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How Will Spatial Computing Fare in a Post-Covid World?

AR Insider

Demand grew in 2020 along with Covid-inflections in gaming, leaving Oculus Quest and Valve index sold out part of the year. In fact, this is what happened to search circa-2003 and social advertising circa-2009. That’s the power of Apple’s proven halo effect and ability to mainstream emerging consumer tech categories.

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NYT: Mandalorian Director Favreau Building Dinosaur Experience For Apple’s Headset

Upload VR

The New York Times reports that Jon Favreau is developing “video content” for Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset , expected to launch next year. According to industry analysts and publications, Apple’s mixed reality headset is set to be revealed either this year or early next, for a release in 2023.

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Banking In The Metaverse – The Next Frontier For Financial Services

Bernard Marr

Emerging metaverse platforms like The Sandbox and Decentraland attract hundreds of thousands of visitors each month, while established gaming platforms with metaverse-like functionality, such as Roblox or Fortnite, can attract millions. Money can be earned in online play-to-earn games such as Axie Infinity and the Meta Cricket League.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

Four years later, Nintendo followed up the wild and enduring success of the Game Boy with Virtual Boy, a headset/console built around (very red) stereoscopic vision. In the 90s, virtual reality was the future of entertainment, gaming, socialization and work. Image Credits: Apple Magic Leap is far from alone in those struggles.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

From zero gravity chambers to organic gaming consoles, Hollywood has been dreaming up some of the biggest and best ways to implement virtual reality for decades. To qualify the list, these movies had to be using technology with the goal of inducing presence, whether that be in a game world, dreamscape, or recording of reality.

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. A lot of that emotional connection is really something that -- especially the senior investors, the ones who have been in the game for decades -- are really, really good at, and have been hindered as a result.

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

So instead of playing a video game and shooting everybody, you're enjoying a concert by Trevor Scott or whoever. A lot of that emotional connection is really something that -- especially the senior investors, the ones who have been in the game for decades -- are really, really good at, and have been hindered as a result.

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