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. The time for us XR developers to buy a Leap Motion 2 has finally come. Microsoft finally enables Research Mode on HoloLens 2.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 1, 2020

HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). In particular, the ones by Panasonic that were so popular at CES 2020 , are going to be released in 2021. Sneak peek of the true Apple Glasses, courtesy of Chris Koomen. Some XR fun. Dads when you play VR.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2021

In the end, it has not been Apple or Facebook, but Snap to make its first move in the AR glasses space. Apple new interface for the Apple Watch may be a glimpse of future XR interactions. Microsoft confirms (again) it wants to build consumer HoloLens. Shipping should come as early as August 2021. Image by Snap).

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