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Is Personal Computing’s Next Conquest Your Face?

AR Insider

Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. — Amazon’s approach is to get a lightweight product out now, while Facebook is promising advanced technology in a few years. A first step for Amazon.

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AR and VR Investments Are Accelerating

VRWorld

They accounted for 86% of the number of investors in AR/VR startups in current quarter of 2016. Alibaba and Amazon. Certainly Magic Leap won big by attracting Google, Qualcomm, Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, among other investors. And that is the 9th straight quarter of investment trending upwards.

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Magic Leap Could be a Great Strategic Acquisition

VRWorld

Since Magic Leap’s inception in 2011, there has been great innovation in the technology sector focused in the virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) space with Magic Leap trying to create a new hardware interface designs. Enter Magic Leap. Who Would Want to Buy?

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. Are some publicly accessible locations inappropriate or offensive (2016 saw complaints of Pokestops in graveyards, hospitals, churches and memorials).

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As UploadVR Turns 2 We Reflect On The First Full Year of Consumer VR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

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.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies.

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

In 2013, after 10 years of creating video games, he joined Magic Leap where he was promoted to senior director, overseeing content and SDK teams. At Magic Leap, Paul recognized the lack of accessible tools for non-game developers that was hindering widespread adoption of immersive and spatial computing technologies.

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