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Big News from Altspace VR, Apple, Disney, Lloyd’s, and the US Justice Department

XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Following last week’s theme of layoffs across the tech sector, this week continues the unemployment trend as influential groups reassess the space and US Courts aim at Google. US Justice Department Against Google The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Alphabet, Google’s parent company, this Wednesday.

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XR Goes Mainstream at MWC 2024 – Event Roundup

XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

The Vision Pro bring Apple’s branding into the space and, with it, many eyes. Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. This system uses holographic AI avatars displayed on a large-scale kiosk.

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Apple Mum on AR/VR for iPhone 7, but Here’s How We Know They’re Still Working on It

Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Yesterday Apple held a keynote presentation to update the world on their latest products. It’s too early for Apple to jump into the AR/VR game. That much was made clear on stage at the company’s latest keynote where they revealed the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2. Acquisitions.

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How Much is Facebook Investing in Spatial Computing?

AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2020

We’ve generally stated “tens of billions” for the collective investment scale of the big five — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments.

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How Will Xiaomi’s AR Smart Glasses Square Up with Rivals?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

Additionally, the head-mounted display leverages its onboard AON camera for gestures and feature control. Additionally, Apple followed suit by redirecting efforts to their long-awaited, premium-tier MR headset and subsequent mid-range consumer MR device.

AR

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. At the same time, personal voice assistants developed by tech giants — Alexa from Amazon, Siri from Apple, and Google Assistant — are standing at the forefront of the audio augmented reality market.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. What did it enable?

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

There’s a whole range of services, and GPS is getting better now that it’s being married to computer vision, so you can get highly-localized Google directions – really accurate, down to a couple of feet. They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. What did it enable?

AR

AR Magic Leap Augmented Reality Course

Tech’s new “Digital Gods:” humans will soon be deeply integrated with tech

Robert Scoble

JULY 23, 2020

Qualcomm’s head of AR/VR says not just that it’s a great book (so do dozens of other reviewers on Amazon) but that it’s a “must read” to understand the 2030s and what is about to come next. Early versions are named Apple Siri, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Facebook Portal.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. And about a year before it came out, they hired me and they said, "Stefan, we think that the control of smart glasses and the control of head mounted displays is really important.

AR

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. And about a year before it came out, they hired me and they said, "Stefan, we think that the control of smart glasses and the control of head mounted displays is really important.

AR

AR Controllers Gesture Control Head Mounted Display

Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. And about a year before it came out, they hired me and they said, "Stefan, we think that the control of smart glasses and the control of head mounted displays is really important.

AR

AR Controllers Gesture Control Head Mounted Display

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. I’ve been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. It’s just amazing.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. I've been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. It's just amazing. Alan: I couldn't agree more, to be honest.

Machine Learning

Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. I’ve been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. It’s just amazing.

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Machine Learning Technology Virtual Reality Healthcare

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

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