Road to VR

MAY 18, 2022

Apple is a notorious black box when it comes to internal projects, although sometimes details based on supply chain rumors shed a sliver of light on what might be happening with the company’s AR/VR headset behind closed doors. The report says Cook “rarely visits the group at its offices away from the main Apple campus.”

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Nreal is probably best known for its smartphone-tethered AR glasses, dubbed Nreal Light which made headlines back at CES 2019 for its relatively small form-factor in comparison to Magic Leap One or Microsoft HoloLens. The company’s Series C comes at a time when Apple is clearly making preparations for its own XR headsets.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

2022 was an incremental year for AR & VR, which both continue to gradually push forward in gaining mainstream traction. Our research arm ARtillery Intelligence’s recent report Spatial Computing: 2022 Lessons, 2023 Outlook tackles these questions. And that’s where headworn AR’s biggest looming topic factors in: Apple.

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ARVR

AUGUST 23, 2022

LOS ANGELES, August 14, 2022: ARtillery Intelligence has released a new report that projects headworn AR revenue to grow from $1.85 In that light, its appeal will lie in elegant integration with other Apple hardware and wearables. Beyond Apple’s speculative entrance, current players continue to define shifts in the headworn AR market.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Magic Leap. Focused primarily on the business world and corporate uses for Extended Reality, Magic Leap produces a range of powerful headsets with built-in speakers, sensors, and spatial audio. At this time, Apple is still working on its own AR glasses and advanced XR headsets.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

The firm also states that as several new headsets are emerging on the market this year, from Apple’s confirmed Vision Pro to rumoured devices from Samsung, the move to support MRTK3 prepares taqtile for an increased range of end-users. More on MRTK3 Microsoft’s latest third integration of the MRTK toolkit debuted in 2022.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Another accelerant that accounts for steep revenue growth is the ultimate wild card in the AR glasses world noted above: Apple (more on that in a bit). Purpose-Built Back to Apple, speculation on its market entrance (timing and substance) could fill its own article. But it’s not just about Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. Every year, we have the same ritual: we wait for an event by Apple, hoping to hear some news about an upcoming XR device, then nothing happens in this sense, we are disappointed and so we hope for a new reveal next year. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Given the investment in this virtual space by companies including Meta, HTC, ByteDance’s Pico, and soon… Apple with their anticipated headset likely to be announced in 2023 , the AR/VR market is a major player in the music industry, even spawning the “Best Metaverse Performance” category in the 2022 MTV VMAs.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 14, 2022

Image by Magic Leap). First previews show Magic Leap 2 qualities. This week some selected journalists from popular online magazines like CNET and The Verge have been able to have a preview of the upcoming Magic Leap 2 glasses. I can’t wait to discover more on Q3 2022 when the headset should be launched.

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The Ghost Howls

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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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 30, 2023

As WWDC approaches, Apple continues to drop hints, leading spectators to assume an immersive device is coming that continues the transformative firm’s track record of distributing game-changing consumer hardware. An XR device from Apple could be massive. This month is proving a pivotal moment in the XR consumer landscape.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

While almost all non-Apple mobile devices run Android, it is also the backbone of many XR headsets.). See Also: Is 2022 the Year for Consumer AR Glasses? “At For example, Magic Leap has had a partnership with Google Cloud for the past year now. NVIDIA offers CloudXR that streams XR content to Android and Windows devices.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 16, 2022

Augmented reality (AR) remote guidance solutions experts Arvizio announced on Wednesday added support for its Instructor solution for Apple iPads and iPhones, as well as Android smartphones. Arvizio (@ArvizioReality) June 15, 2022. We’ve launched our mobile solution! Details: [link] pic.twitter.com/6YZVutslCM.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Despite the 2022 Metaverse boom that swept imagination and scepticism equally, 2023 was tough during H1 for the immersive industry. Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and many others started to reestablish the Metaverse and XR as serious business tools following a lacklustre adoption rate from consumer markets.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 21, 2022

Arvizio (@ArvizioReality) July 20, 2022. the company announced that the SaaS platform is debuting on the upcoming Magic Leap 2 headset, ready for the device’s general availability in September this year. AR Instructor is available on other headsets, including Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 and the original Magic Leap device.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The Arvizio’s Quest 3 AR Instructor support follows the inclusion of various other leading headsets, such as Microsoft HoloLens 2 and the Magic Leap 2. With the addition of Magic Leap 2, and robust feature enhancements, Arvizio’s AR Instructor 2.0

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I have been talking with hundreds of people across the industry and have discovered that the changes coming to Apple are deeper than just a VR/AR headset. This is the fourth paradigm shift for Apple. So, what is Apple getting ready to announce over the next year? Arrives in 2022, with glasses to follow sometime before 2025).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Nreal, Meta, Magic Leap, and RealWear produce AR devices that suit consumer, enterprise, or industrial environments. For example, the two firms teamed up to present an immersive broadcast of the Tour de France in 2022. Magic Leap Magic Leap’s most recent AR smart glasses market offering is the Magic Leap 2 device.

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Road to VR

JUNE 7, 2022

What you’re seeing here is a fully functional display prototype (ie: working images through the lens, but battery and compute are not on-board) that I got to check out at last week’s AWE 2022. Here’s a look at how the optical engine has been shrunk when moving from 1D expansion to 2D expansion.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

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. Yes, we have rumors about Apple XR devices even this week. But it is impressive anyway. It’s believable.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Making an AR headset accessible enough for consumers is a vastly different challenge to producing higher cost enterprise headsets— just ask Magic Leap. — Alex Kipman (@akipman) February 3, 2022. Alex Kipman wearing HoloLens 2, Image courtesy Microsoft.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 7, 2024

Since 2022 Xreal has focused on its Air line of media glasses, which until now all lacked positional tracking or true AR capability, instead just mirroring connected devices to a head-locked virtual monitor. Xreal Air 2 Ultra are true AR glasses, but they only work with two specific Samsung phones.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2020

This category includes Magic, Leap One and Nreal Light. Given Magic Leap’s rumored 6K unit sales and Nreal’s late-year launch, 250,000 units in 2020 would have to rely on hefty enterprise HMDs sales. The latter assumes Apple’s market entrance in 2022 which itself is even a wild card.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 27, 2020

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap pivots to enterprise, lays off 1,000 employes. With a long post on Magic Leap’s blog, in the end Rony Abovitz has admitted that the company is not going that well, and has announced a new course, that should eventually lead to Magic Leap 2. Top news of the week.

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Charlie Fink

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

All the XR news that's fit to Tweet.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Apple ARKit, Google ARCore and Facebook Camera Effects could deliver more than 900 million installed base by the end of this year, jumping to nearly 3.5 billion by 2022. billion by 2022. Wargaming are also interested in developing content that will work on headsets such as Magic Leap Click To Tweet. Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. Pico adopted OpenXR in 2022 for its PICO Neo3 and PICO 4 devices, giving its feedback to the OpenXR Working Group to establish the version 1.1

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

EON Reality (@EONRealityInc) May 11, 2022. The platform, which is compatible with major immersive tech providers such as Magic Leap, Meta Platforms, Microsoft HoloLens, Apple, HTC VIVE, Ready Player Me, and Google recently provided the University of Glasgow with an EON-XR Centre to train and engage students with the XR tool.

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The Ghost Howls

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 could be the key year for XR. 2022-2023 are the years when VR should grow a lot (Image by Road To VR). VR is not only for enterprise.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

There is no official confirmation on this, and I hope to be wrong because having to use earphones would be a big hit to its comfort Release date and price : of course the release date (will it come before or after an Apple headset?) Magic Leap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. and price (will it be affordable for PS5 users?)

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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

JANUARY 22, 2021

And Magic Leap , the company we all put our AR faith in, has refocused their strategy away from consumers and towards healthcare, defense and telecommunications. You guessed it: The Apple AR glasses. Well, Apple has been warming up to this for several years. But they got acquired by Google, so they´re gone for now.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Apple now lets add you add “buy” button to AR Quick Look. A piece of simple news, but a very important one, has hit the AR industry this week: Apple now lets companies add custom buttons (usually the “Buy” one) to AR Quick Look. Magic Leap plans dev days and dev programs. More info (Use Google Translate).

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

See Also: Metaverse Safety Week 2022 He goes on to say that these metaverse platforms will become open to asynchronous content, as not all users can be found online at the same time. “As solutions for identity in the metaverse become more varied, people will be able to express themselves safely in the way that feels most comfortable for them.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

He also has thoughts on everyone’s AR favorite topic: Apple glasses. He also doesn’t believe it fits Apple’s M.O. My guess is Apple will announce in 2021 and release in 2022. It otherwise becomes an echo chamber which doesn’t advance AR’s mass-market penetration.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

See Also: The Future Is Now: 2023 Metaverse and XR Predictions Worth Looking Into Think how Microsoft revolutionized personal computers, or how Apple changed the mobile phone market forever. Magic Leap 2 Magic Leap jumped the starting gun and played their cards early. What Is Everyone Working On?

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