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Microsoft’s Meandering XR Strategy Could Lead to Another Zune Moment

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At least from the outside, it appears Microsoft isn’t actively competing for a seat at the XR table, which is fairly odd coming from a company that pioneered enterprise AR while simultaneously wrangling some of its top OEM partners to make a fleet of PC VR headsets for consumers in 2017. Breaking the Zune Curse?

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

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More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One. Magic Leap. Augmented Reality in 2018.

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One More Thing From Apple Vision Pro: Validation For An Industry

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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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Hands-on: Lumus Prototype AR Glasses Are Smaller & Better Than Ever

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For comparison, here’s a look at the first time we saw Maximus back in 2017. By comparison similar devices like HoloLens 2 and Magic Leap tend to have hazy color inconsistency which often shows a faint rainbow haze from one side of the view to the other. Photo by Road to VR.

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Dogmented Reality ‘Coming Soon’ To Apple’s New ARKit

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Apple’s new ARKit platform might be about to change that, however. any sufficiently advanced doggo technology is indistinguishable from magic. Good Dogs (@GoodDogsGame) June 28, 2017. The platform stands as a rival to Google’s new Tango platform for Android devices. coming soon.

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Meta's Head Of AR Glasses Hardware Claims They're As Mindblowing As The Original Oculus Rift

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The company has repeatedly spoken of its intentions to bring AR glasses to market since 2017, and in 2021 revealed the effort is called Project Nazare. LCoS isn't a new technology, it has been used in movie projectors since the 90s as well as in AR products like HoloLens 1 and Magic Leap 2.

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Report Predicts AR and VR Headsets Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021

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Samsung confirmed at CES in January that its Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR headset had passed an install base figure of 5 Million and more recently Google affirmed that it had shipped over 10 Million Cardboard viewers. The post Report Predicts AR and VR Headsets Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021 appeared first on Road to VR.

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