Upload VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. This new XR platform was far from the main focus of the event, which centered around the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone and other hardware announcements.

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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. I myself switched from Apple to Samsung in 2015 specifically for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. And now, both Gear VR and Google’s platform are gone. (Image by Maria Korolov via Midjourney.)

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

So get ready to read some interesting XR news… Top news of the week (Image from Brad Lynch) Meta to launch Quest 3 in 2023, despite the layoffs During the latest earning calls, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Meta is going to launch a new device, the Quest 3, in 2023. But now some data about it is starting to be found.

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Upload VR

MAY 11, 2023

During its I/O 2023 conference, Google said it will share more about its 'Android collaboration' with Samsung on 'immersive XR' later this year. Our partnership on WearOS with Samsung has been amazing, and I'm excited about our new Android collaboration on immersive XR. We'll share more later this year."

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

Google reportedly asked Meta to partner and "contribute to" its upcoming XR platform, but Meta said no. That same year, Lenovo launched a standalone headset running Daydream, Google's own VR OS that included its Google Play Services, Play Store, Google apps, and VR core technology on top of AOSP.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening. This means that the release of this headset may not happen before the end of 2023 for sure. Which tools and platforms are you using to build mind-bending creations?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2024

The time has finally come: on the last day of 2023, Praydog has released to the world his first version of UEVR, a universal VR mod for all games made with Unreal Engine. Last week I’ve already told you about two new chips that Samsung has built and that may be used in this headset.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by VRTUOLUO) A leak shows a prototype of the Samsung XR headset We finally have a leak of the Samsung headset that makes us see something about it. The report talks about Samsung wanting to target the $1000–2000 range, which in my opinion risks being neither expensive nor affordable.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This month, Samsung continued its recent history of leaking details on an upcoming XR wearable when it filed for a “Samsung Glasses” trademark in the UK. Reports suggest that Samsung plans to unveil a new device at its Unpack event next year, with initial production quantities expected to be around 30,000 units.

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Upload VR

JUNE 27, 2023

Google reportedly killed its glasses hardware project. Business Insider's Hugh Langley cites "three people familiar with the matter" as saying the hardware, which resembled standard glasses, was canceled earlier this year amid the mass layoffs at Google and the departure of Google's AR/VR chief Clay Bavor.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

This week, reports emerged claiming that Chinese news publication Gyro Technology leaked the design specifications of Samsung’s upcoming MR headset. According to the leaks, Samsung’s MR device will cost roughly between $1000-$2000. Samsung’s Q2 net profits fell by 84.5 percent from last year to $1.4

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Mashable VR

MAY 26, 2022

Google 's rumored foldable Pixel smartphone isn't coming anytime soon, new reports say. A new report by The Elec (via 9to5Google ) says the phone's launch has been postponed due to not being as complete as Google would've wanted. SEE ALSO: The return of Google Glass? Google gives us a peek at its new AR glasses.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 24, 2023

Google reportedly plans to provide AR glasses system software for hardware companies from 2025. In June Business Insider's Hugh Langley reported that Google had cancelled its own glasses hardware project amid the mass layoffs at the company and the departure of its AR/VR chief Clay Bavor.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 10, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Samsung XR headset may have been delayed The new rumor in town is that Samsung has delayed its upcoming headset that it is building in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. The report in particular talks about “design and displays” as areas where the review process will take place.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

However, the Menlo Park-based firm appears to be ramping up its Horizon service leading into Connect 2023. Moreover, Meta may enhance the feature as it heads towards Connect 2023. Meta Connect 2023 Speaking of Horizon Worlds, Meta is once again partially hosting its Connect showcase event on the Metaverse platform.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery. Moreover, ARCore expanded its device coverage across 2023. It’s the Google version of the “ARKit” experience from Apple.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With the Immerse Global Summit 2023 Orlando underway, the immersive sector has rallied for another round of discussions, panel talks, and other surprises. This has led Google to slash jobs across its operations in recent months. This comes after coding revealed users could activate the Assistant using a Google-compatible device.

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Upload VR

JULY 10, 2023

The engineering director of Google's upcoming AR/VR operating systems has quit. Lucovsky moved to Google two months later to lead its XR operating system effort , but today he announced he has quit. The recent leadership change may refer to the departure of Clay Bavor earlier this year amid the mass layoffs at Google.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

Industry conversation on the Metaverse and XR has also fuelled discussions across the Augmented World Expo (AWE) USA 2023. Explaining further, he added, “Not to be outdone, the Google-Samsung-Qualcomm power trio is cooking a comeback of their very famous mega Android partnership with a new XR headset.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 21, 2023

After months of tinkering and testing, Project Iris, Google’s latest AR innovation, appears to be another “Google Glass Failure.” For years, Google has been toying with the idea of becoming a real competitor in the extended reality market. But for all its innovation and resources, Google’s AR ideas never really seem to pan out.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Pico is facing layoffs for its total workforce that exceeded “2,000 at its peak” but has faced waves of layoffs, hitting 20 to 30 per cent of its employees in 2023. Samsung to Debut MR Headset in 2024? This week saw more rumblings about a Samsung MR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Taking a page from Apple’s playbook, it looks like Google is working on its own processors for Chromebooks and tablets. And according to a Nikkei Asia report , we could see in-house Google chips as early as 2023, and devices powered by those chips soon after. Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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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OCTOBER 30, 2023

South Korean news outlet Electronic Times said it interviewed Qualcomm's GM & VP of XR Hugo Swart at Snapdragon Summit 2023 last week. XR2 Gen 2 is the successor to the original XR2 from 2020, and it's based on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip used in high-end Android phones like Samsung's Galaxy S23 series.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2023

Given our increased capital investments in recent years, we expect depreciation expenses in 2024 to increase by a larger amount than in 2023. Samsung Revenue Drops This week, Samsung also revealed its Q2 earnings. The decline is due to various factors, one of which is a decrease in shipments of Samsung smartphones.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

Everybody in the world of consumer and entertainment technology has their eyes set on Las Vegas, where CES 2023 is set to open its doors in early January. Those known to be taking part include Google, Microsoft, LG, Sony, ASUS, Garmin, Panasonic, Nvidia, Intel, Hisense, JBL, and AMD.

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Upload VR

MARCH 20, 2024

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. And what’s to stop you then from peripherals?"

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, in 2023, the momentum shifted. On the other hand, some XR prototype devices may be a simple proof of concept and may not hit end-users for years; a similar example is Google’s Starline project – first shown in 2021 – which aimed to reinvent remote meetings but is still under development.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

The chipset also helps boost consumer and enterprise-grade XR use cases on headsets and smartglasses by leveraging partnerships with Samsung, Google, Tobii, and Goertek to provide visual clarity for gaming and productivity applications.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. According to Statista , by 2023, there will be 1.4 The leading OEMs such as Samsung and Apple are expected to contribute to manufacturing more AR devices.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Rumours of renewed work on Google’s Project Iris augmented reality (AR) smart glasses have surfaced on the internet, according to reports. Originally, Google acquired technologies from North, an AR smart glasses enterprise, and debuted the project at its I/O event.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 18, 2023

in 2023 and continue growing at a compound annual growth rate of 12.2% Last year SK Hynix commanded 50% of HBM shipments, followed by Samsung with 40% and Micron with 10%. cloud service providers, including AWS, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. However, they do not elaborate on whether they mean unit shipments or dollar shipments.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Picking up where we left off with Apple , Google and Bose’s hearables strategies, what’s the revenue outlook? That process is underway as Apple, Google, Bose and others are seeding the audio AR opportunity by conditioning the user behavior. billion in 2023. billion by 2023. billion in 2023.

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