Anand Tech

MARCH 21, 2024

Formed in the summer of 2023, the UEC aims to develop a new standard for interconnection for AI and HPC datacenter needs, serving as a de-facto (if not de-jure ) alternative to InfiniBand, which is largely under the control of NVIDIA these days.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

Plus, it was a proprietary system, owned by Microsoft, and didn’t play well with other metaverse platforms. In its blog post, the company said that it will be focusing on other metaverse-related efforts, such as the launch of Microsoft Mesh , an enterprise-focused metaverse platform. What about Meta, Google and Apple?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. But there’s even more. Meta Quest 3 Carrying Case for $59.99

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

Moreover, in 2023, Meta sees partnerships with various large-scale companies to scale its immersive solutions, notably through a Ray-Ban collaboration over smart glasses and a recent alliance with LG to create unconfirmed AI-ready XR products. Rather, we see a constellation of devices forming the fabric of the future. But the race is on.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 24, 2022

Apple’s mixed reality headset will “likely be announced” in January 2023, according to reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a state of the VR industry blog posted to Medium , Kuo predicts that Apple’s entry into the space will be a catalyst for the growth of virtual and augmented reality, and dubs the company a… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

The latest Q2 2023 operating loss of Reality Labs has been around $4 billion. I think we’ll understand the real situation Meta is in during this holiday season: Meta is betting a lot on having a fantastic end of 2023, and if it is not going to happen, then the company may be in trouble. I will leave you the link to do that below.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

More info (SideQuest VR download page) More info (Launch blog post). More info (Announcement blog post) More info (Boz announcing the news on Twitter) More info (My long editorial on Facebook and its advertisement efforts). And no, I’m not writing it because I’m the lead developer of the game. Absolutely not. Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Who doesn’t want to do that can still use his/her Oculus account to log in until 2023 , but he/she won’t be able to use all the social functionalities of the device (like Venues, Horizon, etc…). After 2023, the devices won’t be guaranteed to work with an Oculus login. So far for the announcement by Facebook. The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

This startup just exited from stealth mode, is like Google Maps but for the interior of shopping centers, offices, and other closed environments. It’s not a secret that NASA is one of Microsoft’s partners and that it uses HoloLens in many of its operations. More info (Google Lens) More info (AR copy to Photoshop) More info (VROOM).

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. What is even more interesting is that this device will be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

Don’t forget to read the coverage about it on my blog… Before leaving you to the news, I have to publicly compliment Emerson for having given the most correct answer to my contest. It seems that Sony is hoping for a Q4 release in time for the holidays, but analyst Ming-Chi Kuo thinks that delays will bring the release to Q1 2023.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

See our blog here:… — Nick Clegg (@nickclegg) May 22, 2023 The case involved an alleged violation of Article 46(1) in the GDPR framework, where it continued transferring to the US following a major court ruling. EU regulators hit Google with a €2.42 EU regulators hit Google with a €2.42

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

If OpenAI wanted to slow down to have time to understand the consequences of this new type of AI, Microsoft would already ready be to hire all the talents of OpenAI and carry on AI developments by itself. Now Microsoft is discontinuing them , putting another nail in the coffin of the HoloLens.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 10, 2022

Quest 3, which could be announced at Connect 2023, should instead have micro OLED displays , and probably feature a custom Meta chip able to handle better VR workloads than Qualcomm’s ones. This is why companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Meta are exploring similar technologies. Microsoft Maquette gets discontinued.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company.

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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. If you want to support my blog in informing the AR/VR community, consider making a donation to it on Patreon! The most bullish of them is, of course, Meta.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The glasses, codenamed Orion, should be made to replace smartphones and are slated for a release date of 2023–2025, that seems very reasonable, considering that no present tech is able to create truly consumer AR. CEOs means a lot for a company: think about how Microsoft has changed going from Ballmer to Nadella. Its peculiarity?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2022

According to a report by The Information, Meta is going to launch four VR headsets from now to 2024: The first one is Project Cambria, which is going to be released this Autumn, probably at Meta Connect Then there are two Quest headsets, codenamed Stinson and Cardiff, to be released in 2023 and 2024. Google acquires Raxium.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Meta Connect has been the big event of the week, and as it is a tradition of this blog , I’m going to write today for you a super article where you can find inside ALL the news announced during the event! Adobe to bring its apps on Quest Pro (Upload VR) All work-related updates of Meta Connect (Oculus blog). B2B ecosystem.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

As it is tradition of this blog, I have prepared a big fatty roundup with all the news announced at the latest Facebook Connect 2. Read more about this news: Founder’s letter by Mark Zuckerberg: [link] Design blog on Meta’s logo: [link] Facebook spending $10B for the metaverse: [link] Integral keynote of Facebook Connect 2: [link].

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 12, 2019

That’s why in this blog I have always kept an eye open to this field. Microsoft reported to have only sold 50,000 copies of the first Hololens last year, and these were only purchasable by developers, educational institutions and businesses. billion by 2023. Naughty America Holograms experience (Image from AVN, [link].

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