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Why Apple Can’t Ignore VR Forever

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Apple Vision Pro is coming next year, not only making for the Fruit Company’s much awaited first XR headset, but also spurring a resurgence in public interest (and likely investment) in the XR space. Apple has a tendency to undervalue gaming initially, though perhaps reluctantly, eventually acknowledges its importance.

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VisionDevCamp To Jumpstart Apple Vision Pro Developers In Early 2024

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Shortly after Apple Vision Pro launch in early 2024 developers will gather for VisionDevCamp to work on app ideas for the new headset. The event is unaffiliated with Apple and will be held in the San Francisco area shortly after the U.S. launch of Apple Vision Pro early in 2024. "In

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Choosing the Right AR SDK: Mobile AR App Development Toolkit for 2020

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If you are going to build an AR app, you are probably at the stage of choosing the right AR software development kit. Apple ARKit. Cordova is for designing Android apps, so if you wanted an AR SDK that is Apple-specific, look elsewhere. This is AR software that might appeal to only certain app creators. Free or Paid.

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Creature To Manage $1 Million Indie VR Fund From SideQuest

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Devs will not be required to release their software on SideQuest, according to the company, though it might be encouraged. How does this $1 million fund, announced as Meta readies Quest 3 and Apple prepares Vision Pro, sit relative to that moment in history?

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XR Talks: How Snapchat Became AR’s Usage Leader, Part I

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Cameras have changed so much over the last few decades from this clunky hardware that you wear around your neck to basically a piece of software,” said Arguelles “It’s really the lens of a camera that gives you the window into human experience. If you look at the change from 2008’s 220 million smartphone owners to today’s 2.8

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OpenSim active users hit all-time-high for the holidays

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With the free-to-use DreamGrid software, anyone can easily create virtual worlds through a graphical interface and one-click install feature on their home computer. Learn here how to create and host a new Dreamgrid on your home computer using the software. Anyone can easily add their grid to this list from the same page.

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Breaking Down Facebook’s XR Road Map

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It took wave after wave; generations of hardware improvements gated on new technology and manufacturing processes, big software improvements, wider consumer acceptance, low switching cost, and some paid contract plan “subsidies” to get to one billion smartphones. I worked at Microsoft from 2008-2012. All in all, it took about a decade.