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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Takes Control of Magic Leap

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Additionally, significant technology and extended reality (XR) firms like Google and AT&T have provided Magic Leap funding since the company’s debut in 2010. Head pose and eye-tracking. Previously, Saudi Arabia gave Magic Leap roughly $400 million in a 2018 funding round. 120 Hz refresh rate. Spatial audio.

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Breaking Down Facebook’s XR Road Map

AR Insider

Facebook reportedly has a deal with Ray-Ban, which is part of eye-wear giant Luxottica, which also owns LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, prescription lens makers and many of your favorite brands. FWIW, Google had also partnered with Luxottica but never shipped a more fashionable version of Glass.]. 2023+: Eye Tracking and beyond.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If the rumor is true, probably this is the Del Mar headset , and the Jedi controllers may be like the Oculus Touch but more comfortable and maybe with full finger tracking. Or eye tracking?). 3D environment scans are in 2020 what pictures were in 2010. 3D environment scans are in 2020 what pictures were in 2010.

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Holographic Waveguides: What You Need To Know To Understand The Smartglasses Market

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Near-eye Optics Basics. Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. These three companies appear to have now demonstrated in a lab environment, designs similar to what DigiLens was producing in 2010. Lumus has more recently been the OEM supplier to both Daqri and Atheer.

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

Martin: The exploration stuff internally started already in 2010, when we made some things that was running in a browser, and then we sent off a small little file that's told how that scene was set up and then rendered with an offline rendering and sending it back again in 10 seconds. The Pico Neo 2, I believe, has eye tracking option.

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

Martin: The exploration stuff internally started already in 2010, when we made some things that was running in a browser, and then we sent off a small little file that's told how that scene was set up and then rendered with an offline rendering and sending it back again in 10 seconds. The Pico Neo 2, I believe, has eye tracking option.

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

Martin: The exploration stuff internally started already in 2010, when we made some things that was running in a browser, and then we sent off a small little file that's told how that scene was set up and then rendered with an offline rendering and sending it back again in 10 seconds. The Pico Neo 2, I believe, has eye tracking option.

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