XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The VR industry has skyrocketed immensely, with immersive headset shipments spiking 92 percent in 2019 and 70 percent in 2020. The Dublin-based IT consultancy has outlined a Metaverse Continuum Group to facilitate digital transformations for businesses. According to IDC data, VR headset shipments are expected to increase 42.88

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MARCH 21, 2019

EON Reality Italia is delighted to confirm that it will be hosting the company’s global annual event, EON Experience Fest, for 2019. APPLY TO ATTEND EON EXPERIENCE FEST 2019. We have some very impressive things to demonstrate and an equally spectacular group of guests and presenters. revolution. and Classroom 3.0.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 1, 2019

The European leg of the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2019 will commence this October, held across two days in Munich, Germany. Today, the AWE EU 2019 agenda has gone live, revealing a rich lineup of talks focused on current and future augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) technology.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. The OpenXR Working Group leverage industry-wide feedback to improve its API service. Moreover, Muniz explained that OpenXR 1.1 Muniz also added: OpenXR 1.1

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EON Reality

MARCH 25, 2019

EON Reality Italia is delighted to confirm that it will be hosting the company’s global annual event, EON Experience Fest, for 2019. The gathering for all of the VIP guests at EON Experience Fest 2019 will be at EON Reality Italy’s offices in the Worklife Innovation Hub, a dedicated technology space in the Emilia-Romagna region.

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2020

DigiLens , the Silicon Valley-based waveguide maker, today announced that Samsung’s venture capital group Samsung Ventures is increasing its stake in the company. ” SEE ALSO Microsoft is Expanding HoloLens 2 Availability with "tens of thousands" Shipped to Date.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2020

The latest funding round brings Mojo Vision’s total funding to more than $159 million, with its penultimate round to date netting the company $58 million in March 2019. Dr. Greg Papadopoulos, PhD, venture partner at New Enterprise Associates, will join Mojo Vision’s board of directors.

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VRScout

JANUARY 9, 2020

XR for Classroom Learning featured a group of 20 developers who have created educational content designed for XR with support from ten different government programs. Thank you @usedgov for hosting us at the 2019 Ed Games Expo. When it comes to VR, you are actively immersed and fully focused on solving learning problems.”.

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ARPost

JUNE 15, 2021

I’m really excited about the group that they’ve put together,” said Emrich. 8th Wall has become the home for holograms on WebAR since our initial integration with Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios in 2019,” said Emrich. “In In case you aren’t familiar, Tetavi is a mid-size volumetric capture solution.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

” Roh also mentioned that Samsung’s XR venture will involve service partnerships with Meta and Microsoft, but declined to provide specific details. Microsoft recently said it will lay off 10,000 employees. Those other headsets haven’t been doing well, though.

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ARPost

JUNE 5, 2023

ARPost started speculating in 2018 on a 2019 release. The “Building Open Standards for the Metaverse” panel moderated by Moor Insights and Strategy Senior Analyst Anshel Sag brought together XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) founder and CEO Kavya Pearlman, XRSI Advisor Elizabeth Rothman, and Khronos Group President Neil Trevett.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 17, 2019

Microsoft’s new piece of kit doesn’t disappoint, but the real excitement of its MWC announcement goes well beyond the hardware. Microsoft is in this for the long haul and will continue cashing in just fine without even touching the consumer market Click To Tweet. That’s the low-hanging fruit as far as Microsoft is concerned.

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ARPost

MARCH 3, 2020

In 2019, the number of people using AR has increased by 9.1 million people in 2019. A post shared by ARVRWomen (@arvrwomen) on Jun 4, 2019 at 8:30am PDT. Since 2017, we’ve been able to see significant growth in the adoption of AR and VR across different industries. Source: eMarketer. The Demand for Education in VR and AR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus. ” Battlegrounds USA | 2019 | Creator: Nancy Baker Cahill.

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Peter Graham

JULY 29, 2019

To help grow and support the growing virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR) industries, The Khronos Group and its affiliates have been working on the OpenXR standard since 2016. “The working group is excited to launch the 1.0 Today, the consortium has announced the launch of the 1.0

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 4, 2018

There wasn’t a specific announce surrounding support for VR games (see update), although as Khronos Group’s OpenXR standard marches ever onward in its mission to make market fragmentation a thing of the past, it’s possible those “open platforms” will also include VR.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

With Oculus having already debuted their upcoming Oculus Quest 6DoF standalone headset with dual controller support, 2019 is shaping up to be an even bigger year for standalone VR. Image Credit: Baobab Studios / ILMxLAB / Oculus Facebook / Microsoft / Gap / Oculus Facebook. ENTERPRISE & TRAINING. HEADING INTO THE NEW YEAR….

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Upload VR

MAY 18, 2023

Despite this realization, the report claims Apple's AR/VR team, called Technology Development Group (TDG) "continued to describe its work as laying the foundation for AR glasses" to secure resources, 90% of which were actually going to the development of the headset Apple is expected to reveal next month.

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Yesterday at Mobile World Congress, Microsoft unveiled HoloLens 2, the company’s next iteration of its enterprise-focused standalone AR headset. Microsoft’s Julia Schwarz demoing on-stage, Image courtesy Microsoft. The short answer: yes. For a split second my attention drew to a slight breeze in the room.

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ARPost

MARCH 31, 2023

So, in the past few weeks we have seen big tech, including Meta and Microsoft, announce massive layoffs , mostly to their XR division and at the same time, pivoting towards artificial intelligence and generative content. Despite the news, this year’s DEAL expo was as busy as ever. Perhaps more like 60fps or 45fps with reprojection to 90hz?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Around the world, countless companies and groups are already reaping the benefits of extended reality technology. In 2019, the company started a new initiative to bring “Lean Six Sigma” processes to the entire Aptiv supply chain. Microsoft HoloLens and GE. Meta Oculus and Aptiv. Varjo and the Finnish Air Force.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The total revenues on the Quest Store alone had been $1B since its foundation in 2019, and this shows that many people are enjoying Quest games. A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. Reality Labs had $2.3B revenues in 2021 , up from $1.14B in 2020, with a 2x growth over one year period.

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AR Insider

APRIL 15, 2020

NextVR failed to close a Series C investment in late 2018, leading to layoffs of 40% of their staff in January 2019. Clearly there’s some valuable technical folks on the team but much of this group is likely duplicative of Apple’s existing capabilities, and a number of key engineers saw the writing on the wall and left during the last year.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds. The device can provide simultaneous two-way translation in multiple languages and offer several modes—face-to-face translation, group translation, and broadcast translation. Mobile application.

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ARPost

JULY 14, 2020

The above-mentioned headset shortage among XR companies has inspired a number of content producers to rethink their gameplan, including AIXR award-winning group FundamentalVR. GIGXR materialized last year when educational publishing powerhouse Pearson and Microsoft wanted to find a home for educational XR content. FundamentalVR.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

The company is reportedly departing from tradition by creating a dedicated Vision Products Group (VPG) , which is tasked with spearheading XR product development. .” Apple’s Chronically Late Adoption Without speculating too far about into its XR ambitions, it appears Apple is turning somewhat of a new leaf with Vision Pro.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

It has also launched similar projects for enterprise, consumer, and industrial devices with Microsoft. The latest MR Glass headset comes after subsequent iterations, including a proof of concept (PoC) and OPPO AR Glass in 2019 and 2021, respectively. OPPO also launched two OPPO Air Glass products in recent years.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Having launched its first VR headset in late 2017, alongside a handful of similar headsets as part of Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality platform, HP is preparing to take its next step with the launch of a new headset that diverges from the pack. The first I recognize: Samsung’s recently launched Odyssey+.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 21, 2019

The studio has developed three Oculus exclusive titles, with its fourth and largest yet, Stormland , still due to launch in 2019. Sony will bring the studio under its SIE Worldwide Studios group, which has churned out some of the company’s most lauded exclusive games (VR and otherwise). Image courtesy Insomniac Games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Inviting around 75 companies to participate in the accelerator, Taqtile collaborated with the International Airlines Group (IAG) to demo digital transformation tools for aviation repair and maintenance operations. Trainees could use Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Magic Leap headsets, as well as tablets and smartphones for the platform.

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Road to VR

JULY 9, 2020

The growing importance of company’s first-party game studios to Sony’s console business was made even more apparent when it was recently announced that the company will rebrand the studio group from Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios to, simply, PlayStation Studios.

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ARVR

MARCH 4, 2021

A group of students from the University of Georgia also created ChopChop , an AR delivery app, using echoAR (and you can too!). Back in 2019, before COVID restrictions were a thing, Bud Light partnered with the Washington Capitals to provide fans with AR games using Bud Light coasters in local bars near the Capital One Arena.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2019

600,000); We have always predicted that Quest would have sold 1–2M units in 2019. Image by Microsoft). Microsoft wants to play safe, though, so it is now launching it only in two small countries , so that to identify possible problems only in a small subset of the worldwide population before the big launch. Other relevant news.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The tech industry responded by rallying as a community and a group. Before 2019, headsets were largely tethered to PCs, and Qualcomm helped to ‘cut the cord’ and enable the next evolution of standalone devices. Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion.

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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. HoloLens got a major software update , and Microsoft introduced new enterprise mixed reality applications like Microsoft Remote Assist and Microsoft Layout.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Until now, this graph has been realistic during all the XR over-hyping and the depressions: it forecasted the winter of VR in 2017-2018, and the new growth in 2019-2020, so I keep trusting it and I think you should do that, too. Me trying Huawei VR glasses at WCVRI 2019. OpenXR will finally be implemented.

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