VRScout

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This past October, TF International Securities analyst and veteran Apple researcher Ming-Chi Kuo released research indicating that Apple would be launching its long-rumored AR headset during the second quarter of 2020 and would be partnering third-party eyeglass brands, hinting at a modular design. Image Credit: Apple.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2019

A flurry of new job listings for Apple’s secretive ‘Technology Development Group’ suggests that the company has reached a new phase of turning its years of AR/VR R&D into actual upcoming products. However, Apple only barely dipped its toe into VR , but in recent years has become publicly silent on the subject.

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Upload VR

APRIL 15, 2024

The OpenXR working group includes all the major companies in the industry, including Meta, Pico, HTC, Valve, Varjo, and Unity - but notably not Apple. specification was finalized in 2019. Various companies and groups have added extra features on top of the core spec through OpenXR Extensions, and OpenXR 1.1 The OpenXR 1.0

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Upload VR

MAY 18, 2023

A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman includes some interesting claims about the history of Apple's head mounted displays development effort. In January, Gurman reported that Apple had indefinitely postponed the AR glasses , shifting its full focus to the upcoming headset and development of a more affordable model down the line.

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Voices of VR

APRIL 15, 2024

minor release comes out today, which moves some of the more commonly used extensions into core and it also marks a new Khronos Group commitment to a yearly release cycle. on July 29, 2019, and Khronos Group President Neil Trevett […] The OpenXR 1.1 The OpenXR 1.1

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. They are Apple AR glasses!” I have this impression for a few reasons.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

Denny Rönngren, an OpenXR system architect at Varjo, noted: Varjo has been a contributor and adopter of OpenXR since 2019, and we are excited to be able to equip our enterprise customers with the cutting-edge capabilities of OpenXR 1.1. The OpenXR Working Group leverage industry-wide feedback to improve its API service.

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Upload VR

MAY 20, 2022

A detailed report from The Information charts the decisions behind the apparent years-long delay of Apple’s upcoming AR/VR headset. Apple’s VR/AR team is called Technology Development Group (TDG) and is led by former Dolby executive Mike Rockwell.

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VRScout

MARCH 13, 2020

billion in 2015; companies such as Google and Alibaba Group were among those that backed the startup, making their post-money valuation around roughly $3.7 With both Facebook and Apple supposedly in development of their own proprietary AR headsets, it’ll be interesting to see how, or if, Magic Leap adjusts to this changing climate.

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VRScout

AUGUST 6, 2019

Image Credit: The Lego Group. Newbury Haunted High / Image Credit: The Lego Group. The Shrimp Shack / Image Credit: The Lego Group. Image Credit: The Lego Group. Featured Image Credit: The Lego Group. Using a special app built by genius scientist J.B.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Intellivision has thoughtfully designed every game on Amico to encourage group participation and teamwork through “couch co-op” style gameplay. This includes a unique feature that allows you to play a brief demo of Moon Patrol 2019 , a modern reimagining of the 1982 Atari classic in augmented reality.

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ARPost

JUNE 23, 2020

QReal , a subsidiary of The Glimpse Group , is a company that specializes in making 3D models for use in AR and VR applications. It’s a huge step forward in terms of distribution,” QReal co-founder Alper Guler told ARPost in a 2019 interview. “I They’ve worked with giants including Channel, Timberland, Sony, Amazon, and Panera Bread.

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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. Google has also had its share of VR ventures, including the standalone Daydream platform, which it discontinued in 2019.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

The latest MR Glass headset comes after subsequent iterations, including a proof of concept (PoC) and OPPO AR Glass in 2019 and 2021, respectively. The latter rose to global prominence along with Xiaomi following Huawei’s component trade restrictions in 2019. OPPO also launched two OPPO Air Glass products in recent years.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Valve absolutely stole consumer VR headlines in 2019 when it debuted its technologically groundbreaking Index headset, which blew pundits away with high-quality VR gaming applications. The move again mirrors attempts by Meta and Apple to create an immersive home space for users to access applications via a landing page dashboard.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

Creating new standalone headsets make sharing VR a social experience, which can aid in training and group activities. As a result, companies like Apple, Google, Magic Leap, Microsoft, Oculus, and others will be in attendance with experiences. Likewise, you may see these interviewees at XRDC and can swap and share experiences.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 16, 2023

Furthermore, Amazon Germany listings display an “Xreal Air Adapter”, which could be a successor to Nreal’s Apple Adapter, which the firm released last year, selling out in 24 hours ! Epic and Nreal later agreed to enter a 60-day negotiation period in 2019.

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VRScout

MARCH 3, 2020

Castle Smurthenstein (Image Credit: Apple II Bits ). VentureBeat reported that PUBG Mobile, a popular mobile version of the original PC release, surpassed $1bn in revenue in 2019. Meanwhile, Neilson’s SuperData tracking reports that Fortnite made $1.8bn in 2019. . Blade And Sorcery mod The Outer Rim (Image Credit: WarpFrog).

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The team at NUVIA is strong, comprised of top SoC architects from Apple and Google, with a long history of success within the ranks of the company. Series A funding was announced on November 15 th , 2019, and raised $53M. NUVIA currently resides on a floor in one of Dell’s unused corporate buildings in the Bay Area, for example.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2017

The world’s most-visited theme park company, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide, dominates the charts, entertaining over 130 million people each year, more than double the attendance of the next largest company, Merlin Entertainments Group. DisneyQuest’s ‘Ride the Comix’ | Photo courtesy Dave Pape ( CC BY 2.0 ).

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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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. NextVR failed to close a Series C investment in late 2018, leading to layoffs of 40% of their staff in January 2019. by Devon Copley.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. Mn by 2027 and 2019 seems to be the second wind with Sandbox VR raising $68 million from Andreessen Horowitz and other investors. Groups or individuals. LBVR is considered worth $12,324.7

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He believed China would have its own augmented and virtual reality giants, just as how the domestic smartphone industry birthed global leaders like Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi that rival Apple today. The young generation is well-versed in both worlds, with work experience in Silicon Valley and often an Ivy League degree. .’

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Bernard Marr

JUNE 28, 2023

One AI-powered music tool, Amper (now part of Shutterstock), was created by a group of movie industry musicians who realized there was a high demand for custom soundtracks for incidental and background music. And in 2019, Holly Herndon used an AI-synthesized version of her own voice to sing harmonies alongside her own vocals.

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AR Insider

MARCH 5, 2020

The first killer app of the Apple II personal computer was VisiCalc?—?a On one hand, groups like Microsoft with their Hololens 2 have recognized the great need for three-dimensional representations of data in the medical field, but in many cases a doctor may not want to gear up to get access to that critical missing depth information.

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Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

It's still very early days for this type of Darwinian experimentation with Owlchemy Labs' innovations of captioning starting with Vacation Simulator in October 2019 as well as the captioning experiments and accessibility features by ILM Immersive (formerly ILMxLAB) within Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge.

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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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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Going into 2019, the industry eagerly awaits HoloLens 2 and Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as rumors swirl around the possibility of AR glasses from Apple and/or Facebook in the near future. The 6th annual EWTS will be held September 17-19, 2019 in Dallas, TX.

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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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Mashable VR

APRIL 7, 2022

19, 2019, as part of NBC's "Green Week" (aka "Green is Universal"), the network's week-long lineup of programs made to increase environmental awareness. She worked for Blue Man Group and she did the puppet maintenance on The Lion King on Broadway," Fischer revealed. "To They recalled that the episode ran on Nov.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 29, 2022

In 2019, a mountain biking accident left Marco with a spinal cord injury that paralyzed him from the neck down. That will mean users can resize text up to 200 percent, use Apple and Android screen reader tools, and hear audio descriptions of video content, among other features.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

At $299, a Quest 2 costs more than the 4K TV I bought for around $250 in 2019. That’s what Match Group, Tinder's parent company, reportedly has in the works. Both groups can surely agree that going to a virtual Miller Lite-branded bar is the worst of all worlds. But what is actually gained from this?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In a post summarizing the results obtained in 2019 and talking about the future projections for 2020, Valve has teased interesting news for next year, saying that SteamVR 2.0 Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. I really hope so. The technology can be so powerful, but it must be used the right way. Valve teases SteamVR 2.0.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

One VR, one AR, and that will become clearer over time, and trying to force the two together, like Zuckerberg and I were doing is causing massive confusion as we wait for Apple, and others, to ship usable augmented reality devices. The problem with reacting to Apple. It’s clear there are two separate camps.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

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. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2020

This year, I’m not going to make an exception, also because my predictions for 2019 performed pretty well. 2019, after a false start, has been a very good year for VR , and we had the arrival on the market of very interesting VR devices that have driven adoption. Every year, I cast some predictions for the new year in AR and VR.

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