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Newly Announced ‘Neuromancer’ TV Show Could Be Another Big Moment for VR to Make an Impact

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Apple announced that it’s bringing a new show to Apple TV+ based on William Gibson’s award-winning cyberpunk novel Neuromancer (1984), offering another big moment for VR to take the limelight. And what does this mean to Joe Blow, Apple TV+ subscriber?

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The ‘Wolfe’ External GPU Aims to Make Macbooks VR Ready

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The Wolfe is a new project about to hit Kickstarter that claims to offer a hardware solution to Macbook owners wanting to run virtual reality applications, an external Thunderbolt connected GPU. Those with Apple computers may well feel a little left out in the cold when it comes to running the latest virtual reality hardware.

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Report Predicts AR and VR Headsets Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021

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In a new report from IDC (International Data Corporation), the market research firm predicts a near 10 fold increase in the shipments of augmented and virtual reality headsets in the next 4 years, bolstered by a plethora of new devices and “expanding array of content for both consumer and enterprise users.”

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Can Gowalla Reinvent AR (and Itself)?

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It was acquired by Facebook in 2011, then mostly faded away. How Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) can transform Education 3. How Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are Revolutionizing Healthcare Gamifying AR Gowalla’s new UX details are scant. But now it’s back for more SoLoMo action….this

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10 Augmented Reality Trends of 2022: A Vision of Immersion

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APPLE ARKIT 5 The latest version of Apple’s open source mobile augmented reality development toolset, ARKit 5 , offers significant improvements from ARKit 4. ARKit appears to have the best compatibility between software and hardware, as Apple is responsible for all aspects of their devices. billion by 2024.

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The AR Space Race, Part VIII: Startups

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Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. It was acquired by Facebook in 2011, then mostly faded away. Google Cloud Anchors , Apple GeoAnchors , Microsoft Spatial Anchors ?—?that Point your phone (or future glasses) at places and objects to contextualize them. But it’s not alone.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

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Do you have a passion for ancient history and virtual reality? Lately, this incredible work has been ported to virtual reality and so you are able to live the ancient Rome as if you were there. Rome Reborn aims at reconstructing the whole Ancient Rome in Virtual Reality (Image by Flyover Zone Productions).