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Samsung Losing Ground In VR/AR Due To ‘Obsession’ With Foldable Tech

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Company’s like Apple and Meta are leaving Samsung in the virtual dust. According to a new report by The Korea Herald , Samsung is steadily losing its position within the VR/AR space due to its unhealthy “obsession” with foldable smartphone technology. Samsung Galaxy Fold / Image Credit: Samsung.

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What is Google ARCore?

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2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery. In February 2021, ARCore debuted for developers and introduced AR Foundation, which opened the platform up across Android devices. Who Can Use Google ARCore?

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Report Predicts AR and VR Headsets Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021

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Despite Sony being pleasantly surprised by its official PSVR sales figures – with the nearly 1 million units sold since its October 2016 launch – it’s difficult to get a handle on market penetration for VR hardware to date. billion in 2021. billion in 2021,” states IDC’s report.

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Did Disney Take the Next “Step” of VR Input?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

On the other hand, some XR prototype devices may be a simple proof of concept and may not hit end-users for years; a similar example is Google’s Starline project – first shown in 2021 – which aimed to reinvent remote meetings but is still under development.

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XR Year in Review: The Most Important Stories of 2023 and What They Mean for 2024

Road to VR

If you recall, Zuckerberg specifically got Meta into XR because he wanted to free his company from the grip of Apple and Google (the prevailing gatekeepers of the smartphone era). The headset also launched alongside Horizon Call of the Mountain , the first native VR game based on one of Sony’s major first-party IPs.

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Atlantic, Meta to Debut Sir David Attenborough’s ‘Galapagos’ on Quest TV

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The Hammersmith, London-based company has also partnered with some of the world’s biggest tech and media firms, including Apple, National Geographic, Google, Sony, Meta Platforms, Sky, IMAX, Intel, and many others.

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The best AR and VR news from CES 2021

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I guess we’ll discover this in Mid 2021 when these glasses will launch. Rendering of the 2021 version of the Panasonic VR glasses (Image by Panasonic). Vuzix Next Generation Smart Glasses Captures 3 CES 2021 Innovation Awards for Outstanding Design and Engineering (Image by Vuzix). Google AR Cloud Streaming.

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