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Big XR News from Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap

XR Today - Big XR News tag

The Reality Labs division develops and manufactures Meta’s VR headsets, such as the Oculus Quest 2. The company faces increased competition from other VR and AR companies, such as Sony and Apple. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022. The division also develops AR and VR technologies like the Quest Pro headset.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Foxconn puts lenses for Apple Glasses in “Trial Production” stage.

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Augmented reality’s half-decade of stagnation

TechCrunch VR

The Florida startup infamously raised billions in venture capital funding on the promise of bringing a new technological future to consumers, much more impactful than the launch of the iPhone. “In the space we’re going after… it’s really just us and Microsoft,” Johnson concedes. other things.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

In the fall of 2016, Microsoft announced a partnership with a handful of hardware manufacturers to make developer headsets implementing the inside-out tracking technology seen on the HoloLens. DOES APPLE HAVE 1000+ ENGINEERS WORKING ON AR IN ISRAEL? HIGH-END VIRTUAL REALITY JUST GOT MORE AFFORDABLE. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.17): Half-Life Alyx will launch on March, 23rd, MWC has been canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple now lets add you add “buy” button to AR Quick Look. A piece of simple news, but a very important one, has hit the AR industry this week: Apple now lets companies add custom buttons (usually the “Buy” one) to AR Quick Look. Image by Microsoft). Are we at an inflection point for VR? News worth a mention.

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Shower thoughts on the Magic Leap One

The Ghost Howls

When I’ve tried HoloLens , I was really impressed by this, because I know how it is hard to make no-jittery augmented reality and Microsoft has really done a terrific job in doing this. A little hologram inside Microsoft HoloLens. And all of this has been done by a little startup somewhere in Florida , not by a major company.

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

The Ghost Howls

It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus. PixelStrikeInc brace yourself…the memes are coming. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf.