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

Road to VR

billion in 2013, or just around three years after Magic Leap was founded by Abovitz in stealth mode. At risk of comparing mixed reality Apples too closely to augmented reality oranges, one of the key differentiators was the lack of broad app integration that would make it more usable for prosumers looking for “the next big thing.”

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

Road to VR

CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years. From the advent of the Oculus Rift in 2012, we saw Oculus attend the show for the first time in 2013 to show off their pre-production Rift headset prototype ahead of the DK1 launch, following their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. Oculus’ Pre-DK1 Prototype, shown at CES 2013.

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5 Important Health And Fitness Tech Trends For 2023

Bernard Marr

Take virtual and augmented reality, for example. Wearables becoming more sophisticated and powerful Fitness trackers such as the Fitbit wristbands, as well as smartwatches like Apple, Pixel, and Samsung models with inbuilt fitness tracking capabilities, have been with us for a while.

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6 Reasons Why China is Leading VR Growth Worldwide

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

In a country where education is characterized by a predominance of test-taking and rote memorization, my goals were to unleash their creativity and critical thinking, while exploring the frontiers of learning through new pedagogy and the revolutionary potential of technologies such as virtual and augmented reality.

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Over 20 Use Cases of Smart Glasses, VR Headsets, and Smartwatches at Airports

EnterpriseWear

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. More recently, the use of wearable augmented and virtual reality devices by airport and airline technicians to train, perform maintenance, and receive remote support has gained traction.

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Meet & Greet in AR, with Spatial’s Jacob Loewenstein

XR for Business Podcast

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. But the headline is that Spatial enables people to collaborate from anywhere with augmented reality. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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Meet & Greet in AR, with Spatial’s Jacob Loewenstein

XR for Business Podcast

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. But the headline is that Spatial enables people to collaborate from anywhere with augmented reality. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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