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Road to VR
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.
ARPost
JULY 30, 2020
Visual augmented reality became mainstream with Pokemon Go (2016) and Snapchat filters, but its use cases are now moving beyond gaming and entertainment. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds. Examples of Augmented Reality in Action. Top 3 Types of AR-Enabled Hearables.
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UploadVR Between Realities podcast
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
First, HTC delays the Vive until April 2016, with plans to show an updated developer kit at CES in January. At the end of the month, Oculus officially delays the release of Touch controllers until the last half of 2016. January 2016. February 2016. March 2016. April 2016.
AR Insider
OCTOBER 31, 2019
The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.
The Ghost Howls
DECEMBER 8, 2021
Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. This could explain why the Wand and Index motion controllers are still the only choices for SteamVR , despite the Vive launching to consumers back in 2016.
XR for Business Podcast
JULY 7, 2020
Marc: I used to run the Majenta division of Autodesk, so I was building the legacy -- not real time -- tools for visualization in the film and TV industry, and I joined Epic in 2016. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much. At the time, for me it was like, "Oh my God, they're going to make it."
XR for Business Podcast
JULY 7, 2020
Marc: I used to run the Majenta division of Autodesk, so I was building the legacy -- not real time -- tools for visualization in the film and TV industry, and I joined Epic in 2016. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much. At the time, for me it was like, "Oh my God, they're going to make it."
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