XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

The Vision Pro bring Apple’s branding into the space and, with it, many eyes. At the event, AWS collaborated with Proto Holograms to showcase a new system powered by Amazon Bedrock. During the event, AWS VP Matt Wood conducted a live broadcast, allowing him to interact with a group of attendees identified as MWC 2024.

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Bernard Marr

MAY 12, 2023

Research suggests that while there are around 700 billion different variations of products on sale at Amazon, Expedia customers have to pick out what they’re looking for from 1.26 Rather than a search engine, which presents users with a sometimes overwhelming number of results that often have to be filtered to find the best options.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Foxconn puts lenses for Apple Glasses in “Trial Production” stage.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Just Dance VR is also part of a big focus on Fitness by Pico , with Pico Fitness already being part of the runtime and tracking the calories you burn while using the headset (clearly inspired by Oculus Move) and sharing them to Apple Health (like Oculus Move). Presentation. All the accessories (Fitness Tracker, etc.) First impressions.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Getting excited about birthday presents is not just for kids. Credit: Apple. Group gift, anyone?) An Apple Watch. Credit: Apple. An Apple Watch lets you access smartphone features conveniently on your wrist. The Apple Watch Series 6 in red is currently $50 off for $349. Credit: amazon.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Last Monday, there has been some hype in some of the XR groups I’m in for the Kura glasses. So, it is not something for the present, but more for the future. Internal iOS 13 code seems to point at Apple AR glasses. What we don’t know is what Apple is creating and when it will be released. Other relevant news.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 28, 2022

Large families or friend groups who plan to share an account should probably opt for a service that allows at least three devices streaming at once, or seek a service that offers an "unlimited streams" add-on for an additional cost. Others can't focus on anything but the indistinguishable blobs. How do I stream outside the US?

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

So with spacial anchors, if you can -- as a team leader and as a presenter -- drop an object onto the table in front of you, everybody else can pick up their phones and look at that object as well. And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. And then Apple's like "Ehhh, no.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

So with spacial anchors, if you can -- as a team leader and as a presenter -- drop an object onto the table in front of you, everybody else can pick up their phones and look at that object as well. And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. And then Apple's like "Ehhh, no.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. Startup Misapplied Sciences has presented a new kind of display that can show a different image to different users depending on their position in space. (Image by Engadget).

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

So with spacial anchors, if you can -- as a team leader and as a presenter -- drop an object onto the table in front of you, everybody else can pick up their phones and look at that object as well. And one of the things that we've been working on -- and I've been part of -- is the Khronos Group. And then Apple's like "Ehhh, no.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. Image by Khronos Group).

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

And then they present what they’re thinking. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 billion products for sale on Amazon. They’re a group that consolidates the industry, things like MP4s and stuff like that. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

And then they present what they’re thinking. I think that was one of the biggest challenges over the last few years, was… well, put it this way: Amazon has 1.5 billion products for sale on Amazon. They’re a group that consolidates the industry, things like MP4s and stuff like that. Alan: Absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. And we put this kind of like Apple-esque music over it, and made this cute little commercial and it never saw the light of day.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

In the presentation video, there is clearly the mention of the fact that the future will be untethered. For sure the announcement at FC and the release date in 2021 have been studied to put some pressure on Apple , which seems to be the only rival to Facebook for what concerns the AR future. Who decides what is legit and what not?

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. And then, the one thing that I tried to use on stage last year -- but it just wasn't quite ready -- was the ability to see your presentation notes. So this kind of went on your upper forearm.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. And then, the one thing that I tried to use on stage last year -- but it just wasn't quite ready -- was the ability to see your presentation notes. So this kind of went on your upper forearm.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. And that means that everything, all these objects that we create and consume will be very flexible in the way that they can present themselves, depending on– if you’re walking down the street with an Airbud in, you’ll be getting your information in audio.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 9, 2019

” And I guess he sent it to me on Amazon. And that means that everything, all these objects that we create and consume will be very flexible in the way that they can present themselves, depending on– if you’re walking down the street with an Airbud in, you’ll be getting your information in audio.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. You have Apple, with ARKit.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I’m actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. You have Apple, with ARKit.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

I'm actually one of the founding members of the Open Air Cloud Group and Kronos Group is is really kind of trying to pull together these standards for 3D, as well for e-commerce. I know there's a group right now trying to standardize 3D objects for e-commerce and retail because right now it's a dog's breakfast.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control. And then, the one thing that I tried to use on stage last year -- but it just wasn't quite ready -- was the ability to see your presentation notes. So this kind of went on your upper forearm.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. So you have this huge group of people retiring from jobs that they’ve been in for 20, 30, 40 years. It gets information presented. They were acquired by Apple. You know why Apple bought them? It’s not in context to my world.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. So you have this huge group of people retiring from jobs that they’ve been in for 20, 30, 40 years. It gets information presented. They were acquired by Apple. You know why Apple bought them? It’s not in context to my world.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

And that procedure is then presented back, either on a RealWear device or on a Hololens or on a phone or a tablet or frankly, I mean, you can even dump it out to Word, if you want it on paper. So in that case, we got to leverage 3D engineering data and use that to present to you how to get the job done. They might not have 3D.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

And that procedure is then presented back, either on a RealWear device or on a Hololens or on a phone or a tablet or frankly, I mean, you can even dump it out to Word, if you want it on paper. So in that case, we got to leverage 3D engineering data and use that to present to you how to get the job done. They might not have 3D.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

If you want to embed an AR experience in an existing mobile app — which is a very popular request we hear — you’ve either got to write to Google Sceneform or Apple’s ARKit, or kind of hack Unity into your mobile app. To be fair to everyone else, Apple’s very tightly coupled to the hardware. Paul: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

If you want to embed an AR experience in an existing mobile app — which is a very popular request we hear — you’ve either got to write to Google Sceneform or Apple’s ARKit, or kind of hack Unity into your mobile app. To be fair to everyone else, Apple’s very tightly coupled to the hardware. Paul: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Even the big players like Sony, Apple, and Microsoft have substantially reduced their production estimates for 2022, whilst processor manufacturers talk of delays into 2024. Amazon sold me a moulded nylon grip for an AR-15 airsoft rifle… it was time to start work building my first development “Mule”. Image provided by Rob Cole).

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Alan: It’s so interesting you say that because for the last three years, I feel like we had to start every presentation with, “OK, hat is the difference between AR and VR? Alan: With the Kronos Group announcing the OpenXR standards now, I think it’s going to become easier and easier for people to build on this.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

And that procedure is then presented back, either on a RealWear device or on a Hololens or on a phone or a tablet or frankly, I mean, you can even dump it out to Word, if you want it on paper. So in that case, we got to leverage 3D engineering data and use that to present to you how to get the job done. They might not have 3D.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

If you want to embed an AR experience in an existing mobile app -- which is a very popular request we hear -- you've either got to write to Google Sceneform or Apple's ARKit, or kind of hack Unity into your mobile app. To be fair to everyone else, Apple's very tightly coupled to the hardware. It's all very fragmented by the tool.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Alan: It’s so interesting you say that because for the last three years, I feel like we had to start every presentation with, “OK, hat is the difference between AR and VR? Alan: With the Kronos Group announcing the OpenXR standards now, I think it’s going to become easier and easier for people to build on this.

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