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AWE USA 2023 Day Two: More Keynotes, More Panels, and the Open Expo Floor

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AWE Day Two Keynotes Day One kickstarted the keynotes, but AWE Day Two saw exciting presentations and announcements from Magic Leap and Niantic. “The small team at Magic Leap has made something that many larger companies are still struggling to achieve.” “It’s foundational.”

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AWE 2023 Is Right Around the Corner

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Augmented World Expo , AWE for short, returns to Santa Clara this year from May 31 to June 2, 2023. Day Two Day two only has one proper keynote scheduled, this time with Magic Leap. Last year, the company’s Head of Product Management, Jade Meskill, took the stage to talk about the Magic Leap 2 and “augmented enterprise.”

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BIG XR News from Pico, Autodesk, Samsung, Magic Leap, and Snap

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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. Tencent Technology News added, In mid-October, there were rumors that PICO [had been] abandoned by ByteDance’s strategy.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

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I hope that a future rumor clarifies a bit more what is Facebook’s strategy. (Thanks Alessio Palumbo for the tip!). Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap looks for a $100-million deal to save itself. More info (Magic Leap trying to raise $100M) More info (Magic Leap timing for the future).

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Apple Vision Pro Competitor Gains Half a Billion in Funding

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This week, AR headset vendor Magic Leap secured roughly $590 million via Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, following the region becoming the firm’s majority owner in 2022. The Saudi Arabia funding has launched Magic Leap’s valuation to more than $4.5

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EndeavorXR’s Amy Peck Notes Top 2023 Trends

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XR Today spoke to Amy Peck, Founder and Chief Executive of EndeavorXR about the top tech trends in 2023 on the sidelines of her keynote speech at the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 in Miami. EndeavorXR is a strategy and consulting firm for virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solutions and symbiotic frontier technologies.

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AWE 2022 Day Two: The Floor Opens. Talks on Interoperability, Hardware, and Software

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AWE day two started off with back-to-back keynotes from mixed reality display maker Magic Leap and AR commerce solution Avataar. A Look at the Magic Leap 2. Magic Leap’s Head of Product Management, Jade Meskill, presented “Magic Leap 2 and the Augmented Enterprise.”