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Slashgear
JUNE 24, 2025
Seeking to ride the wave of the Wiis success, Sony and Microsoft sought to add Wii-like motion controls to consoles. Meanwhile, Microsoft created Kinect, a hands-free motion control solution for Xbox 360 that managed to differentiate itself from the Wii.
Road to VR
MARCH 12, 2024
.” 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. And that’s in spite of its $3,500 price tag.
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Road to VR
JANUARY 21, 2022
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.
Road to VR
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Glass had a rocky start in the world when it was first introduced in its 2013 Explorer Edition targeting early adopters and developers. Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company’s most recent smartglasses (or rather smart glass ), was only available to partner companies when it launched in May 2019.
UploadVR Between Realities podcast
MAY 4, 2017
Magic Leap. For a secretive company, we can learn a lot about Magic Leap from their patent filings and acquisitions, namely that they launched without a clear path to executing their vision. In April of last year Abovitz landed himself on the cover of Wired magazine with what was dubbed the Magic Leap “photonic chip.”
Road to VR
MAY 4, 2017
Back in 2013 the company had announced and taken pre-orders for a $3,000 headset called the Meta Pro. While Meta has raised a considerable $73 million in venture capital to fund their ongoing development, giants like Microsoft, Magic Leap, and perhaps even Apple loom. SEE ALSO Exclusive: Meta 2 AR Demos Revealed in Full.
Tech Trends VR
MARCH 7, 2018
it makes strategic sense that Pearson has partnered with Microsoft to develop content for the HoloLens Click To Tweet. One example is Axel Springer Digital Ventures recently announcing that they would be investing an undisclosed amount in Magic Leap. That ship has sailed! If you are looking at the future, it’s right here.
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