VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2019

Lyft drivers would access this information through an AR headset, such as a Microsoft HoloLens, Google Glass, or Magic Leap, which would place the digital content directly in the view of the Lyft driver, or through an AR enabled smartphone. Image Credit: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

The conference will have topics on games, entertainment, healthcare, and more. As a result, companies like Apple, Google, Magic Leap, Microsoft, Oculus, and others will be in attendance with experiences.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

VR has gone through a rapid transition from a primarily consumer-focused, tethered device for gaming and entertainment, to standalone headsets in similar verticals. With it, experts can see what you see to guide professionals with step-by-step work instructions via a micro display similar to Google Glass or Vuzix.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

Samsung confirmed at CES in January that its Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR headset had passed an install base figure of 5 Million and more recently Google affirmed that it had shipped over 10 Million Cardboard viewers. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations. billion in 2021.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Now we see a small, but healthy and growing market for VR devices, software, and services, which are focused on delivering solutions around entertainment, training, education, and clinical use. AR’s story relates to VR, which had a false start in the 1990s before receding to research labs.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 24, 2020

Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments.” For example, struggles that counterbalance 2019’s progress include Microsoft’s challenge in scaling up Hololens II production. Then there’s Magic Leap. Could it run low on cash?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

The recently released report noted how “Meta employees see the Quest and its software ecosystem emerging as a primary alternative to Apple in the space, filling the role played by Google’s Android in smartphones.”

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2021

On the client side, the system will become compatible with iOS devices, and a Magic Leap client has also been developed. On the server-side, it is being integrated with Microsoft Azure, and it is also coming in the future for Google Cloud and Tencent Cloud. Google is hiring waveguide developers for AR.

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VRWorld

JULY 14, 2016

With the introduction of Google Cardboard and the Daydream VR platform, Oculus and HTC discrete VR headsets and GearVR headsets for even smartphones like the Samsung’s Galaxy S7, the first tentative steps towards virtual reality gaming are being taken. Everything we need to play virtual reality games is available right now.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Even if they are not general-purpose glasses like Hololens or Magic Leap, these glasses feature inside so many technological innovations that made all we of the tech communities fall in love with them, and with their creator Jeri Ellsworth. Google is doing it again. Minecraft Earth is close to its release. The time is coming!

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Virtual Reality (VR), by contrast, can be published across a wide range of devices (headsets like Oculus Go/Quest and Gear VR, phones, Google Cardboard, WebVR, and much more), is completely immersive, and doesn’t necessarily require a real-time data connection (ie can be run offline). VR is basically totally immersive, if done properly.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

Of course, not everyone wants to—or can—be on their feet for long periods, and plenty of immersive entertainment, like watching movies, is sedentary. Hand and finger tracking, gesture interfaces, and grip simulation: Leap Motion: Manus VR: Neurodigital: Gestigon: Handpose: Usens: Dexta Robotics: Minority Report (film).

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

When I worked at Microsoft I got in trouble with the lawyers over patents so they made me sleep with a lawyer (true story, that was my punishment). I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Why am I so confident? Disclaimer.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. Is this a job for Google Glass?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. Is this a job for Google Glass?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. Earlier this month, reports highlighted how Google and Samsung face a “ great fear ” when Apple releases new products.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. Let’s look back: Early trials: Virgin Atlantic ’s 2014 trial at London Heathrow Airport – in collaboration with SITA – included both Google Glass and the Sony SmartWatch 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

This could actually be quite beneficial for Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap. There was a demonstration of how you could use the headset to help you work and communicate with others, but there could have been more focus on this, instead of on the entertainment functions. This is likely to change before the release date.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Magic Leap. For a secretive company, we can learn a lot about Magic Leap from their patent filings and acquisitions, namely that they launched without a clear path to executing their vision. Near-eye Optics Basics.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2020

A nice story you can read to entertain yourself… at this point, I start thinking that all these XR rumors about Apple are so confusing and so diverse that i s probably Apple itself that is spreading them to confuse the ideas to its competitors. Nreal wins first round against Magic Leap in the IP theft trial. Image by Nreal).

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

In the 90s, virtual reality was the future of entertainment, gaming, socialization and work. Google revealed Glass the same year the first Oculus prototype hit the scene. The following year, Google introduced Cardboard, a super cheap and extremely clever smartphone accessory. They were slick, they were robust.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

Ellsworth: Pokemon Go is an interesting moment in time, where it shows this gap we have in entertainment that needed to be filled. GB: Magic Leap is a big presence in the AR discussion. Outside of the sort of people in this room and in the games press, I don’t think most people know what Magic Leap is.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

We started talking with other professionals in the field, and they always kept saying to us “If Microsoft can’t do it, how can you do it?”. Also, people in entertainment, medical, automotive, military training, and other enterprise sectors are interested in our glasses. But we were motivated, so we started studying the problem.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Sony believes in VR, and we definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. Then why Magic Leap hasn’t delivered a solid product with 2B?) More info (New features of OpenXR) More info (OpenXR in Unity) More info (OpenXR in Microsoft products).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Image by Google). Project Iris is the codename of Google’s AR glasses. According to a report on The Verge, Google is working on AR glasses. The operating system should be Android, but it seems that Google is also building an operating system specific for XR. Image by Microsoft). What about yours?

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens. Microsoft Capture Studio is offering such services scanning celebrities and performers for entertainment and education purposes. Check out the example below of Mica , Magic Leap’s intelligent agent.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Anne-Marie: Magic Leap’s doing a workshop. There’s Telus, Facebook, Siemens, Raytheon, Viacom, Microsoft, Lenovo, Niantic, Canadian Tire. A lot of local companies, a lot of really interesting startups. And then we’ve got workshops too. Alan: Oh, tell me about the workshop! That’s important.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Anne-Marie: Magic Leap’s doing a workshop. There’s Telus, Facebook, Siemens, Raytheon, Viacom, Microsoft, Lenovo, Niantic, Canadian Tire. A lot of local companies, a lot of really interesting startups. And then we’ve got workshops too. Alan: Oh, tell me about the workshop! That’s important.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

Jio Glass launched as mixed-reality glasses that serve primarily for education & entertainment. This has 3 main components to it, dictated by hardware: Wait, how is this different from things like Microsoft’s Hololens? Devices such as the Magic Leap and the Hololens rely on Waveguide optics.

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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. What split is it between media and entertainment vs. enterprise applications right now, as far as total market spend? We have a number of reports available.

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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. What split is it between media and entertainment vs. enterprise applications right now, as far as total market spend? So they’re… [chuckles].

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Anne-Marie: Magic Leap’s doing a workshop. There’s Telus, Facebook, Siemens, Raytheon, Viacom, Microsoft, Lenovo, Niantic, Canadian Tire. A lot of local companies, a lot of really interesting startups. And then we’ve got workshops too. Alan: Oh, tell me about the workshop! That’s important.

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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. Is that a number that you guys--?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2019

If you have a social VR system like HiFi, then entertainment value beyond chat would still need to be built, if not present. Layered structure of the MagicVerse, the metaverse envisioned by Magic Leap. Its structure reminds a lot what Kim is telling in this interview (Image by Magic Leap). Currently, no.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I mean, we have access to the world’s information — I can Google pretty much any details — but it just gives me the information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. Now, I don’t even have to pull my phone out; I can just ask Google and every answer is there.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I mean, we have access to the world’s information — I can Google pretty much any details — but it just gives me the information. I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. Now, I don’t even have to pull my phone out; I can just ask Google and every answer is there.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. So that was a problem that, in the past, could only be solved with expensive depth cameras or Google Street View-style cars, or take a thousand photos and wait a day for it all to be processed.

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