Robert Scoble

JUNE 4, 2019

The Apple Privacy Wall/Strategy Analysis of How Apple will Come at Oculus Next Year. Contact Irena Cronin or me if you need business strategy help to enter the Spatial Computing world. Apple is clearly going after Facebook. Apple is building a new privacy wall that will surround all of its services and devices.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Apple , Google , Facebook and Microsoft are all on that list. Adding to all of the above, the ultimate confidence signal is Apple’s indications that it’s working on AR glasses. The thought is that successful AR strategies are starting to show the common trait of building on consumers’ existing behavior.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

20 for 2020: Augmented Reality Trends and How They May Play Out This Year. 2020 has arrived! Despite how perfect it would have been to see a huge win in consumer AR smartglasses in 2020 (20/20 vision, get it!), 2020 smartphones will also sport powerful chips and processors designed to power immersive experiences.

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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. billion in 2021, based on Strategy Analytics’ report.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

” Measures taken in the initiative included consolidation strategies for its real estate to “sublease, early terminate, or abandon” some offices under lease. Furthermore, the company aims to release its Meta Quest 3 headset as a successor to its critically-acclaimed Quest 2 headset unveiled in October 2020.

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Upload VR

MAY 16, 2022

Quest 2 is also compatible with powerful gaming PCs as well , meaning if your computer is up to the task you may be able to download games like Half-Life: Alyx, Boneworks No Man’s Sky or Microsoft Flight Simulator , and stream them over to Quest 2 from either a wired USB connection or wireless via Wi-Fi.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Through comprehensive media services (mainly including media coverage, expert consultation, data research, and event and public relation management), it helps entrepreneurs with idea incubation, financing, strategy consultation, and publicity. Due to Covid-19, in early 2020, the offline market was battered in some way.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

With the Varjo XR-4 series, the tech leader aims to offer a more affordable and diverse alternative to upcoming headsets like the Apple Vision Pro. The Varjo XR-4 series follows the highly successful XR-3 headsets, launched in 2020 , with more advanced graphics, tracking technology, and integration with the NVIDIA Omniverse.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

I believe that in 2020 the Go will finish its existence. Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2. Microsoft negated the issue, but now, after continuous reporting from users, it has been forced to admit it. It is also possible that Microsoft is suspending the shipping of the device until this problem gets solved.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! Even Apple uses modified ARM chips. It is a perfect strategy, that makes NVIDIA able to offer very comprehensive end-to-end solutions (e.g. What a time to be alive! More info.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

More info (Vive Cosmos Elite launch) More info (New offerings of Vive Pro Eye) More info (Ben Lang’s editorial on HTC’s strategy) More info (Vive Sync launch). Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Image by Microsoft). 20 AR trends to follow in 2020. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft).

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. You can see this in today’s AR products (and despite what Microsoft or Magic Leap call their devices, they really are augmented reality devices that you wear on your face).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

revenues in 2021 , up from $1.14B in 2020, with a 2x growth over one year period. Some magazines reported this news as a sign of the failure of Meta’s strategy about the metaverse. A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. And there are good news and bad news. Reality Labs had $2.3B

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ARVR

JANUARY 29, 2021

© Apple, Inc. While Apple fans have long been waiting for Apple to launch its own augmented and virtual reality ( AR/VR ) wearables, and despite many competitors already presenting market-ready AR glasses and VR headsets , there are still more questions than answers around what Apple’s AR/VR first product will look like.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Rony blames the pandemics for this , but we all know that it has not been the coronavirus that has decided a nonsense strategy for the company. Now they find themselves without a market, and the pivot to enterprise is too little too late considering that Microsoft has enterprise features that are much better than the ones of Magic Leap.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

2020's been a hell of a year, huh? Alan: Well, I figured since we're about to end 2020, and I also figure that since this is our 150th episode, I would crack a beer while we record this episode, because what a year we have had. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

2020's been a hell of a year, huh? Alan: Well, I figured since we're about to end 2020, and I also figure that since this is our 150th episode, I would crack a beer while we record this episode, because what a year we have had. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

2020's been a hell of a year, huh? Alan: Well, I figured since we're about to end 2020, and I also figure that since this is our 150th episode, I would crack a beer while we record this episode, because what a year we have had. And so Apple bought them shortly thereafter. So SPACES was acquired quietly by Apple this year.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision Augmented Reality and 3D reconstruction. Well played Apple. Microsoft releases Azure Remote Rendering. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. supports VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

If companies raise money now — the end of 2019/2020 — I think it’s the perfect time, because we’re only just starting to see these real ROI-driven things come out. And once that starts to catch steam, every company in the world is going to have to have an exit strategy. So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

If companies raise money now — the end of 2019/2020 — I think it’s the perfect time, because we’re only just starting to see these real ROI-driven things come out. And once that starts to catch steam, every company in the world is going to have to have an exit strategy. So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

If companies raise money now -- the end of 2019/2020 -- I think it's the perfect time, because we're only just starting to see these real ROI-driven things come out. And once that starts to catch steam, every company in the world is going to have to have an exit strategy. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2019

If companies raise money now — the end of 2019/2020 — I think it’s the perfect time, because we’re only just starting to see these real ROI-driven things come out. And once that starts to catch steam, every company in the world is going to have to have an exit strategy. So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 13, 2022

When it finally launched its first product after years of delays, secrecy and hype, tech watchers balked at a device which failed to deliver on many of the claims made by the startup’s eccentric founder Rony Abovitz and instead made largely incremental gains over the competing Microsoft HoloLens which was unveiled years earlier.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

She’s advised a broad range of companies, from startups to major corporations on their communications and digital strategy. Alice: I think one of the recent examples — and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup — in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

She’s advised a broad range of companies, from startups to major corporations on their communications and digital strategy. Alice: I think one of the recent examples — and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup — in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

She's advised a broad range of companies, from startups to major corporations on their communications and digital strategy. Alice: I think one of the recent examples -- and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup -- in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire. Oh, my goodness.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2019

She’s advised a broad range of companies, from startups to major corporations on their communications and digital strategy. Alice: I think one of the recent examples — and you were talking about it when you were saying about doing your news roundup — in the last week was really that Microsoft demo at Inspire.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. They inform businesses on their go-to-market strategies. We have a number of reports available.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren’t about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. They inform businesses on their go-to-market strategies. We have a number of reports available.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you look at someone like Apple, they aren't about to put their logo on something like the current developer-focused headsets out there. Outside of that, we've worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. They inform businesses on their go-to-market strategies. We have a number of reports available.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. I'm a Microsoft master trainer, so I do a lot of work with Microsoft technology. And so Mark created this role and this role took me out of the classroom most of the time. So yeah, that's where I'm at.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Our timeline for Kickstarter is that by the end of Q2 next year all the units are going out , so everyone will have their units in the second quarter of 2020. They would probably find the right use case that users would want it, but you wouldn’t do immersive gaming with it. Manufacturing the Tilt Five glasses (Image by Tilt Five).

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. I'm a Microsoft master trainer, so I do a lot of work with Microsoft technology. And so Mark created this role and this role took me out of the classroom most of the time. So yeah, that's where I'm at.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

As another year hurtles inexorably towards Christmas, it’s an opportune time to take stock of how far XR has come so far, and what 2020 might hold in stock for building a virtual world we might actually want to live in. . If there’s an elephant in this virtual room, its name is Apple. One More Thing….

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

As another year hurtles inexorably towards Christmas, it’s an opportune time to take stock of how far XR has come so far, and what 2020 might hold in stock for building a virtual world we might actually want to live in. . If there’s an elephant in this virtual room, its name is Apple. One More Thing….

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