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XR Industry Giants Team up to Save Key Developer Tool

Road to VR

Microsoft, Qualcomm and Magic Leap announced a partnership to “guide the evolution” of the Mixed Reality Toolkit (MRTK), a cross-platform AR/VR development framework which has now gone open-source. The committee says more devices are “coming soon,” one of which will likely be the Magic Leap 2 AR headset.

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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.” And they’ve done it.

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Magic Leap 2 Scores Major Standard for Medical Use

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Magic Leap , a leading manufacturer of augmented reality (AR) headsets, announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 fresh updates on its collaboration with industry verticals. The news comes as the firm partnered with SentiAR to link physicians with data displayed on the Magic Leap 2 headset.

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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Takes Control of Magic Leap

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The investment by Saudi’s PIF division allows the region to own over 50 percent of Magic Leap’s ownership stake. Speech-to-text detection.

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Audi, Magic Leap Launch Activesphere Concept UI

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Audi Motors recently debuted its Activesphere concept car, which features Magic Leap’s augmented reality (AR) driving user interface (UI) technologies. With Magic Leap 2, Audi Dimensions delivered a novel UI creation to empower drivers while on the road.

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Spatial on Unity Creator Tools, Company Vision, and the Metaverse for Consumers

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Spatial is leveraging existing popular RT3D content creation tools to become the go-to Metaverse content creation hub. Jake Steinerman spoke with XR Today last week, addressing the firm’s most recent user-generated content toolkit, company vision, and the state of the Metaverse in 2023.

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Highlighting the Top 3 XR Trends of 2023 [Insights From This Year’s AWE USA]

ARPost

The 2023 edition of AWE USA not only lived up to its reputation but also reached new heights, reportedly marking its largest event to date. Magic Leap 2 is known for offering what is called segmented dimming, but in the case of the Crossfire, the glasses would become completely opaque despite the AWE show floor being exceptionally bright.

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