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

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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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What is Spatial Computing in simple terms?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The GPS in a car, a virtual home assistant with speech recognition capabilities, and QR code scanners are all examples of spatial technology. Without spatial technology, a virtual reality environment would be something you could see and walk around, but never touch or interact with. However, spatial computing isn’t a new concept.

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Banking In The Metaverse – The Next Frontier For Financial Services

Bernard Marr

It created a lounge area called Onyx inside the platform's Metajuku virtual mall, which gives visitors information about blockchain and other technology-driven initiatives that the bank is taking part in. Linden Labs’ Second Life is often cited as one of the first metaverse environments, having been in existence since 2003.

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

XR for Business Podcast

So I'm really excited to talk about that, because I believe that as much as we're going into physical winter in Canada, I believe that we're going into a beautiful spring with regards to the investment landscape of this technology. Unity Technologies just went public. Alan: But isn't that the whole point of virtual technologies?

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

XR for Business Podcast

So I'm really excited to talk about that, because I believe that as much as we're going into physical winter in Canada, I believe that we're going into a beautiful spring with regards to the investment landscape of this technology. Unity Technologies just went public. Alan: But isn't that the whole point of virtual technologies?

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

XR for Business Podcast

So I'm really excited to talk about that, because I believe that as much as we're going into physical winter in Canada, I believe that we're going into a beautiful spring with regards to the investment landscape of this technology. Unity Technologies just went public. Alan: But isn't that the whole point of virtual technologies?

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

” The technology served as a visually rich shorthand for dystopian cyberpunk fears in an age of rapidly accelerating technology. For decades, the technology has felt ahead of its time, beginning with Sensorama in 1962. Sutherland, who is still around today at 85, contributed important technological innovations for decades.

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