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How Much is Facebook Investing in Spatial Computing?

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For an indexed library of spatial computing insights, data, reports and multimedia, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. Q4 2014 R&D spend increased to $1.1

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Cooperation of Deep Tech SMEs and Global Giants Drive Opportunities in the Metaverse

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Nokia , the Finnish telecom giant, has been focusing on telecommunication infrastructure development after selling its mobile phone business to Microsoft in 2014. This trend will open opportunities in e.g., edge computing, data encryption, and standardization work.

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All you need to know on Azure Kinect

The Ghost Howls

My story in the virtual reality ecosystem is deeply interwoven to the presence of this sensor , since I entered the VR field in 2014 with a startup on full body virtual reality (called Immotionar ) that was able to offer the user its full body in VR thanks to the mixing of an array of Kinects and a VR headset. Azure Kinect DK.

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How Will the AR Cloud Unlock the Spatial Web?

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This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including Also known as mirrorworld and other monikers, it’s about data that’s anchored to places and things that AR devices can process into meaningful content. including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years.

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Meta Faces FTC Injunction on Within Unlimited Deal

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According to the regulators, Meta launched a “campaign to conquer VR” in 2014 after buying out VR headset manufacturer Oculus. The European bloc’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) bans unauthorised consumer data mining, prompting the ruling.

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Updates on the Decentralized Metaverse: WebXR, A-Frame, & ‘Supermedium’

Road to VR

spec include Firefox Release 55, Oculus Browser, Samsung Internet, & Microsoft Edge. It’s been a long journey to the official launch of WebVR, and here’s some of the previous conversations about WebVR since the beginning of the podcast in May 2014. #13: 13: Vlad Vukicevic at SVVR 2014. #40:

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Led by Former Oculus Exec, Facebook’s New Cloud Gaming Service Paves the Way to VR Streaming

Road to VR

Rubin joined Oculus in 2014 as was a key spokesperson for the company’s VR before his role expanded into Facebook’s broader gaming initiatives | Image courtesy Jason Rubin. As the only company in the consumer space with a complete tech stack for VR cloud streaming, the strategy seems sound.

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