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Another Google Glass Failure: What Happened to Google Iris?

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After months of tinkering and testing, Project Iris, Google’s latest AR innovation, appears to be another “Google Glass Failure.” For years, Google has been toying with the idea of becoming a real competitor in the extended reality market. But for all its innovation and resources, Google’s AR ideas never really seem to pan out.

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Xiaomi Reveals $30 Mobile Headset That Looks Like PlayStation VR

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The Gear VR and the upcoming Google Daydream are the primary devices in that market, carrying a price between $79-$99. The device’s design floats between the Samsung Gear and PS VR, leaning more toward the former and looks to fit quite comfortably. Now, we have a new contender for mobile VR: Xiaomi’s Mi VR.

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Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

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The worlds of virtual and augmented reality have yet to land on the applications and hardware to truly spark mass-market, consumer interest in the space, but in the meantime, a startup building mixed reality services for business users has raised a round of funding, underscoring the opportunity in enterprise.

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These Are The Stocks You Could Buy To Invest In The VR Industry

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VR investments have broken into the billions of dollars with reports showing as high as $4-5 billion since 2010 and $2 billion in the last 12 months alone. billion from companies listed below like Google and Qualcomm. Google – NASDAQ: GOOG – Cardboard, Google VR, Daydream & Tango, VR cameras, Tilt Brush.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Unity’s most recent update makes the cross-platform game engine even more equally optimized, so with only one API you can simply build for multiple platforms with hardware-specific tweaks held to a minimum. Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream.

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A Brief History of VR

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After its 2007 release of google Street View, in 2010, google introduced stereoscopic 3D mode for Street View. It was also in 2010 that 18-year-old Palmer Luckey created the first prototype of Oculus Rift, the famous VR headset. This allowed users to stand on the street and physically look around the 3D image.

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Reaching for the Clouds with 6D.ai’s Matt Miesnieks

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He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. So things like Uber or Google Maps and directions were native to the phone, that were kind of useless on the PC. firm investing in AR solutions. Matt: Totally.

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