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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Takes Control of Magic Leap

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The investment by Saudi’s PIF division allows the region to own over 50 percent of Magic Leap’s ownership stake. A 16GB computing pack.

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Is XR ‘Taking Off’ for the Commercial Aviation Industry?

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Trainees could use Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Magic Leap headsets, as well as tablets and smartphones for the platform. ” Figures from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) revealed an 87 percent plummet in tourism amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic since 2020. In-Flight Entertainment.

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Blockchain Supported Social Universe Uhive Promises a Limitless new World

Peter Graham

For more than 10 years social media has become ingrained into our daily lives, a source of news, entertainment, connection to friends, family and like-minded individuals, both positive and negative. Headsets already planned for include PlayStation VR, Oculus, HTC Vive, Gear VR and even Magic Leap.

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5 Ways to Break into Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality at Home

ARVR

With the world reeling from COVID-19, changes to consumer experience across numerous industries, from live sports and entertainment to education, are inevitable. Apple seems to be cornering the popular entertainment industry, with the acquisition of NextVR, as industry rivals such as Magic Leap focus on enterprise solutions.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.05): Rumors on a Apple headset intensify, Quest 2 sales grow fast, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This pairs well with a piece of news from mid-2020, where Niantic said that it intended to build a reference design, but not its own Pokemon Go glasses. Good news for the LBEVR (Location-Based Entertainment in VR) sector. It is a player to keep an eye on for sure. Snap is finally adding AR to its glasses. and LBEVR is not dead either.

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RealMax Qian review: wide FOV AR is amazing!

The Ghost Howls

This is a simpler mechanism than the waveguides employed by Microsoft HoloLens 2 or by Magic Leap, and while it may provide a bit less immersive holograms, it is the only way to provide affordable wide-FOV glasses at the moment. RealMax experience at CES 2020.

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My Oculus Connect 6 predictions: a glimpse of the XR of the future

The Ghost Howls

And according to journalist Robert Scoble, it will be probably announced in 2020 and released in 2021. “Apple has invented the glasses of the future” is probably what journals and magazines will say the day of launch, and all the various HoloLens , Magic Leap , etc… will be forgotten by mainstream media.

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