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Microsoft’s Meandering XR Strategy Could Lead to Another Zune Moment

Road to VR

It had a compelling reason to exist, which is why Microsoft directly competed against iPod Touch over the course of three device generations before eventually giving up the goat in 2011 and discontinuing the third-gen Zune. Three years later it released HoloLens 2, which directly competes today against Magic Leap Two.

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

Road to VR

Samsung confirmed at CES in January that its Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR headset had passed an install base figure of 5 Million and more recently Google affirmed that it had shipped over 10 Million Cardboard viewers. SEE ALSO What VR Headset Makers (not analysts) Have Actually Said About Sales Expectations.

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DreamGlass is an interesting Augmented Reality glass that costs only $399

The Ghost Howls

Supported phones: Samsung: S8, S8 plus, Note 8, S9, S9 plus, Huawei: Mate 10, Mate 10 Pro, P20, P20 pro. But for developers that have not the money to buy a HoloLens or a Magic Leap (when it will come out, maybe in 3018), Dreamglass can be an interesting opportunity. IR camera for hand gesture recognition. 3.5mm jack.

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Venture Capitalists Contemplate How Much Exuberance Is Good for VR Investing

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

in the summer of 2011 we reached 100 million smartphone users. By the end of 2011 the freemium money exceeded premium money. Above: Samsung’s Gear 360 and Gear VR headset. But with Daydream and Samsung and other devices coming next year, we should see significant mobile installed base growth. What’s happened in the U.S.,

Strategy 100
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Go XR or Go Extinct, with Super Ventures’ Ori Inbar

XR for Business Podcast

When you when you think of all of the technologies we have with Hololens and Magic Leap and we have all these amazing technologies for spatial computing. I think Magic Leap calls it the Magicverse. I think I was at PTC’s LiveWorx this year and their Expert Capture system is really low tech. Alan: USDZ, anyone?

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Go XR or Go Extinct, with Super Ventures’ Ori Inbar

XR for Business Podcast

When you when you think of all of the technologies we have with Hololens and Magic Leap and we have all these amazing technologies for spatial computing. I think Magic Leap calls it the Magicverse. I think I was at PTC’s LiveWorx this year and their Expert Capture system is really low tech. Alan: USDZ, anyone?

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The YouTube of 3D Models, with Sketchfab CEO Alban Denoyel

XR for Business Podcast

My– So, Sketchfab is built on top of WebGL, which is the first web-based framework to display 3D graphics in the browser and WebGL was initiated by Mozilla back in 2011. Alban: Cedric started in 2011, I met him early 2012, and we officially launched in March 2012. Alan: Incredible. I mean, you guys have come a long, long way.