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Apple Takes on Meta in Race to Make VR Mainstream

Hypergrid Business

However, the recent announcement of Apple’s Vision Pro last June is set to reinvigorate the marketplace. Rolf Illenberger “I and the entire industry was waiting for Apple for a decade,” said Rolf Illenberger, CEO of VRDirect, which provides company software solutions to build their own VR projects. Meta Quest 3.

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Will 3D Cities Unlock Immersive Experiences?

AR Insider

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. 3D mapping’s evolutionary path was recently accelerated with a developer tool from Here Technologies. It develops advanced 3D mapping technology for self-driving cars among other endpoints. cities, starting with San Francisco. Force Multiplier.

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Apple Granted Patent for High Field of View AR Display

Road to VR

Apple has just been granted another AR/VR related technology patent, to add to their growing list. Apple’s absence from the flourishing virtual and augmented reality stage is felt more strongly with every passing day.

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The iPod is still in Apple's product lineup, but which models are obsolete?

Mashable VR

Even though iPhone technology has far surpassed the iPod (which was revolutionary for its time), Apple still has the iPod touch in its product lineup. Starting at $199 , it is significantly less expensive than the cheapest iPhone ($429), has FaceTime and iMessage, can hold 256GB of storage, and has the Apple App Store and Apple Arcade.

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The Ultra-Powerful New MacBook Pro Is Top Notch (Sorry, Sorry, Trying to Delete)

GizModo VR

I’ve been using MacBooks since Apple first introduced the line back in 2006. The white polycarbonate MacBook got me through college, a MacBook Air replaced it in my mid-20s, and then I graduated to a MacBook Pro when I needed to do more processor-intensive tasks for work. As part of my job, I’ve used a variety of… Read more.

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Apple Granted Patent for High Field of View AR DisplayApple has.

AllThingsVR

Apple Granted Patent for High Field of View AR Display Apple has just been granted another AR/VR related technology patent, to add to their growing list. Apple’s absence from the flourishing virtual and augmented reality stage is felt more strongly with every passing day. Read more here.

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Building Augmented Reality for the Web: Which Platform is the Best?

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MUSE Museum AR Experience on a mobile application Finding the best platform for your WebAR project Introduction I have been building Augmented reality apps since 2006, and I have worked with various systems: PC, Mobile, Adobe Flash FlarToolkit, Depth sensors, RGB Sensors, Magicleap, Microsoft Hololens, Google Tango andARCore, and Apple AR Kit.