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The XR Week Peek (2024.1.9): Apple Vision Pro launches on 2/2, Qualcomm announces new chipset for Samsung headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple announces the release date of the Apple Vision Pro During the last few days, the rumors about possible release dates for the Apple Vision Pro have intensified , and someone talked about January, 27 as the day of the launch. The headset will be available for purchase in the U.S.,

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“The Bear Who Touched the Northern Lights” Is a Charming AR Story Puzzle

ARPost

The puzzle pieces come to life with the help of a free AR mobile app for Apple and Android devices. The play guide recommends that you remove the optional chapters and two of the interchangeable chapters the first time that the puzzle is constructed.

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Will Apple’s Wearables Success Accelerate AR?

AR Insider

In Apple earnings last week, he didn’t pass up the opportunity for this perennial AR shout-out — this time zeroing in on the tech’s breadth of applicability. ” Beyond that explicit nod to AR, implicit signals from Apple’s quarterly earnings hold clues for the technology’s fate in Cupertino.

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Google’s ‘Internet-of-Places’ Inches Forward

AR Insider

Facebook wants to be the social layer to the spatial web, while Amazon wants to be the commerce layer and Apple wants a hardware-centric multi-device play. The crowdsourced approach is also aligned with common AR-construction approaches. T ech giants see different versions of spatial computing’s future.

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What is Spatial Computing in simple terms?

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The GPS in a car, a virtual home assistant with speech recognition capabilities, and QR code scanners are all examples of spatial technology. Without spatial technology, a virtual reality environment would be something you could see and walk around, but never touch or interact with. However, spatial computing isn’t a new concept.

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Rapidus Wants to Supply 2nm Chips to Tech Giants, Challenge TSMC

Anand Tech

Modern fabrication technologies are expensive to develop in general. To recover the massive R&D and fab construction costs, Rapidus will need to produce its 2nm chips in very high volumes. Interestingly, the company aims to serve world's leading tech giants, challenging TSMC, IFS, and Samsung Foundry.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.13): Horizon Worlds is now in open beta, Among Us VR is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Apple headset may be very lightweight. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the upcoming Apple visor should weigh around 3–400g, which is much lighter than current headsets on the market, including the Quest 2.

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