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The Apple Effect: Magic Leap Founder’s Previous Company Launches App on Vision Pro

Road to VR

Apple’s significant impact on the market tends to draw attention from companies that might not have otherwise entered a specific product category—aka “The Apple Effect.” Abovitz founded Mako Surgical in 2004, and left the medical robot company when it was acquired by Stryker for $1.65 So why Apple, and why now?

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Intel to Buy Imagination Technologies or AMD’s RTG?

VRWorld

In 2004, both companies went back to the negotiating table as Intel wanted to integrate Nvidia’s IP inside Larrabee and future integrated processor graphics, while Nvidia wanted to build chipsets for Intel processors. Imagination Technologies tried to sell themselves to Apple, who owns 8.5% The AMD – Intel Deal.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

The Ghost Howls

I gave a presentation of the first idea of a videodisc of the “ Plastico ” at a private conference held at Apple Computer in 1986 (my talk was published in 1998 here ). The digitization was accomplished in 2004 with generous support from the Andrew W. In July 2018, the project completed version 3.0 Where is that?