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HoloLens Optics Chief Joins Google Amid Reported Push for Upcoming Google AR Headset

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Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs. Now Kress is back at Mountain View working on Google’s next AR headset.

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The Apple Effect: Magic Leap Founder’s Previous Company Launches App on Vision Pro

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.” With the entrance of Apple Vision Pro, one such entity to follow suit is Stryker’s Mako , a robotic surgery group initially founded as a standalone company by Rony Abovitz, the founder and first CEO of AR unicorn Magic Leap. billion in 2013, or just around three years after Magic Leap was founded by Abovitz in stealth mode.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

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Source AR 101?—?A What are its features basic? What are some of Augmented Reality problems and challenges? In this article, you will find: AR definition, Basic features, and AR problems and challenges. Some AR Types Augmented Reality can be applied mainly on markers, 3d objects, flat surfaces, and faces.

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Airbus Launches HoloLens App to Train Future Airline Crews

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Passenger jet maker Airbus has created a Microsoft HoloLens app to train engineers and cabin crews. “The result of the prototype is very positive and we are studying the roadmap for future development and implementation,” the spokesperson said. . Microsoft demonstrated JAL’s app last year.

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Meta Expects to Ship 10,000 AR Dev Kits in 2017

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. “There’s more Meta 2 pre-orders than there are HoloLens headsets in the world,” Ryan Pamplin, VP of Sales & Partnerships at Meta, told me during a recent visit to check out the latest changes to the company’s AR headset. SEE ALSO Exclusive: Meta 2 AR Demos Revealed in Full. Photo by Road to VR.

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Apple’s Tim Cook Sees Opportunity In AR, But It ‘Will Take Some Time To Get Right’

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Google , Intel, Facebook and Microsoft have all either already begun or announced significant VR initiatives in the past 12-24 months. In an interview with Buzzfeed , Apple CEO Tim Cook made some interesting comments related to AR and VR. ” Cook’s words are not the only thing painting a picture of an AR-focused Apple.

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

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Smartphones are old news. The tech industry’s next bet is a series of technologies usually called augmented reality (AR) or mixed reality. Industry watchers and participants think that Apple has a good chance to validate and revolutionize AR like it did with smartphones. Where is Spatial Computing in its Lifecycle?