ARPost

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Nreal is one of the most exciting names in consumer AR hardware. While we have yet to see headsets in the US, they are available in Germany and Spain through partnerships with Vodafone and T-Mobile. And speaking of carriers, just like last time, the real big news in this release might not be the new hardware offering.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

VR Hardware. The VR Hardware of the Year Award was awarded to Valve for Index, the company’s first virtual reality headset developed and manufactured in-house. The headset’s innovative off-ear 3D speaker design was also used in the recently launched HP Reverb G2. VR Experience of the Year. Out of Home VR Entertainment.

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ARPost

MAY 25, 2022

There are a lot of numbers floating through cyberspace regarding who has sold how many headsets or downloaded how many VR apps , or spent how much money in online marketplaces. The survey doesn’t promise the VR technology renaissance, but it does list two big reasons why the tech might be here to stay. How Do VR Users Use VR?

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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ARVR

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

We no longer have to rely on proxies such as reverse engineering Meta’s “other” revenue category. million*, making hardware $219.45 As we’ve estimated , headsets are about 92 percent of that, the rest being first-party accessories like head straps and face shields. link] How Many VR Headsets Did Meta Sell in Q3?

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

While the event – like Auggies before it – is going online this year, AIXR is presenting those networking opportunities through other methods accessible through mobile devices, computers, or VR headsets. This Year’s Categories. This year, the VR Awards will be given for thirteen categories to be judged by over 70 judges.

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2023

If the avalanche of recent reports can indicate anything at all, it seems Apple is entering the VR/AR headset market fairly soon, bringing along with it the most inflated expectations the industry has ever seen. You buy the phone, the laptop, the headphones, and now, maybe you’ll get the newfangled headset too.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 12, 2024

Many heads turned in the tech industry when news of the Oculus acquisition broke. Today Meta easily exerts control over the space by having the most accessible and affordable headsets combined with the strongest content library. At the time Meta was still known as Facebook, the social media company. And that’s hard to do.

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AR Insider

APRIL 29, 2021

This is the starting point for the headworn AR opportunity, as other revenue categories like software build on the hardware base. This is a common pattern in emerging tech sectors. Specifically, AR headsets are projected to grow in unit sales from 170,000 in 2019 to 3.9 million in 2024. million units in market by 2024.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

If you're not aware, ByteDance is the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, and in mid 2021 it acquired Pico. While Pico previously focused mainly on businesses, less than a year after the acquisition it launched its existing headset to European consumers as a beta test, then a few months later launched Pico 4.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Most impactful on Meta’s stock price and subsequent tech-press handwringing was negative user growth for the first time for its flagship property, Facebook. We no longer have to rely on proxies such as reverse engineering Meta’s “other” revenue category. That yields 670 million headsets sold in 2019 and 1.81 billion in 2020.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2022

At AWE 2022 I had the opportunity of having a very short hands-on with the Shiftall MeganeX glasses, one of the most awaited pieces of hardware in the XR community. The Panasonic VR headset is very cool! The headset was supposed to run by being connected to a smartphone via USB-C.

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Road to VR

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. We remain committed to HoloLens and future HoloLens development.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The holiday period approaches and many may receive an XR headset or device as a gift ready for an immersive 2024. The changes are being rolled out across its product lineups, including the Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, and Meta Quest 3 VR headsets. December is here. Virtuleap Scores AI and $2.5

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

I think I’ve never seen a CEO doing something like this, but that’s part of what makes Zuck Zuck… sometimes he has his naive moments where like he forgets he’s the boss of one of the biggest tech companies in the world, and just shares videos and photos online like if he was a random guy with 29 followers.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

VR Hardware. The VR Hardware of the Year Award was awarded to Valve for Index, the company’s first virtual reality headset developed and manufactured in-house. The headset’s innovative off-ear 3D speaker design was also used in the recently launched HP Reverb G2. VR Experience of the Year. Out of Home VR Entertainment.

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The AR Show

OCTOBER 3, 2023

There he founded the AR mapping and Visual Positioning System (VPS) effort before becoming the AR Strategy Lead and then the general manager for the AR Headset group. He discusses some reflections on his time at Niantic, including the open mindset they had about developing new hardware. Previously Ross spent 4 ½ years at Niantic.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 2, 2020

Those are further subdivided by hardware, software and other revenue sources. That includes things that consumers pay for, currently dominated by hardware. It’s often the first step in emerging tech markets as an installed base is formed which then paves the way for software — in this case games and apps.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Those are further subdivided by hardware, software and other revenue sources. That includes things that consumers pay for, currently dominated by hardware. It’s often the first step in emerging tech markets as an installed base is formed which then paves the way for software — in this case games and apps.

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ARPost

JANUARY 13, 2020

2019 was a big year for XR headsets, applications, and technology. Here, we’ll be taking a look at the AR and MR headsets and glasses that caught our attention in 2019 and that we’ll be keeping an eye on going into 2020. If VR is more your speed, don’t worry, we’ll have a separate article covering VR headsets.

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ARVR

MAY 9, 2022

We no longer have to rely on proxies such as reverse engineering Meta’s “other” revenue category. million*, making hardware $535.15 As we’ve estimated, headset sales are about 92 percent of that, the rest being first-party accessories like head straps and face shields. Older hardware cycles out. That brings us to $492.34

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Upload VR

JUNE 16, 2023

The video finishes by touting the hardware itself , from its aluminum and glass design to its ultra high density micro-OLED displays and dual Apple Silicon chips. Apple's brand connects with regular people at a scale and depth no other tech company has yet managed to replicate.

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2019

VR hardware is front and center at this year’s festivities following the release of Oculus Quest and HP Reverb. The award ceremony recognizes multiple achievements in VR, such as hardware advancements, gaming, film, social experience, and marketing to name a few. VR Hardware of the Year: Oculus – Quest. Oculus – Rift S.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Virtual reality (VR) headsets are on a constant uphill trajectory which sees the hardware’s landscape evolve rapidly with new components, integrated software, and use cases. MR/VR headsets are evolving as events like CES 2023 allow XR vendors to showcase some of the latest insights and innovations leading the industry.

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ARVR

AUGUST 11, 2022

We no longer have to rely on proxies such as reverse engineering Meta’s “other” revenue category. million*, making hardware $348.04 As we’ve estimated , headsets are about 92 percent of that, the rest being first-party accessories like head straps and face shields. Older hardware cycles out. That brings us to $320.20

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Chennavasin sees a long road ahead but is encouraged by bleeding-edge hardware such as the Varjo XR-1 that debuted at AWE in May. A few years of adoption data and perspective on what’s working can help XR tech providers calibrate their road maps. So where are we in the above journey? And that data will only improve.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

All tech journals are talking about this: not only the VR ones but all of them. And since the game is in VR only, everyone reading a tech magazine, or taking part in a gaming community today is reading about a virtual reality game. Everyone is reading this, and every fan of Half-Life would want to buy a headset. This is huge.

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TechCrunch VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Apple’s highly anticipated mixed reality headset may now have a name, according to a Bloomberg report earlier this week. Given its notorious secrecy around unreleased hardware projects, such filings are one key way to glean some info. The outlet spotted trademarks in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset. There is IPD adjustment.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The following paragraph is directly quoted from one of these job descriptions: Our team is building the software components that control and manage the hardware on our Augmented Reality (AR) products. These are the software components that run on the AR devices and are the closest to the hardware.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 21, 2017

Think again: the company has no plans for new Rift tech anytime soon. Head of Content Jason Rubin said as much in a recent interview with Cnet , assuring people that just bought the headset — currently discounted to $399 with Oculus Touch — that they have years of content ahead of them.

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ARPost

MAY 14, 2020

Then, there’s a voting period that weeds out all but five nominees in each category and then judges take over to pick the best in each category. TeamViewer Pilot – a solution that makes it easy for tech support teams to troubleshoot problems in AR to reduce downtime for machines. We’ll Keep You Posted.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The immersive industry has created an entire lexicon of new words and phrases, each to distinctly define the emerging technologies reshaping the tech industry. Initially, two key terms, extended reality (XR) and augmented reality (AR), sit on the same spectrum of the tech industry, but need further clarification.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Hardware. #2 While we will see advanced hardware hit the shelves, what may be missing are clear use cases to convince consumers to purchase and wear the device. 5 VR headsets are getting all the right ingredients for stereo video passthrough making it a trojan horse for headworn AR. Source: Samsung. Source: Varjo.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 9, 2018

Tech startup Looxid Labs announced this week that it was awarded a Best of Innovation Award in CES 2018’s Virtual Reality category for its LooxidVR headset. Previous winners in the category have included Samsung, for their Gear VR headset, and Google, for their Tilt Brush 3D/VR painting system.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

Since there is the possibility that Apple announces its headset soon, all the companies are rushing to announce what they have in the pipeline before the big day. I’m also working on a cool tech prototype and I will share it with you very soon in the next few days on this blog. It’s been a strange week. Be sure not to miss it!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The Vive Cosmos is the latest PC VR headset announced by HTC at CES 2019. It has been teased together with intriguing features like phone connectivity and claims about being the Vive headset with the best display, and for these reasons, it has created some interest in the community. From the specs, the Cosmos seems a solid v1 headset.

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