Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Since its founding in 2010, the company has garnered a total of $275 million in investment funds, the most recent of which brought in $260 million in 2017. SEE ALSO iOS 13 Code Suggests Apple is Testing Its AR Headset Internally. Image courtesy Daqri.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 10, 2024

The firm is allowing CES visitors to get hands-on with the product; seemingly, XREAL is targeting firms like Apple and Meta with a low-cost AR/MR device. The news comes after XREAL claimed to have shipped “up to” 350,000 pairs of AR glasses since the firm’s inception in 2017. BMW Group, Nio, Quintar, and Forma Vision.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I myself switched from Apple to Samsung in 2015 specifically for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. But if Apple beats them to it, I’ll switch back to Apple. The company later launched the Odyssey PC VR headset in 2017 and a revised model the following year. Those other headsets haven’t been doing well, though.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2017

We’re all waiting for the day when you can put on a singular, tether-free headset and experience all the ‘R’s that VR/AR/MR have to offer—and NormalVR , a “small but focused” group of passionate immersive media creators just gave us a peek into what’s possible when you mash it all together.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Burberry Group Plc is the latest luxury brand to experiment with augmented reality, adding technology from Apple Inc. 2014 then-CEO Angela Ahrendts left Burberry to join Apple as an executive in. The post Burberry Integrates Apple AR Tech into its Fashion App appeared first on VR World. Fashion seems to like AR and VR.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Augmented Reality Definition Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that overlays digital content (graphics, text, audio, and video) on real-world images using mobile devices, PCs, or glasses, which have an integrated camera and specialized software (Papagiannis, 2017). Read more here: AR 101?—?Augmented Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

This week, smart glasses manufacturer XREAL announced a successful funding round of $60 million in a strategic round to launch the firm as a competitor to the Apple Vision Pro. BMW Group, Nio, Quintar, and Forma Vision as part of its partner spotlight. The spatial computing gears are turning.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

According to media reports, the layoffs include its entire Mixed Reality Toolkit group and the AltspaceVR team, effectively killing Microsoft’s own Hololens project. What about Meta, Google and Apple? Apple still hasn’t released its long-awaited AR headset. million in 2022. million units its first year.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

It was a game I would play on the Apple IIe in study hall back in the day when teachers thought any kid using a computer was learning something; little did they know all I was learning about was where I could find a lucrative quest and get a stiff ale on the tough streets of Skara Brae. As a big fan of RPGs, The Bard’s Tale is dear to me.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, we cover NFL’s new VR series, Intel buying Voke, indigenous languages living on with VR, Unity’s big developer updates, Microsoft’s line of VR headsets, Apple using VR to develop self-driving car, money & funding, and more. ObEN closed a $7.7M

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The company revealed a range of Windows VR headsets alongside its upcoming Windows 10 update known as “Redstone” This update will come to market as the Windows 10 Creator’s Edition, scheduled for April 2017. Let’s see can Apple surprise us with their announcement, starting just 24 hours after the Microsoft one.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

One of the first to enter this business is the Metaverse Group, which operates a virtual world called Decentraland. Late last year, a report surfaced that the parent company of the Metaverse Group announced that “a site in the heart of Decentraland’s Fashion Street district” has been sold for a record $2.5 equivalent in MANA on Dec.

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VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

I was familiar with Austin, Texas because of SXSW — having attended with my previous employer, Emblematic Group. Texas’ business incentives have attracted the attention of IBM, Motorola, Apple, and Indeed. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google. Michael Dell relocated Dell’s headquarters to North Austin in 1984.

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Cats and VR

APRIL 23, 2017

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” pic.twitter.com/Imz5b13uu4 — CatsAndVR (@CatsAndVR) April 15, 2017. TaxMarch #vr pic.twitter.com/QvSzosF5x1 — CatsAndVR (@CatsAndVR) April 15, 2017. VR is growth, VR is creative freedom, VR is the future. vr #growth.

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TechCrunch VR

AUGUST 29, 2021

million in 2017 and its first Series B round in April 2020, from backers that included South Korea-based Shinsegae Information & Communication, Woomi Construction, SL Investment, KDB Capital, Shinhan Capital, Enlight Ventures, CKD Venture Capital, and Breeze Investment, Ha said. Existing investors did not join this round.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Apple glasses. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews). In 2019 we’ll see more strategic acquisitions by Apple and more rumors about an incoming AR glass by Apple. Augmented Reality in 2018. Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Just a few weeks ago, major forces collaborating on the WebVR Spec gathered in San Jose, CA for the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality , a two-day conference where the likes of Mozilla, Google, Samsung, Microsoft, Oculus, The Khronos Group, and many more hashed out the latest developments and directions for the WebVR ecosystem.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

” Pixvana maintains that a preview version of their SPIN Player will be available soon, with the publisher close to follow in early 2017. Pixvana came out of stealth with their announcement of a $6 million seed round back in December led by Madrona Venture group with participation from Vulcan Capital and other angel investors.

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AR Insider

APRIL 15, 2020

Why is Apple Buying NextVR. Two such companies apparently found ports in the storm last week: NextVR reportedly is being acquired by Apple, and 6D.ai Apple and NextVR. The obvious question is: what does NextVR have that could be worth $100m to Apple? Find out more or contact us to participate here. by Devon Copley.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2024

Facilitated by the standards body Khronos Group, OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to standardize the development of VR and AR applications, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. Image courtesy Khronos Group Following the OpenXR 1.0 release in 2019, this week’s release of OpenXR 1.1 “OpenXR 1.1

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Road to VR

AUGUST 27, 2016

The game, which is projected for a July 2017 release, is said to include a map builder so would-be game masters can design levels, place items, and populate the dungeon with monsters—something Arrowstorm says can be done in either a desktop-based top down map editor, or a more immersive VR editor. Estimated Jul 2017.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A home security system is a group of devices that all work together to protect your home, usually using a combination of visual surveillance, motion detection, audible alarms, and system alerts. Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility are pretty standard nowadays, while Apple HomeKit options are fewer and far between.)

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 2, 2018

His current position as Technical Fellow of the Windows and Devices Group enables him to maintain a hands-on approach to building the HoloLens and related Windows Mixed Reality software platform. In 2017, a Spanish team of surgeons used the mixed-reality headset successfully while operating on a patient with a malignant muscular tumour.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 9, 2017

As we look forward to 2017 then, we’ve reached out to a bunch of industry experts and insiders to get their views on where we’re headed over the next 12 months. We asked all of these developers the same four questions: 1) What do you think will happen to the VR/AR market in 2017? 2) What NEEDS to happen to the VR AR market in 2017?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2017, Apple CEO Tim Cook , a huge augmented reality enthusiast, stating that AR could be used “everywhere” ― “in education, in consumers, in entertainment, in sports” . The history of augmented reality (AR) started in 1968 at Harvard with the invention of the first AR head-mounted display (HMD) system.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Life of Geroge was retired by the LEGO Group in 2015. . LEGO Fusion retired from the LEGO Group in 2015. . LEGO AR Studio (2017). In 2017, the Creative Play Lab, LEGO Group’s department that explores the future of play, launched LEGO AR Studio. LEGO House Fish Designer (2017). Ultra Agents (2014).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 4, 2023

While the emerging technology space is gaining ground in the popular hive-mind thanks to the marketing efforts of Meta, Apple, and others, it is still underrepresented in the workplace. XR is still a new tool for enterprise end-users. Therefore introducing XR as a serious workplace tool can come with misconceptions and hurdles.

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2017

Demonstrated live on-stage during the Unity Vision Summit, you can already try it out for yourself in the Unity 2017 beta. The two designs will be licensed to a select group of commercial partners… and the x24 claims to shoot 8K with 6 degrees of freedom. APPLE HIRES AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERT FROM NASA.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

billion by 2023 , growing at a CAGR of 9.98% from 2017 to 2023. At the same time, personal voice assistants developed by tech giants — Alexa from Amazon, Siri from Apple, and Google Assistant — are standing at the forefront of the audio augmented reality market. The spread of AR-featured hearables and their opportunities are extending.

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Ryan Schultz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

to stay away from what seems to be an unending litany of bad news lately, but last night I slipped up and opened the Apple News app on my trusty iPad, which promptly spit up the article which is the topic of today’s cranky editorial. (It’s I wonder how the Metaverse Group is feeling about that particular $2.4

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

It (2017) is the latest remake of Stephen King’s world famous horror story. More than anything, however, was the terror waiting for you around every corner while you virtually float with the infamous red balloons…IT opened in theaters on September 8, 2017. 2017 Emmy Winner! If you haven't seen these yet, now is your chance!

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Follow this event on social media: Silicon Valley VR Expo (SVVR) Date: March 29-31, 2017 Venue: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA, USA Follow this event on social media: Or visit SVVR's update feed. FIVARS is a presentation of VRTO – Toronto’s virtual reality meetup group and think tank.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. We pivoted from a research group that was searching for a quest where their technology could be used in VR, to a company called SenseGlove. And that was kind of the start.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. We pivoted from a research group that was searching for a quest where their technology could be used in VR, to a company called SenseGlove. And that was kind of the start.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2020

So, yeah, with this belief, we started off in 2015 from a robotics group at the University of Delft -- Technical University of Delft -- here in the Netherlands. We pivoted from a research group that was searching for a quest where their technology could be used in VR, to a company called SenseGlove. And that was kind of the start.

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VRWorld

JULY 20, 2016

In 2017, the cross-licensing agreement between Nvidia and Intel will expire. More recently, AMD spun off its engineering teams under the Radeon Technologies Group, which is lead by Raja Koduri. Imagination Technologies tried to sell themselves to Apple, who owns 8.5% You can read more in my old analysis on Tom’s Hardware.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 10, 2021

I tested the same controller in SVVR in 2017 at the Immersion corporation booth. the XR Haptics working group I chair with Chris made incredible strides in only 6 months. Apple and Sony have brilliant scientists talking and working with open-minded product and designer teams. And it works!

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