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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

The Ghost Howls

Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR.

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59% of VR Developers Use Unity, But Devs Make More Money With Unreal

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Unity Technologies and Epic Games are in a grudge match for the hearts and minds of game developers. I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based based Epic Games, this week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

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Niantic’s ‘Ingress Prime’ Brings A Sci-fi Twist To Location-Based AR Gaming

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In 2013, San Francisco-based software company Niantic launched Ingress , a cutting-edge location-based AR mobile game that had players choose one of two factions and battle others in a geocaching game of capture the flag. Ingress Prime is available now on the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Image Credit: Niantic .

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.24): Bytedance debunks the rumors about Pico, new Glassholes are a trend, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

After this update, Cix Liv and other VR people (like the usual Brad) said that the rumor in town is actually not that Bytedance is closing Pico, but that Pico will focus mostly on MR to chase Apple with its Vision Pro and will shut down its VR business. There are many other examples of that.

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Bridge Is A Mobile Headset That Brings Inside-Out Tracking And MR To iPhone

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San Francisco-based Occipital is one of the many companies that wants to bring inside-out tracking to mobile VR, but its means of doing so stands apart from others. Rather than modding existing headsets with extra cameras, Occipital today announced Bridge, its own mobile headset designed for use with Apple’s iPhone 7, 6, and 6s.

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Developing the Future of Mixed Reality

Tech Trends VR

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. For starters, they’re based in Oregon as opposed to Silicon Valley.

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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. More info (Use Google Translate). Google Chrome now supports WebAR. News worth a mention.