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Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Is A Higher End Chip For The Samsung-Google Headset & More

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It inherits all the advantages of the base XR2 Gen 2 architecture, including the hardware acceleration for camera passthrough that is said to reduce end-to-end latency to around 12 milliseconds. It's a more premium option for higher-priced headsets, including those designed to take on Apple Vision Pro. Details here: UploadVR David Heaney

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Big XR News from NATO, Google, Adobe, and Apple

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In the wake of MR headsets and software coming soon, Google and Samsung quickly reacted – internally – in a bid to create a competing device with an apparent lack of direction. RPR is leveraging Google’s Geospatial Creator and Adobe Aero to secure the location-based AR customer experience.

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Job Simulator Devs Say They Feel 'Vindicated' By Apple Vision Pro's Approach To VR

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While Apple Vision Pro validated much of what Meta (formerly Facebook) did in VR over the last decade, the headset also echoes work under Google's umbrella at Job Simulator development studio Owlchemy Labs. Owlchemy Labs has a prominent history when it comes to hand-tracking controls. And what’s to stop you then from peripherals?"

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NVIDIA’s Greg Jones: The 5G hype is justified, it’s going to be a huge advantage for XR

The Ghost Howls

We’ve also talked about the latencies that we can expect today from cloud rendering. The keys to having a good experience, of course, are frame rate and latency, and we manage the frame rate within the CloudXR package to match the one of the end device we’re streaming to. The latency … that is the big question, right?

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.23): New info on Apple glasses, Qualcomm glasses go wireless, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Since the hardware is almost ready, the company is now ramping up the development of the actual rOS (Reality OS) operating system, for the launch that may happen in 2023. According to the company, the added latency for wireless communication is just 3ms. Google launches “Immersive Stream for AR”. Other news. Learn more.

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A Complete Guide to AR Smart Glass Solutions in 2023

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

These have appeared across Google’s ARCore, Niantic’s Lightship AR developer kit (ARDK), Snap Lens, Meta’s Reality system, and Apple’s ARKit platforms, namely for smartphones. For example, Lenovo’s A3 and Magic Leap 2’s smart glasses are designed for prolonged use, low latency, and industrial environments.

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Ultra Ethernet Consortium Grows to 55 Members, Reveals Some Details on Upcoming HPC Backbone Tech

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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. The consortium currently plans to release the initial 1.0

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