XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 26, 2023

This month, Microsoft will deploy an upgraded version of its dormant HoloLens 2 headset for US Army soldiers. Microsoft’s US Army contract sees the firm deploy 20 custom “Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)” HoloLens 2 MR headsets for field testing. Microsoft IVAS: What’s New? The IVAS version 1.2

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Together with this announcement, Sony has also announced 11 new games that will be compatible with the console, including 4 titles that have never been released before. Since PSVR 1 games won’t be compatible with PSVR 2, Sony has to build a content catalog for this headset from scratch, and this will require time, money, and commitment.

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Upload VR

JUNE 19, 2023

Don't expect an Xbox headset anytime soon, as Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty says he's waiting for a bigger audience in AR and VR. Between PSVR 2 and recent announcements for both Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro , it was perhaps inevitable that the Xbox VR question would appear once again.

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Road to VR

MARCH 19, 2017

. “While there was clear demand coming primarily from technology enthusiasts, what became readily apparent were the use cases for enterprise users across multiple verticals and for consumers with gaming and content consumption. billion in 2021. billion in 2021,” states IDC’s report. billion in 2016 to $18.6

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. In the end, technologist Jon Prosser has revealed the main details he knows about the Apple Glasses. It is weird that Apple wants to create a new standard even there. Apple is doing a great job of masking what it is actually doing. Top news of the week.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Let’s take a look at the top 17 stats, trends, and facts for 2021 regarding augmented reality and its use. Stat: Well over 2000+ AR Mobile Apps Are Already Available in the Apple app store blowing Android out the water. Fact: Microsoft’s First-Generation AR Glasses, HoloLens, Sold Over 50,000 Units.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

billion in 2021 to $35.1 Apple of My Eye So the question that remains is what it’s going to take to accelerate consumer AR acceptance. And that’s where headworn AR’s biggest looming topic factors in: Apple. If there’s one company that has the potential to jumpstart the market, per its classic “halo effect,” it’s Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Two days ago, I’ve given you my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 (read it, in case you missed it). 2021 is going to be an interesting year for AR. In this sense, 2021 will be a very important year, because we’ll start seeing how the mainstream is interested in wearing electronic glasses on their face.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. continuing here with Epic Games. Project Anywhere Epic Games has signaled its commitment to a real-world metaverse with the AR launch of Project Anywhere. It’s become a runaway train in the gaming and VR worlds. But it’s not alone.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 10, 2020

That includes mobile AR, headworn AR, and subsegments like advertising, commerce, gaming and enterprise productivity. For example, its recent mobile AR forecast quantified smartphone-based AR such as advertising and location-based gaming. Army’s multi-year contract with Microsoft to deploy Hololens 2 for logistics and combat.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 18, 2022

billion in 2021 to $35.1 This is steep growth that leans on a few potential wild cards and inflections, such as Apple’s market entrance. Semblance of Ubiquity Starting at the top, AR headsets are projected to grow in unit sales from 390,000 in 2021 to 10.13 But it’s not just about Apple. billion in 2026, an 80.7

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. AR is still alive, Apple will still release its AR glasses.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That will happen as the underlying technology improves and slims down; and as the industry’s ultimate wild card is played: Apple Glass. To break down all of the above — including Apple AR discourse — and to dive deeper on the latest figures, ARtillery chief analyst Mike Boland recently gave a virtual-event presentation.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

The global pandemic has changed the rules for everything, and the situation is so confusing and so rapidly evolving that any prediction for 2021 is completely unreliable, too. 2021 won’t be the year of VR. Well, let’s be honest, this won’t happen in 2021, either.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. But Apple’s not the only company working on these products.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

Plus, it was a proprietary system, owned by Microsoft, and didn’t play well with other metaverse platforms. In its blog post, the company said that it will be focusing on other metaverse-related efforts, such as the launch of Microsoft Mesh , an enterprise-focused metaverse platform. What about Meta, Google and Apple?

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ARPost

MARCH 12, 2021

Many leading technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Google are investing billions into developing these technologies. It is additionally being used for games, such as Minecraft Earth and Pokemon Go. See Also: AR Apps With Artificial Intelligence in 2021. The Beginnings of a New Tech Cycle.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

It’s because tomorrow the SXSW 2021 starts and together with VRrOOm we have created the virtual spaces for it on VRChat! Apple already made hardware, so it already had the infrastructure to build it and just added XR people on top of this infrastracture, while Facebook could not). Apple AR headset may have been delayed to 2025.

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AR Insider

JULY 22, 2021

Using their public projections from Q1 2021, we might reasonably expect they spend about $6 billion on XR this year for salaries, hardware and overhead. They make it up on the games. Sony, for example, has a mature console ecosystem, with a huge relative advantage in game prices (3x), sales channels and customer base (10x+) over Quest.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

It’s worth remembering that the ranking is by revenue ; to put things into perspective, each Index kit sold costs the same as about 17 games at $60 each. Still, it seems quite impressive that the headset’s revenue is ranking alongside some of the world’s best selling games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

These devices incorporate spatial audio for collaborative tools, simulations, and gaming to deliver key sound and feedback for users. Nreal-Microsoft Collaboration For example, global consumer smart glass manufacturers Nreal teamed up with Microsoft to develop an experimental device aimed at improving social interactions for blind children.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the enormous influence in the XR industry, VRTUOLUO has set up dozens of industry communities (such as the Industry Executives Association, VR Game Developers Community, VR Education Community, Financing and Investment Community, Offline Entertainment Group, etc.) and covered more than 80% of the XR pioneers as communities members.

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Mashable VR

MAY 30, 2022

PutterBall Backyard Golf Game This exciting game combines golf and beer pong, designed to be fun to play for the whole family and your friend group. Whether you're hosting a party or just a low-key day at home, this game can offer endless entertainment to you and your guests. PutterBall Backyard Golf Game. Credit: Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 8, 2021

Microsoft announces Mesh, an XR collaboration platform. Alex Kipman promised us a Microsoft Ignite conference with an amazing level of immersion , and he kept his word. But since Microsoft owns one of those studios (and using it costs around $100K/day if I remember well!), You are all fantastic! Here you are my flower for you!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

I celebrate Christmas, and if you want to make me happy that day, you can make me the gift of a VR game , or you can make a donation on my Patreon page ! Lenovo and NuEyes to launch AR glasses in 2021. The AR wars are ramping up, and with Facebook and Luxottica releasing a smart-glass in 2021, they will become even more fierce.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 4, 2019

The Apple Privacy Wall/Strategy Analysis of How Apple will Come at Oculus Next Year. Apple is clearly going after Facebook. That became obvious to everyone today as Apple announced a ton of new things, including new AR features for its messenger, and new privacy-focused features, at its World Wide Developer’s Conference.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

At the moment, VR is often only associated with gaming, but it is much more than that. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Who builds the Metaverse? Large companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Valve, Epic Games, Roblox as well as smaller startups are working on creating products for the Metaverse as we speak.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The company has set up a virtual event on the platform ENGAGE (of which HTC is an investor) for October, 14th 2021 at 8 am PDT. The headset is going to launch in December 2021 in three Asian markets for an undisclosed price, which is said to be anyway much lower than the one of Nreal Light. More info.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Where Can I Find Virtual Land for Sale? It offers a full-fledge Unity SDK to develop games and support virtual reality. In 2021, according to MetaMetrics Solutions, sales in Metaverse reached $501 million. Virtual reality has gone far beyond the needs of the gaming world.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2024

Following from its Connect event last year, Meta is working to introduce MR gaming and productivity experiences to consumers. Additionally, with Apple entering the consumer XR device market, the firm may be cautious about its place in the market with the competitive Vision Pro product and other vendors debuting equally leading hardware.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here are just some of the tech stocks many are looking at right now (in no particular order): Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) For the people who brought you the Hololens 2, probably the most sophisticated pair of mixed reality smart glasses out there to date. One-year price performance for MSFT as of 2/3/20 Apple Inc.

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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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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

This is the topic of ARtillery’s recent report, Spatial Computing: 2020 Lessons, 2021 Outlook. Spatial Computing: 2020 Lessons, 2021 Outlook. It enables mobile users to actively and passively assemble spatial maps as they’re playing games like Pokémon Go. Apple will be a hardware powerhouse for the physical touchpoint.

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ARVR

MARCH 22, 2022

Entitled Spatial Computing: 2021 Lessons; 2022 Outlook , it joins our report excerpt series. Google could be the knowledge layer, Facebook could be the social layer, Microsoft the enterprise productivity layer, and Amazon the commerce layer. Apple will be a hardware powerhouse to represent the user touchpoint to all layers.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 2, 2018

The Brazilian-born inventor gets recognition for his groundbreaking work with the Microsoft Hololens. The HoloLens incorporates several patent-protected Microsoft inventions, including Kipman’s motion sensors initially brought to market for the Xbox Kinect video game controller. billion in 2016.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 21, 2019

Oculus wants to trade exclusive games with Sony. The bombshell comes directly from Jason Rubin, that interviewed from Kotaku, has clearly said that he wants to trade exclusive games with Sony. This would mean that some great Oculus exclusive games (e.g. Echo VR) could be ported to PSVR and some amazing PSVR games (e.g.

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