XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 20, 2023

The news comes just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees. The news comes after numerous firms, including Microsoft, Apple, Meta Platforms, Snap, Alphabet, and many others, have faced similar layoffs due to the looming economic recession. .”

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ARVR

MAY 11, 2022

Rather than building a physical-world knowledge graph like Google, Apple’s interests trace back to its core business: hardware. Long Tail And the list goes on…Amazon is making a few subtle but notable geo-local AR moves, while Microsoft Mesh is an enterprise version of much of the above. See our disclosure and ethics policy.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

The nature of AR technology gives us the ability to experience and create exciting new opportunities, dramatically impacting the way we interact and communicate with one another, giving birth to new applications and hardware. Apple is planning on diving into the AR market in 2022 with a speculated launch of its very first AR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The news of the week is that Meta is poaching talents from all the other companies : in particular, it has been able to “steal” 100 employees from the HoloLens team in Microsoft. Meta is well-known for having performed some key acquisitions related to hardware, but also to software (e.g. PlayStation VR2 is not confirmed for 2022, yet.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

While the Meta Quest Pro offered a big step up to the Quest 2 when launched in October 2022, the arrival of the Quest 3, with features that outshine the Pro in certain areas and a lower price tag, has left business leaders wondering whether the premium headset is worthwhile. Meta has a fantastic selection of apps and tools on its app store.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 26, 2021

Magic Leap 2 is coming in Q1 2022. It will be released to selected partners in Q4 2021 and to the general public in Q1 2022. Johnson has worked at Microsoft and Qualcomm before, and she is a very respected executive. Amazon is opening its AR Beauty Salon. Top news of the week. Image by Magic Leap). Become my supporter!!

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 19, 2023

In November 2022, the automaker partnered with Varjo Technologies to develop an MR platform that allows drivers to race physical vehicles while collecting digital coins in a virtual circuit. Apple’s upcoming MR headset is expected to be a high-end device that will compete with headsets from Meta and Microsoft.

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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. 2022 could be the key year for XR. 2022-2023 are the years when VR should grow a lot (Image by Road To VR). NOKIA Windows Phone: the devices were very nice, but Microsoft arrived too late (Image by ZDNet).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Before leaving you to the news of the week, let me just tell you two things that may interest you: If you missed them, don’t forget to read my predictions about augmented reality and virtual reality in 2022; This Thursday at 5 pm CET AWE Nite Florence comes back! Some updates on Meta products.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

But it is anyway great news and makes us hope for a great 2022 for the whole XR ecosystem. It is also the time when all magazines create a list of “best of” the year and give awards to the best content and hardware … about which there is always someone that doesn’t agree. Somnium Space gives detail on its new hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The device will be sold exclusively as an enterprise device, starting from 2022. At the event, it should just tease the new device, to then announce it formally at CES 2022. Facebook keeps running fast towards its vision of the m verse, both from a hardware and software standpoint. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

2020 has been a good year for the sales of VR devices : Half-Life Alyx and the launch of the Quest 2 have created a big spike in the sales of VR hardware and software. I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). My bet is that Apple will tease its glasses in 2021 and maybe launch them in 2022, or for holidays 2021 (it is just a speculation though, Apple never said it was going to release smartglasses). Sounded good. Smartphone-based AR is here to stay.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites. Kudos to Shachar Weis for discovering this: he told me about this news, and I have verified that it has disappeared completely from Amazon Italy and Amazon France, while some Redditors confirmed that the same holds for Amazon UK. This could be The Unity Cube 2.0.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2021

We have no clue of when it will be released, but if you remember, last week Youtuber Eric For President revealed that some sources of his talk about a September reveal for the “VR hardware we want” from Facebook. It seems that so the Quest 2 Pro will be at least unveiled during the next Facebook Connect , for a potential launch in 2022.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 2, 2024

After a somewhat problematic year in 2022 , Nvidia soared into the spotlight throughout 2023. As demand for intelligent and spatial computing increases, businesses need hardware that supports high amounts of memory. In January 2022, Meta Platforms introduced its Supercluster computer for training complex AI models.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Enterprise will account for the majority of those through at least 2022. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. Carter: $ 33.9-billion

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Enterprise will account for the majority of those through at least 2022. Outside of that, we’ve worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. Carter: $ 33.9-billion

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I'd say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Enterprise will account for the majority of those through at least 2022. Outside of that, we've worked with companies like PayPal, Microsoft, Accenture. Carter: $ 33.9-billion

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Recently, Valve announced delays to their new Steam Deck handheld, whilst Megadodo Games announced a delayed, limited production run of their DecaGear before leaving the hardware market completely. It wasn’t even possible to buy another Tundra HDK, and months later they are still showing out of stock. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. According to Korean media, Samsung Electronics is working with Microsoft on a new augmented/mixed reality project “involving HoloLens”. This announcement is not sus, it is just great. Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Someone from a major company (Amazon, Apple, Microsoft), with pockets big enough to be able to compete with the rich Facebook, giving users an alternative and stimulating Facebook in doing even better. Road To VR) More info (Steam Hardware Survey?—?Upload Please someone come and help the VR ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2022

As always in January I like to play the speculation game and make my personal predictions for augmented and virtual reality for the new year (2022, in this case). This is still the situation in this first part of 2022. I think that in a good part of 2022 we will just see the VR market growing because of the huge growth of the Quest 2.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, the device sold out at retailers such as Amazon, Walmart and Newegg. Although the PSVR has proven to be the most commercially successful VR hardware to date – selling over 4.2 Sony’s Next Move. Most significantly, however, 2019 has seen a creative community start to grow and earn substantial revenues around the format.

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