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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Bert Nepveu is a co-founder of VRvana, which made a enterprise mixed reality headset that was acquired by Apple in 2017 and provided a number of key innovations that have now shipped with the Apple Vision Pro.

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MARCH 25, 2024

Half-Life: Alyx and other SteamVR games like Walkabout Mini Golf and Beat Saber are technically playable with Nintendo Joy-Cons on Apple Vision Pro. A port of ALVR enables PC VR streaming to Apple's $3500 headset and maps hand tracking to Valve’s skeletal input system in Steam. 6DoF Joy-Cons With Apple Vision Pro?

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JUNE 6, 2023

Believers in virtual and augmented reality found themselves sleepless and stirring on the eve of Apple's keynote address at WWDC23. As the moment drew near for the 10 am Pacific keynote from Apple, people watched who had bet their livelihoods on the belief that one day we'll wear glasses that are personal computers. Apple Vision Pro.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

After years of rumors, in September of 2014, the Apple Watch was officially revealed and while it was Apple’s first in-house digital wearable, 26 years earlier Seiko’s WristMac could actually be considered the first true Apple Watch.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 3, 2022

Apple may put three models of MacBooks out to pasture this month, according to a report. As PCMag reports (which is owned by Mashable's publisher, Ziff Davis), Apple may add the 11-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Air, and 13-inch MacBook Pro models released in early 2014 to its obsolete products list.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Citing sources close to the deal, TechCrunch reports that VR headset maker Vrvana has been acquired by Apple for $30 million. Vrvana is a little known VR headset maker that’s been on the scene since 2014. Now TechCrunch , citing sources close to the deal, reports that Apple has acquired the company for “around $30 million.”

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AUGUST 1, 2019

A flurry of new job listings for Apple’s secretive ‘Technology Development Group’ suggests that the company has reached a new phase of turning its years of AR/VR R&D into actual upcoming products. However, Apple only barely dipped its toe into VR , but in recent years has become publicly silent on the subject.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 20, 2022

First Godzilla defeated Kong, and now he’s going to Apple TV+. It’s set after the events of the 2014 film and here’s the logline: Read more. The streamer just announced its ordered a streaming series centered on everyone’s favorite King of the Monsters created by Chris Black and Matt Fraction.

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ARVR

APRIL 19, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Lite AR Picking up where we left off in the last installment of this series, Apple could inflect the AR glasses market when it enters. at least in V1?—?that

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JULY 6, 2023

The report cites "an official familiar with Samsung's internal circumstances" as saying the delay is caused by a redesign and specs upgrade prompted by the reveal of Apple Vision Pro. Samsung's History In VR From 2014 Samsung partnered with Facebook on the phone-based Gear VR headset, effectively the first mass-market VR product.

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MARCH 27, 2024

On March 25, 2014 the world learned Mark Zuckerberg purchased Oculus VR for over $2 billion. Facebook had around 10,000 employees when it acquired Oculus in 2014. Zuckerberg made his Oculus purchase in 2014 and that comment about transportation in 2017. Apple built a virtually limitless cash hoard drawn from the sale of iPhones.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Meta and Apple are building from different directions a path to the same future with virtual worlds to visit, spatial calling with hyper-realistic avatars, and all day augmentation. VR: Starting With Meta Quest Meta started with VR as Facebook in 2014 by acquiring Oculus.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 11, 2021

Apple CarPlay has changed (and improved) a lot since it made its debut in 2014, and it’s more widely supported in vehicles than ever before. Part of CarPlay’s appeal is its simplicity and ease-of-use, but that doesn’t mean that there aren’t some lesser-known tricks and tips that can help you make more of the platform. Read more.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In October of 2014, a rare Apple 1 motherboard, thought to be one of the first 50 built by Steve Wozniak in Steve Jobs’ family home, was sold by Bohnams at auction for $905,000. Today, you can own a small piece of that Silicon Valley artifact, but it comes attached to a customized iPhone 12 Pro or Max with… Read more.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Apple is developing an AR headset; so much is clear from its many AR-specific job listings and even its latest version of iOS, which includes a stereoscopic renderer. SEE ALSO Apple AR Headset FOV, Codename, and Stereoscopic Rendering Mode Reportedly Found in iOS 13.1. Image courtesy HTC. A lump sum payday? A piece of licensing?

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Mashable VR

MARCH 3, 2022

Apple's Maps and Weather apps now mark Crimea as part of Ukraine when accessed outside of Russia. Previously, Apple's apps tried to sidestep the issue by refusing to record Crimea as part of any country when accessed in most places. SEE ALSO: Apple 'doesn't give a damn,' marks Crimea as part of Russia on Apple Maps.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 8, 2022

It was not the briefest event Apple has ever held; that distinction goes to 2021's 50-minute unintentional self-parody. Gone were the themes of the past: no hymn to California ; no 420 references ; barely any zooming in, out or around the dystopian Apple spaceship. You might wonder who needs that many simultaneous streams.

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JULY 3, 2023

Palmer Luckey gave his take on Meta Quest Pro and Apple Vision Pro and explained what he would do differently if still at Oculus. Luckey was the public face of Oculus until 2017 when he was fired by Facebook, the company he sold Oculus to for over $2 billion in 2014. And I think that's the approach Apple is taking.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This will be Zuckerberg's publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalise the Gear VR smartphone headset partnership. Apple's Personas have a similar goal, but are currently deep in the uncanny valley and limited to a 2D window.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is Zuckerberg's first publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalize the Gear VR smartphone-holder headset partnership. This could bring over services like Netflix, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Hulu, Paramount+, and VUDU with no extra developer effort required.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In 2014, The US National Library of Medicine published a report that outlined how the benefits of having a daily meditation routine can actually reduce anxiety symptoms, improve stress reactivity, and boost your coping mechanisms. Each location is designed to immerse you in the experience and deepen your meditative state.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Then, “In 2014, I put on an Oculus for the first time and I saw the future.”. Six years later, the company was purchased by Apple. The same year that Apple purchased NextVR, InfiniteWorld was founded in Miami – a city rapidly becoming the physical epicenter of the metaverse.

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AR Insider

MARCH 30, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including The thought is that devices like Apple Watch and AirPods could condition consumers to wear sensors on their bodies, and thus acclimate to the cultural shift that will be required for AR glasses. Part V: Apple.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including But history tells us if anyone can accomplish that feat of mainstreaming emerging tech – or at least catalyze the process – it’s probably Apple. Apple of My Eye. Meanwhile, read the full report here.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In 2014, some very pervy creeps stole some very personal iCloud photos from some very high-profile celebs and put them on the open web, creating one very specific PR crisis for Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook. The company was about to roll out Apple Pay as part of its latest software update, a process that took more than a… Read more.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Posted earlier this summer, yet another Apple job listing seeks candidates with AR and VR proficiency. ” Game Technologies Engineers create the tools and capabilities which allow developers to make great games on Apple platforms. .”

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JANUARY 16, 2017

To many, the question of an Apple AR or VR headset has become a “when” rather than an “if” The President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios thinks 2017 is the year that Apple introduces its first immersive device. SEE ALSO Apple Mum on AR/VR for iPhone 7, but Here's How We Know They're Still Working on It.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Nearly All’ iPad Apps Will Be Available On Apple Vision Pro “Nearly all” iPad and iPhone apps will be available on Vision Pro, with compatible apps offered “by default,” Apple confirmed. Is this why Google and Meta can't make Google Play happen on Quest?

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GizModo VR

APRIL 11, 2021

Flappy Bird hasn’t graced the Apple App Store in years, not since its meteoric rise in popularity back in 2014 before its creator just as swiftly took it offline. Now the furiously addictive mobile game has been reincarnated in a form no one expected: an interactive macOS notification. Read more.

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AR Insider

MARCH 23, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including Apple integrated the technology in the iPad Pro last year, signaling that it would soon arrive at an iPhone near you. Apple Steps Further Into AR’s Future. Elevating AR.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 21, 2022

Apple is rumored to be launching a few desktop lines and new models this year and, with that, support for some of the older computers has got to go. Or does Apple still consider it to be "vintage?" Obsolete desktop Macs When a Mac becomes obsolete, that's the end of the road for that particular Apple product.

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AllThingsVR

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Apple has a secret team working to make the iPhone’s camera a portal to augmented reality By adding AR technology into the iPhone’s camera software, Apple wants consumers to be able to point the phone at a real-world object and have it be recognized, according to the person familiar with the matter. Apple declined to comment.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 20, 2022

TL;DR: As of April 20, this renewed Apple MacBook Air 13.3" GHz Intel Core i5 processor from 2014, plus a Graphics 5000 graphics processor, a FaceTime HD front facing webcam , and more. Inside, however, it'll run and work like a new 2014 MacBook Air. Credit: Apple. Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Prices subject to change.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. Q4 2014 R&D spend increased to $1.1 608 billion.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. Triangulating Clues in Apple’s AR Roadmap.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Yesterday Apple held a keynote presentation to update the world on their latest products. It’s too early for Apple to jump into the AR/VR game. That much was made clear on stage at the company’s latest keynote where they revealed the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2. Here’s how we know. Acquisitions.

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