XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

This week, virtual production specialists Scenez entered a developer partnership with HTC VIVE to leverage its XR Elite headset for mixed reality (MR), “4D,” content creation and distribution. The news follows HTC’s announcement of its XR Elite MR headset at CES 2023 last month.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

As we head into the next generation of XR hardware, here are some of the big developments and releases coming out of the industry. But at last, we are seeing a shift from dedicated platform-specific hardware to agnostic all-in-one devices that makes sense for all involved. Where Is XR Heading? What Is Everyone Working On?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 18, 2023

So here you are a collection of the best news in immersive realities from the CES 2023, with many links to go deeper! HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. Could I make an exception for this year?

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2022

It was more of a conceptual showcase at the time, the report maintains, as some prototypes ran on Windows while others were based on the original HTC Vive. “as early as 2022” launch dates for N301 have been reported in the past, however later reports suggest a delay to 2023. N301 could cost around $3,000.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Future of Magic Leap After Ross Rosenberg was appointed Magic Leap’s CEO in October 2023, the company has since focused on its enterprise roadmap for 2024; targeting its XR devices towards enterprise and industrial clients. Magic Leap started to understand that these walled gardens are not their future.

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ARPost

JUNE 1, 2023

AWE USA 2023 saw a blossoming industry defending itself from negative press and a perceived rivalry with other emerging technologies. como pic.twitter.com/Do23hjIkST — AWE (@ARealityEvent) May 31, 2023 “We industry insiders know this is not exactly true … AI is a good thing for XR. AI accelerates XR,” said Inbar.

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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. Moreover, Lycnh’s tweet revealed how Meta plans to distribute Quest 3 EVT to third-party development teams in Q2 2023.

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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. The same on Twitter. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Apple Vision Pro I would smile that way, too, if I had $3500 to spend on an AR headset In 2023, Apple finally announced its headset, after we all spent hours in the past years watching those useless Apple events where Apple announced new phones and tablets we didn’t care about. None of them made XR to skyrocket.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the Magic Leap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. These new tools can fulfil an increasing number of use cases across the global industry.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

In the meantime, Bloomberg published a report saying that Apple is going to launch its XR headset in the “next several months” (a timeline that goes from now to 2023, I guess), and that it is probably waiting until there could be physical events again before doing it. And I’m not only talking about the hardware, but also the software.

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2023

Zappar’s Zapbox , DigiLens’ ARGO , Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 , the Magic Leap 2 , XREAL (previously Nreal) Air , and the Varjo XR 3 Focal Edition were all in the running, but the prize went to the HTC VIVE XR Elite. We’re just so happy. We’re so excited to be recognized here.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the Magic Leap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. These new tools can fulfil an increasing number of use cases across the global industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. On the other hand, Apple is not the only XR firm pushing for interoperability and cross-pollination of hardware and software.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

Moving from hype to tangible breakthroughs, 2023 has been an exciting time for Extended Reality (XR) development in hardware and software. After the holidays, XR Today reflects on ARuVR’s top achievements in 2023 and their impacts on the spatial computing community.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2023

HAPPY 2023! Image by HTC Vive). HTC’s new headset may be called Vive XR Elite. Thanks to the support of the community member Inscothen, I have discovered that the Korean website of HTC may have leaked the info about the upcoming headset that the company should unveil at this CES. Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

NVIDIA announced on Tuesday at the SIGGRAPH 2023 it had expanded its CloudXR software developer kit (SDK) to deliver more scalable, customisable extended reality (XR) experiences for enterprises and developers. Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) experiences can then become ubiquitous across company hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This is huge because we know that Samsung is able to always deliver good hardware. So basically Samsung is bringing to XR what already happens on phones: Samsung makes the hardware, Qualcomm the chipset, and Google the operating system. Qualcomm seems a very predictable choice, but Google is less. Don’t miss them!

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TechCrunch VR

MAY 31, 2023

Image Credits: TechCrunch When HTC began imagining life after the smartphone, it looked a lot like VR. A collaboration with Valve, the product was introduced as a demo under the “SteamVR hardware system” banner at 2015’s GDC show. Magic Leap officially announced its One headset after years of speculation and rumors.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 16, 2018

The pinnacle of standalone performance is HTC Vive’s Focus headset that that uses "world-scale" and is similar to the HTC vive, a powerful headset tethered to a PC. Based on statistics the augmented/mixed reality industry will be MUCH larger than VR by 2023. Additionally, Magic Leap is one of the most funded startups in history.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Don’t forget to catch the XR Awards on 25 May, 2023, where we celebrate the victories of the global immersive industry. Meta Platforms is named so because it was one of the first big tech firms to market itself as a builder of tools, hardware, software developer kits (SDKs), and infrastructure for the Metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). At Tilt Five, we designed a really clever system that only works on tabletop experiences but it has features that are just leaps and bounds above what the big Magic Leap or HoloLens type AR systems are. That’s where I got started with augmented reality.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

Then we have a new report from The Verge that says that the upcoming Apple visor is coming with an M2 chip (we knew that); Kuo saying that Apple will release its visor in January 2023 (we knew that); Apple AR glasses (not the headset, but the glasses) have now entered the design development stage and should release in 2024 (again, we knew).

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Ryan Schultz

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The hardware to be launched at the event had already been totally leaked. HTC, Magic Leap, and other enterprise companies tend to emphasize how long their products will last — offering either comparatively long-lasting batteries or swappable ones. Most pieces of news were already been announced o r were not that relevant.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 26, 2023

Notably, XR Today celebrated the best in XR enterprise innovation this week via the XR Awards 2023. XR Awards Winners Announced The XR Awards 2023, alongside an esteemed group of industry expert judges, revealed this year’s winners across 16 categories that showcase the best and brightest the space has to offer.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2022

This openness reflects also on the hardware side, where Pico has just announced a partnership with Ultraleap to bring its hand-tracking device to Pico via an adapter. If the rumor is true, Meta by 2024 is going to basically release the Nreal glasses or a mix of Nreal Light and Magic Leap 2. HTC Vive is going to launch… a box.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

According to the rumor, the collaboration should end in 2023, with the first product launched in 2024, a year that is compatible with a consumer-prosumer release of an XR device. Magic Leap rebrands and kills the whale. Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. It is very cool.

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