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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.28): Quest 3 unboxing leaked, Samsung+Google headset situation is blurry, and more!

The Ghost Howls

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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Can AR Transform Indoor Navigation?

ARVR

Google has begun to innovate in this area as a new feature of its Live View AR navigation. When Apple launched ARkit in 2007, several concept videos emerged on YouTube showing AR’s potential to guide customers through airports and shopping malls. This requires working with stores to gain their shelf-specific data on item location?—?likely

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Can AR Make Us Smarter?

AR Insider

This could extend from Google’s work to index knowledge, but amplify that work with even easier access. By indexing knowledge, [Google] eliminated the need to occupy cognitive space with rote facts,” said Boland. No one was thinking of Uber and Snapchat when the iPhone launched to a desktop-minded world in 2007.

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

AR Insider

I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Google was the first major technology company to release a head-worn computer when it introduced Google Glass in 2013. Google paused Glass in 2015 and rejiggered it for business users.

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What is Augmented Reality? (Book Excerpt)

AR Insider

This could extend from Google’s work to index knowledge, but amplify that work with even easier access. By indexing knowledge, [Google] eliminated the need to occupy cognitive space with rote facts,” said Boland. No one was thinking of Uber and Snapchat when the iPhone launched to a desktop-minded world in 2007.

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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

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This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. The experience now sits in the hall of fame with Google Tilt Brush , which won the category in 2017. VR Lifetime Achievement. VR Film of the Year.

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What Does Tech History Tell Us About AR’s Future?

AR Insider

We often forget that when the iPhone came out in 2007, high penetration levels didn’t happen until about three years later. Boland and McDowall run through each of these players — Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — to compare and contrast their AR ambitions. Collectively, where does this all point? .”

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