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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.13): Apple doesn’t show its AR glasses at WWDC, Meta delays its AR plans, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It’s since 2017 that I hear about how Apple is going to disrupt XR, I guess that sooner or later “the next year” is going to happen… By the way, even if Apple has not announced any glasses, it has kept releasing features that enrich its potential XR ecosystem. Amazon now offers the possibility to try-on shoes in AR on its app.

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

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. Magic Leap kicks off the month with the announcement of an enormous $794 million fundraising round, backed by Alibaba. December 2015. Google transitions Clay Bavor into a position as head of VR. February 2016.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

However, let me clarify: the Netflix VR app (which has been available on Samsung Gear VR since September 2015) and the new HBO VR app (exclusive to Daydream) are 360 degree virtual reality living rooms in which you can watch any traditional 2D media from each platform’s library… on a virtual television hanging on your virtual wall.

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Building the Foundation of XR with 5G, with Nokia’s Sandro Tavares

XR for Business Podcast

So back in 2017, we were saying 5G would be around by the end of 2020, beginning of 2021. And a Samsung. Not as centralized as, for example, you would see on an Amazon or in a Google data center or anything like that, but still very centralized and probably focusing just a few points of an operator countrywide network.

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Building the Foundation of XR with 5G, with Nokia’s Sandro Tavares

XR for Business Podcast

So back in 2017, we were saying 5G would be around by the end of 2020, beginning of 2021. And a Samsung. Not as centralized as, for example, you would see on an Amazon or in a Google data center or anything like that, but still very centralized and probably focusing just a few points of an operator countrywide network.

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Building the Foundation of XR with 5G, with Nokia's Sandro Tavares

XR for Business Podcast

So back in 2017, we were saying 5G would be around by the end of 2020, beginning of 2021. And a Samsung. Not as centralized as, for example, you would see on an Amazon or in a Google data center or anything like that, but still very centralized and probably focusing just a few points of an operator countrywide network.

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