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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

This week, Microsoft announced that MRTK will migrate to an independent GitHub account and that the project will be supported by a consortium including Microsoft, Magic Leap, and Qualcomm. Since MRTK was used especially for AR applications, it is natural that these three giants of augmented reality are interested in keeping it alive.

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

AR Insider

I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. The tech industry’s next bet is a series of technologies usually called augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality. All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. by Kif Leswing, CNBC. Where is Spatial Computing in its Lifecycle?

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What Can Big Tech Companies Learn from Second Life?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

It might be an online environment but its impact expands and stretches into the real world insomuch that it includes a virtual economy that is dependent on actual money – in many ways, providing early inspiration for big tech companies now building out the metaverse. From Second Life then, to the Metaverse Now.

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Building The VR Experiences And Worlds of the Future

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Kim Pallister, the director of Intel’s virtual reality center of excellence, moderated a fireside chat about that topic with science fiction writer Austin Grossman at our recent GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and tech create real-world magic. Pallister leads Intel’s virtual reality (VR) project lab in Hillsboro, Oregon.

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Igloo Vision Stirs XR World With London Open House Demo

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Or, if you’re not near our London office, why not book a virtual demo? All you need to do is get in touch [link] pic.twitter.com/o8VKifqGdl — Igloo Vision (@IglooVision) October 13, 2023 Formed in 2007, the company began building its geodesic domes for projection-mapped immersive spaces.

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Apple Mum on AR/VR for iPhone 7, but Here’s How We Know They’re Still Working on It

Road to VR

It was as far back as 2014 that we spotted apple hiring an ‘App Engineer’ who would “create high performance apps that integrate with Virtual Reality systems for prototyping and user testing.” Here’s how we know.

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Will Covid-Era Urgency Accelerate AR?

AR Insider

We see this development in technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Blockchain. Zoom leaves Microsoft miles behind with Skype and teams. Apple completely turned the mobile age upside down in 2007, Microsoft shaped the way we work on computers. AR is a good example of this.

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