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JULY 18, 2022

Someone in the communities argued with me that HoloLens 2 has still some advantages over Magic Leap 2: it is well integrated with Azure, it is standalone so it doesn’t need a potentially dangerous cable connecting the headset to the computational unit, and it doesn’t need controllers (it uses hands tracking). Other relevant news.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Subscribe to find out more [link] #Nreal #iPhone14 #iPhone14Pro #Apple. Nreal first teased the technology crossover before Apple’s technology showcase last Wednesday. Apple 14 adopters can use their new smartphone as a controller for the Nreal Air smart glasses. In August, Nreal added hand-tracking navigation for adverts.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Apple is building a "a trove of software and services" for its upcoming AR/VR headset, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Interestingly, Gurman claims gaming will now be "a central piece" of Apple's offering, representing "a reversal from Apple’s stance earlier in the product’s development".

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Apple has postponed the launch of its AR/VR headset yet again, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. In 2019 The Information reported Apple planned to ship a headset in 2022, as did Gurman in 2020 and Kuo in 2021. This is just the newest of many reported delays.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Apple is really good at selling stuff.

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APRIL 5, 2021

The rumors on the Apple Glasses are intensifying. It is not a secret that Apple is working on an XR device: the mystery is when it is going to release it and what it will actually be. The hype is rising, and Apple is playing with it. (My usual terrible image to wish you Happy Easter, if you celebrate it). Top news of the week.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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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. They’re fancier than the standard QR codes, but they seem also harder to decode and track due to a missing calibration pattern. And now… let’s get back to the news of the week!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2021

They promised to not ship the new headset in 2021, so I guess it won’t ship immediately. And in case Facebook doesn’t ship the Pro in 2021, how to promote the Quest 2 during the holiday season? Considering that there is not much content just working with hands-tracking, I would bet on the first option… but who knows.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

” Acquisition Triggers Competition The news comes after ByteDance, the company behind the developments, bought out Pico Interactive in 2021 to compete with major manufacturers like Meta Platforms and HTC VIVE. Further issues have surfaced due to ongoing competition with the Meta Quest 3 and upcoming Apple Vision Pro headsets.

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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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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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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

XR Elite features the same kind of small early pancake lenses as 2021's Vive Flow, and uses the original Snapdragon XR2 chip also used in Quest 2. For now it only works with hand tracking. Vive XR Elite is HTC's latest standalone headset, and its first targeted to consumers instead of just businesses. and now 6.5.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 1, 2024

The increased presence of XR at CES 2024 and MWC 2024 could be partly due to Apple entering the market in a bid to turn XR mainstream, and the knock-on effect is being felt. Reports suggest the firm’s new device will have a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a ToF sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

The Information published a new report detailing the design & features of Apple’s upcoming headset. Credible reports of an Apple AR/VR headset on the horizon emerged in 2021 from The Information , Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, and supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Rumored Apple Reality . Apple M2 (5nm).

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MARCH 27, 2024

Kids who weren't born when he made that decision can now wear , with parental controls, a $500 wireless all-in-one headset with markerless inside-out tracking, precise 6DoF controllers, hand tracking, and mixed reality. Apple built a virtually limitless cash hoard drawn from the sale of iPhones.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

Xreal, formerly Nreal, is a China-based company that actually launched the first consumer AR glasses in the US, Nreal Light , in late 2021. In addition to scene meshing, Xreal is also promising hand tracking, permanent spatial anchors, and arbitrary 2D image tracking.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

And to be the leader in some years, it has to start going public now, also to begin competing with Apple, that will probably announce its AR glasses next year. But Facebook has a big problem and that big problem is called Apple. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews). What will these devices be?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Pico has always UploadVR David Heaney If you're not aware, ByteDance is the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok, and in mid 2021 it acquired the Chinese VR headset startup Pico. We recently reported that Pico was shifting the majority of its content funding from controllers to controller-free hand tracking content.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured. Moreover, Apple recently made a huge splash in the XR market with the Vision Pro, an XR device which leverages eye and hand tracking for its spatial computing input system.

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JUNE 15, 2023

That's how Tim Cook pitched Apple Vision Pro to the general public on Good Morning America when asked about its affordability. As Palmer Luckey put it , Apple could make AR & VR "something everybody wants before it's something that everybody can afford." "You're going to live in the future, and you're going to do it today."

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2023

There is a lot of hype around the Apple Vision Pro. One of the things that got people excited the most is its interface that works only by using eye tracking and hand pinching , which according to the journalists that underwent the demo, is fantabulous. Eeeeh… not exactly. Let’s see why.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Although, an emerging presence in the development space is hand and eye tracking. AR/VR/MR headsets are increasingly equipped with hand and eye tracking technology. Previously, commercial XR devices like the Meta Quest had experimented with hand-tracking features which improved as the device matured.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

22:03 Hand Tracking? Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. 22:03 Hand Tracking? Each week, we release NEW EPISODES on all Your Favorite major platforms: Spotify, Apple, Google. .” ~ RuffTalkVR 9.1/10 13:00 Does anyone use Vive Flow?

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AUGUST 1, 2020

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! 2022 may be the key year when they actually buy it, also thanks to Apple , an d finally, the market will reach the magic number of 10 million devices. .

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

We were all expecting this since AR and VR are a bit in a transitional moment and the biggest brands (like Facebook and Apple) have their events through which they’ll announce their new devices, but for me, this lack of news was worse than the expected. I guess we’ll discover this in Mid 2021 when these glasses will launch.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Chinese firm overcame legal action to hit US markets in 2021. The devices also gained hand-tracking features and new brand opportunities through spatial adverts in July. Most recently, Nreal teased fans ahead of Apple’s technology showcase on Wednesday with an image hinting at a collaboration between the brands.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

At AWE 2021 I have finally been able to try the Lynx-R1 headset and meet its creator Stan Larroque. The positional tracking felt stable and reactive. Lynx-R1 works mostly without controllers and its main interaction mean is hands-tracking via Ultraleap tracking.

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MARCH 2, 2020

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Developers continue to have fun with Oculus Quest hands tracking! A new week, a new sheer of demos exploiting Oculus Quest hands tracking! A demo made by the creator of Holoception, that mixes portals and hands tracking.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Lenovo and NuEyes to launch AR glasses in 2021. Facebook has found a way to provide very robust hands tracking. A paper by FRL Research shows a new algorithm that Facebook has found to provide optimal bimanual hands tracking. It seems so that for 2021, HTC is betting only on the Cosmos and Focus lines.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

And in fact, after the converence, Facebook told Road To VR that the Rift line will be discontinued in 2021. I guess that Facebook is playing a chess game with Apple : they plan to release a smartglass before Apple enters the market to gain a competitive advantage.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Myst released for Quest headsets at the end of 2020 and came to Steam VR in late 2021. Earlier this year, Cyan added hand tracking support for the entire game on Quest. To put the focus on the developers, I only included my microphone for a few moments later in our playthrough.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

China-based XR company Xreal (previously Nreal) announced its newest pair of glasses at CES 2024, marking the company’s return to augmented reality right as Apple is prepping its $3,500 Vision Pro for its upcoming launch. Read more about what separates AR and smartglasses here. mm, Width: 48 mm, Height: 161.5

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2021

This is the first public hint that Google is back on track working on a new AR device , most probably glasses that should compete with Facebook and Apple. It has a retro look that makes it very nerdy, and it should be able to offer passthrough AR and hands tracking via Ultraleap. Tilt Brush). sold Quests and 8.0M

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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. While this decision was very smart on the business side because the major headset manufacturers were already building their hands tracking solutions (e.g.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Adds New Cards, Reworks & More Quest Store Gorilla Tag Popularising arm-based locomotion in VR games, Gorilla Tag has enjoyed phenomenal success since arriving on Quest and we previously awarded it ' Best Competitive Multiplayer ' game in 2021. Read More : Cards & Tankards Update 1.2

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MARCH 29, 2024

Escape Simulator VR - April 2 (PC VR) Released in 2021, Escape Simulator VR sees you exploring "highly interactive" escape rooms, playable solo or with up to 8 players in online co-op. Runaways - April 2024 (Apple Vision Pro) 0:00 / 0:12 1× Runaways by Beyond Games is a skill-based endless runner with fast-paced gameplay.

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