Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

Microsoft released the first-gen Zune in 2006, an MP3 player that looked to compete with Apple’s largely dominant line of iPods. Apple wasn’t the first to make a portable MP3 player, although it was the first to make one everyone wanted. Zooming out, Zune’s ultimate defeat belies a larger pattern of behavior.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

The firm also states that as several new headsets are emerging on the market this year, from Apple’s confirmed Vision Pro to rumoured devices from Samsung, the move to support MRTK3 prepares taqtile for an increased range of end-users.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

February 2024 is here, and this month marked the end of a long, long wait for Apple’s Vision Pro. Apple has already sold 200,000 devices in the first week, which is impressive. This funding will support Magic Leap’s “Chapter 3” roadmap of delivering enterprise-grade XR solutions.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This comes alongside an alleged partnership with Samsung that would see the development of a wholly new consumer AR device that is rumored to tether to a Samsung smartphone. Making an AR headset accessible enough for consumers is a vastly different challenge to producing higher cost enterprise headsets— just ask Magic Leap.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Apple is gearing up for the Vision Pro debut. However, a key difference and benefit that Apple has over some of its competition is the already-established iOS ecosystem of products and software. On the other hand, Apple is not the only XR firm pushing for interoperability and cross-pollination of hardware and software.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This year for sure we’ll have two headsets of this kind launching: Lynx R-1 and Meta Project Cambria, with the elephant in town being the possible release of the first Apple headset. And of course, if Apple releases something, it will create a tsunami in the whole ecosystem. This year will be crucial to understand that.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. Magic Leap raises other $350M.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise. Going into 2019, the industry eagerly awaits HoloLens 2 and Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as rumors swirl around the possibility of AR glasses from Apple and/or Facebook in the near future.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Samsung will manufacture the chips for Facebook AR glasses. According to the Korean outlet “The Electronic Times”, Samsung will manufacture the tracking chips that will be used by Facebook AR glasses. A new patent highlights the possible design of future Samsung AR glasses. Bloomberg publishes new hints on Apple glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. Samsung is one of the most famous suppliers of components for electronic devices (e.g. Samsung Odyssey+).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

Apple, Apple, Apple. The impact of Apple’s headset is predicted by some in the XR industry to bring new eyes and fresh investments towards broader enterprise and consumer AR/VR/MR companies – already, it appears XR firms are taking note of the potential spatial computing trend of 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

This would be a very good move to come to the market before Apple , that will likely announce its AR glasses from Q4 2019 on; The announcement of a new generation of VR devices that will also be capable of providing AR , a bit like the VRVANA headset (whose company has been acquired by Apple as well). Magic Leap is suing nReal.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

Apple reportedly postponed its full AR glasses “indefinitely” earlier this year, and Google reportedly killed its internal glasses project this year in favor of making the software for third parties instead. LCoS microdisplays were used in HoloLens 1 and are used today in Magic Leap 2.

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RealVision VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

While everyone counted on Magic Leap to bring AR eye-wear to the masses, what Magic Leap did in-fact was lend a stigma to Augmented Reality with unfulfilled promises. However the positives that came with the Magic Leap debacle is, it renewed an interest in competitors and entrepreneurs to do AR right.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023. Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence from smartglasses (again, so far). Apple ARKit, Google ARCore ). Tim Merel is managing director of Digi-Capital.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Next week, on 25th and 26th, Oculus will hold its main yearly event , and as always, it will talk about the milestones reached by the company and then it will show future hardware and software. But Facebook has a big problem and that big problem is called Apple. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Google is also hiring high-profile people for it, like Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, and Paul Greco, the previous CTO of Magic Leap. Samsung Exynos 2200 introduces ray tracing on mobile. Samsung has just announced its new Exynos 2200 mobile chipset , powered by AMD RDNA 2 architecture.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

In my opinion , the true error is with the Vive 1 , that will get a price that is higher than the one of all the competitors… and that will cost as much as a Samsung Odyssey, notwithstanding its far lower features. people walking around), so I don't have an apples-to-apples comparison against Santa Cruz.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

It is “easy” to create hype and get preorders and many sales on the first day: Even the Magic Leap One had a very strong first day, and the community was flooded with pictures of people donning the device… but in the end, it was a huge flop. Apple launches iPhone 12, Pro models have Lidar sensor. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Speaking on the upcoming Apple Reality Pro headset, he explained how Lucky Palmer, Founder, Oculus said Apple’s device was “excellent.” Representatives from Meta Platforms, Google, Magic Leap, Unity, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the XR Association (XRA), and many others will deliver keynotes and presentations.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

So at least the collaboration with Valve is true, but notice that it has not been on the headset, so they got no reference design from Valve, it has just been on the software integration. While HTC is struggling on the hardware side, I think that it is moving very well to create a good software ecosystem, at least in China. Learn more.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Not merely software code, but critically, ethical, and social codes as well. Magic Leap has put forth the term Magicverse, a more playful version of a global digital twin that inspires visions of the fantastical. Like the World Wide Web before it, this new Spatial Web requires new code to bring it to life.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. Magic Leap kicks off the month with the announcement of an enormous $794 million fundraising round, backed by Alibaba. Samsung unveils the Note 7 smartphone alongside the latest Gear VR. December 2015.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. What an amazing piece of technology. Michael: Glad you liked it.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. What an amazing piece of technology. Michael: Glad you liked it.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches. EasyJet and British Airways followed with Apple Watch apps allowing travelers to receive real-time flight updates and board their planes with just a flick of the wrist. to make decisions.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I'd say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Alan: Although Magic Leap did publish some photos of a model wearing the Magic Leap glasses the other day. So they're.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. ” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. ” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. And if you have a Bose AR-enabled device, you can download that for either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. Alan: I don't know if you've tried to Magic Leap. What an amazing piece of technology. Michael: Glad you liked it. That's an option.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. Alan: So speaking of looking into the future, somebody else who’s kind of looking to the future that you’ve been covering in your Forbes articles is Magic Leap, and their CEO, Rony. That’s the beginning.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. Alan: So speaking of looking into the future, somebody else who’s kind of looking to the future that you’ve been covering in your Forbes articles is Magic Leap, and their CEO, Rony. That’s the beginning.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. After he gave his TED Talk on it, there's interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 23, 2019

And so they have 3D files and they need a way to embed them on a web page or share them with someone who doesn’t have 3D software to open them, or use them in VR and AR and so on. When we started, most of it was pure CG; made with advanced CAD programs or 3D software like 3ds Max and so on. The basic product is quite easy to use.

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