforts.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) is becoming increasingly common in everyday life. We see evidence of augmented experiences on social media through 360-degree photos and videos. 2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 17, 2023

More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Apple is really good at selling stuff.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro 2 may come in 2026 The rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2 continue.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 5, 2017

It wasn’t a matter of if Apple would get involved with augmented reality so much as when. At a press conference today Apple unveiled its first AR implementation coming to the latest version of its iOS mobile operating system, iOS 11. The platform will support Unity and Unreal engines. That day is today.

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Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2017

Showcased at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference this week, ARKit is a new core technology for iOS 11, due to launch this Fall, soon to enable augmented reality features on hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads. The post 4 Dev Demos Showing Off Apple’s New ARKit Tracking appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR. APPLE TAKES A (VERY SOLID) SWING AT AUGMENTED REALITY. BETTER WEED WITH AUGMENTED REALITY.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 One-year price performance for MSFT as of 2/3/20 Apple Inc.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2023

Today, the company has expanded its portfolio of advertising options, to provide organizations with new ways of building immersive, community-driven experiences. With the Meta Ads Manager, companies can build augmented reality effects into their promotional campaigns, to engage and convert their target audience.

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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. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Image by Epic Games). This is huge.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 10, 2023

More info (Twitter post that describes the excitement around this project) More info (Official launch blog post) Other relevant news (Image by Google) Chrome ships WebGPU Chrome , the most popular browser around, has just implemented WebGPU. This research, taken further, could bring many interesting innovations in the AR field. Impossible!)

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

“Metaverse is an embodied Internet where you don’t just look at content, you’re inside it and experience it directly via virtual reality”?—?Mark Mark Zuckerberg The Metaverse brings the real world together with augmented reality and virtual reality in a digital space and ultimately, should be accessible via mobile, computer, and VR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It wants to create an ecosystem , where most probably all the devices can work together (like it happens today with Apple devices); The report also claims that Facebook may be building its own operating system to encompass all these devices. Apple is working on Micro-OLED displays. Another week, another rumor about Apple’s XR efforts.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip.

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VRScout

APRIL 14, 2020

Thanks to the rigorous submission processes used by major platforms, however, many independent XR content developers are finding it difficult to publish their experiences in marketplaces such as the Oculus or Apple App Stores. You’ll even find Chicken Waffle themselves on XR Swim!

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Synthesizing these factors, one of AR’s battlegrounds will be in augmenting the world in location-relevant ways. That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” But it’s not alone.

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Apple has lagged behind in the virtual and augmented reality race so far. Their phones can be used for some low-end VR, via the Cardboard platform from Google, but they haven’t had anything of their own to match the higher-end Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream View headsets. million units sold by 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Apple headset may be very lightweight. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming Apple visor should weigh around 3–400g, which is much lighter than current headsets on the market, including the Quest 2.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Ambarish Mitra is the CEO and co-Founder of #Blippar one of the first billion dollar “Augmented Reality” Startup from India, being a pioneer, early mover brings its own pro’s & lots of Con’s. The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. More Power, Success & Funding Support to the Asian XR Ecosystem. 14- Kai Liang.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

At the same time, Facebook could have an approach similar to the one that Google has with Android: theoretically you can use an Android phone without a Google account, but good luck in doing it : since my phone is Chinese, I don’t have Google services and I can assure you that it is a true pain in the a**. Image by Google).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

We were all expecting this since AR and VR are a bit in a transitional moment and the biggest brands (like Facebook and Apple) have their events through which they’ll announce their new devices, but for me, this lack of news was worse than the expected. Google AR Cloud Streaming. The evolution of CREAL glasses.

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AR Insider

JUNE 3, 2020

But, creators who keep these five things in mind will be more successful with their augmented reality (AR) projects. A great alternative to Unity is Epic’s Unreal Engine by the way. Even Apple is now offering a suite of tools to make the creation of 3D experiences more accessible. by Andy Gstoll. So, here we go: 1.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

A major vendor for gaming companies with an interest in Augmented Reality experiences, Apple has been investing consistently in the XR space for some time. Similar to Apple, Google wants to ensure developers and gaming companies can introduce the most exciting and immersive mobile apps for their users.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

French startup Lynx has finally unveiled the R1, the first mixed reality standalone headset. While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

The promise of Augmented Reality hardware has been immense, but so have been the number of misses. The Anatomy of Consumer Grade Augmented Reality For Jio Glass to be successful, when it launches, it has to not just be a good product but also build an ecosystem around it. We’re looking at you, Google Glass.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Augmented Reality, also called Mixed Reality (MR, MxR) is set to represent a very large part of our lives. Even today, if you own a car with a heads-up display (HUD), you are a user of Augmented Reality. “We recognized the problem of very high barrier of entry for Augmented Reality. .

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Image by Google). Meta and Google announce layoffs. This week we had the announcement of both Meta and Google laying off people. More info (Google NeRF algorithm) More info (Quest 2 full body tracking) More info (Meta research on video points of view) More info (Apple patent for mixed reality).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Snap is one of the biggest tech companies in the world, and one of the most committed to augmented reality. How will the “Google Analytics” of the metaverse be? VR modder Praydog has just announced a “Universal VR injector” for Unreal Engine. VR Modding reaches a new milestone. Exciting times ahead for the PCVR community!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. Google unveils Starline communication solution. At Google I/O, Google has announced Project Starline, an interesting project it has worked on for five years. Top news of the week. Image by Snap).

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

There are quite a handful of platforms that allow you to develop virtual reality and augmented reality apps and content, but it is not easy to find an offline virtual reality school or academy with which to train for those interested in developing AR and VR apps. (Image courtesy RAEng Publications via Pixabay.).

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VRScout

JULY 11, 2017

Google wants you to play with Blocks, this smartphone wants you to get rid of your headset, a new marketplace connecting content creators with funding, the price of the Oculus Rift is slashed, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. GOOGLE WANTS YOU TO PLAY WITH BLOCKS. APPLE IS HIRING FOR VR/AR POSITIONS.

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