ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

As we roll into 2023, it’s time for our annual ritual of synthesizing the lessons from the past twelve months and formulating the outlook for the next twelve. Our research arm ARtillery Intelligence’s recent report Spatial Computing: 2022 Lessons, 2023 Outlook tackles these questions. Beyond the “if?” is the question of “what?”

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung, in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, has announced plans to develop a new extended reality product. XR is a term that encompasses virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality technologies. And now, both Gear VR and Google’s platform are gone.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Heading into Gamescom 2023, I suspected that this year might be about on par with 2022 in terms of VR content on offer. That turned out to be mostly true – between my colleague Henry and I, we tried a large number of virtual reality experiences. Neither Meta nor Pico had any presence in the public halls this year.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

While Meta focuses on creating virtual reality environments, companies like Microsoft and Nvidia are developing metaverse environments for collaborating and working on digital projects. 2023 is likely to bring further interesting developments in this clash of digital cultures. Virtual and augmented reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

We are at the beginning of March and I just realized that I haven’t written yet a post with my predictions for augmented and virtual reality for this year. The last cycle before this one was the Quest one, which started to make virtual reality known to the mainstream audience for what concerns games and fitness.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 23, 2023

The penultimate week of January has, yet again, shaken up the extended reality (XR) industry. 2023 has not even reached its sophomore month, although more and more innovations are coming full-force while mass layoffs defined the week past. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Following last week’s theme of layoffs across the tech sector, this week continues the unemployment trend as influential groups reassess the space and US Courts aim at Google. Recently, Microsoft entered an extended partnership with OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, to expand the tech solution to business clients.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

January was another tough month for extended reality (XR) vendors and solution providers. While events such as CES 2023 highlighted some of the best immersive innovations, caution loomed across the industry following the hard holiday period of 2022. Seiler clarified that Microsoft would continue to support Hololens 2 users.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

AltspaceVR was a consumer-focused immersive space that could be accessed either via the desktop or through a virtual reality headset. Since its launch in 2016 , the platform has hosted big names and quickly became the go-to platform for virtual concerts, stand-up specials, and other metaverse happenings.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! Also, the awareness has grown , because every gamer knew about Alyx, and so about virtual reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2023

Groups like Microsoft are leveraging a collapsing military contact to keep its IVAS device lineup alive for further funding, and HTC VIVE took note to explain the importance of enterprise end-users in discussion with the World Economic Forum. The Reality Labs division’s revenue plummeted by $3.7 Microsoft Begin IVAS 1.2

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023. Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence from smartglasses (again, so far). Apple ARKit, Google ARCore ). VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Microsoft, Google and Apple all have their own approaches to augmented reality and virtual reality, but the race for the face is particularly critical to Facebook and Amazon, because they have yet to establish computing gateways. Microsoft (enterprise) 4. Google (search). Apple (ecosystem) 2.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 5, 2023

Numerous firms such as NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, Google, Unity, and many others have incorporated versions of GPT on their own solutions to increase content development dramatically. The added plugin allows the students to speak directly to ChatGPT via smart glasses, merging generative artificial intelligence (AI) with AR overlays.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Actually, this week, Microsoft’s new mixed reality VP Scott Evans said that Microsoft is carrying on many innovations in various technological fields, and it is expecting the right time to release an update of the HoloLens. Google may be working on a bracelet and a ring for its glasses. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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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. IVAS is meant to increase the capabilities of the soldiers deployed on the field thanks to the support of augmented reality glasses. But there’s even more. Meta Quest 3 Carrying Case for $59.99

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

The latest Q2 2023 operating loss of Reality Labs has been around $4 billion. The situation is made even worse by the fact that Reality Labs’ revenue was down by 39% with regard to last quarter due to lower Quest 2 sales. The purpose of the group is of course the one of fighting the duopoly of Apple Maps/Google Maps.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

With the trend of Gaming entrepreneurs, for example, Samsung, HTC, Sony, and Oculus transferred from games to virtual reality and we started to keep eye on the VR area. For example, we invited senior executives from HUAWEI, JBD, HTC, Alibaba, iQIYI, Qualcomm, Microsoft, and so on.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. We can expect so all big tech companies to comply with it in 2023.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s been ten years since Meta – then Facebook – bought emerging VR start-up Oculus and, in turn, formed its Reality Labs division. Since the Oculus purchase in 2014, the firm has released numerous headsets, most notably the Quest range, which now includes mixed and virtual reality products. But the race is on.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Or, if you’re not near our London office, why not book a virtual demo? All you need to do is get in touch [link] pic.twitter.com/o8VKifqGdl — Igloo Vision (@IglooVision) October 13, 2023 Formed in 2007, the company began building its geodesic domes for projection-mapped immersive spaces.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Most of the 11,000 former employees would not register in Meta’s Q1 2023 reports, lowering the total number of employees to over 75,000. He continued: [Our] management theme for 2023 is the ‘Year of Efficiency’ and we’re focused on becoming a stronger and more nimble organization.”

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XROM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The Mumbai Megapolis Metaverse offers the citizens an opportunity to experience all of these developments through an immersive virtual representation. Mumbai Tech Week (MTW) is a not-for-profit initiative and will be held between Feb 18-23, 2024, to recognise and celebrate the city's thriving tech ecosystem through various formats.

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ARVR

AUGUST 25, 2022

How the Metaverse will affect the future of the Organizations Image Credit: Unit 2 Games Limited I think that if I ask most people what the Metaverse is, they will start mumbling something related to virtual reality, and some will say online meeting. Since it is still in the making, no one knows.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

The only possible explanation is that according to Sony’s projections, the VR market may truly become profitable for a console manufacturer around 2022–2023. Every time someone will look for that game, he would find as the first result on Google the negative review by Carmack.

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Steki Amusement

JUNE 13, 2022

Following Meta, Microsoft and Google’s entry into the metaverse, Apple, currently the world’s No.1 Recently, Apple demonstrated its Mixed Reality (MR) headset in testing to its board members. At the same time, Apple has accelerated the development of rOS (reality OS).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Well, it is not a problem of virtual reality, but of the whole tech sector , that has seen its investments decreasing a lot in 2020. This startup just exited from stealth mode, is like Google Maps but for the interior of shopping centers, offices, and other closed environments. but it is anyway interesting to read about.

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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. China is launching real name identification in games.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Ahead of the event, XR Today spoke to Jason McGuigan, Head of Commercial Virtual Reality (VR) for Lenovo , to discuss more on his company’s latest innovations, activities, and future plans. Lenovo’s Latest Ventures. Lenovo Reveals ThinkReality VRX at IGS Europe 2022. Lenovo Outlines Metaverse, Sustainability Pledge.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

After all, not only does it have its own dedicated entertainment apps , but it works with solutions like Zoom and Microsoft 365 apps too. Still, it’s probably not a good idea to immerse yourself in virtual reality while walking on a treadmill or lifting weights. Apparently not!

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VRWorld

DECEMBER 14, 2017

It’s no wonder, then, that AR has the potential to become a $61 billion market by 2023, according to Research and Markets. Also interesting stock would be the one of Alphabet ( GOOGL ) that is also positioning itself for a future where most of us interact with online and app content in a virtual world.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies. Mobile application.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 10, 2023

Plus, through Workplace, users can share information in a range of different formats. → Latest Meta News Arthur Focusing on enterprise collaboration experiences in virtual reality, Arthur enables organizations to build environments where teams can get together, share work, and connect with custom avatars.

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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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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

When I worked at Microsoft I got in trouble with the lawyers over patents so they made me sleep with a lawyer (true story, that was my punishment). I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Why am I so confident? Disclaimer.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Arthur Focusing on enterprise collaboration experiences in virtual reality, Arthur enables organizations to build environments where teams can get together, share work, and connect with custom avatars. The solution is accessible on AR devices and platforms such as Google Play too. 16.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

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. The “metaverse” was not a key topic inside “Microsoft Build”. Microsoft Build is one of the most important yearly events organized by Microsoft. Other news. Learn more.

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