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Vancouver’s VR/AR Global Summit Puts Content First

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After the release of Magic Leap One earlier this month – the most anticipated launch in the sector – the industry’s best minds have shifted to content. . That trend has been keenly anticipated by the VR/AR Global Summit. Magic Leap is tackling this as a humble start up with $2.3B.

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The Second Coming of Augmented-Reality Glasses

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The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone. Another survey conducted mid-June 2019, 4 years since the debut of the Apple Watch, showed that roughly 1-in-5 U.S.

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Spatial Beats: TikTok, Rec Room & VRChat

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As if on cue, enter Matthew Ball, former Amazon Studios strategist turned VC, who has written brilliantly about The Metaverse. Apple and Snap partner JigSpace, the ‘Canva for 3D,’ raises a $4.7M The free VR social world has exploded since adding game consoles and Apple devices. Rec Room To Add Android App.

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Is Apple’s Spatial Computing Step the Correct Move? 

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Apple, Apple, Apple. Auidences are watching, developers are already working on realityOS applications, and XR device vendors are making a move towards the spatial computing trend of 2024. The Apple Vision Pro is incoming – if you haven’t heard already – the firm is looking to make a big splash in XR.

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Spatial Beats: 2020’s Top Ten

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Now what’s going to happen to the malls Amazon doesn’t want as warehouses? A year later Magic Leap ran out of cash and laid off half the company. I’d put Apple in the top ten also for its introduction of lidar (3D depth scans) on the new iPad. Image source: Apple. Social media giants have a lot to answer for.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.03): Quest 3 leaks, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX launch, and more!

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This would be a total pivot for Meta, which would so migrate away from the social importance of having eye and face tracking to compete directly with Apple in offering a consumer device totally dedicated to mixed reality. The device is available on Amazon for $379. This would show the fear that Meta has for its upcoming competitor.

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Is Facebook Building a ‘Social Layer’ For the Spatial Web?

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For Apple, AR’s job is to sell more hardware. Amazon wants AR for product visualization, pursuant to boosting e-commerce sales and reducing returns. Amazon will be the commerce layer, Microsoft the productivity layer and Facebook, the social/identity layer. Facebook Hardware Lead Andrew Bosworth Explains Live Maps.

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