XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 16, 2024

The head-mounted display/headset marketplace may be approaching a broad shift as Apple unveils its Vision Pro headset next month, with the device promising to advance screen-based productivity into a third dimension, leveraging traditional MR technologies to achieve a spatial computing future.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 21, 2018

Retail and marketing companies have realized that virtual reality technology can be an effective tool to further assist consumers with the purchase process and provide them with the ability to visualize and personalize the products more realistically,” says Khin Sandi Lynn, Industry Analyst at ABI Research.

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AR Insider

JULY 5, 2021

The company that provides the best tools, the largest audience, and most of all, the biggest rewards for its builder community, will win. 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

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Spatial computing is here, and it’s changing the world Millions, even billions of people worldwide, interact with spatial systems and tools daily. Developers and designers can use spatial tools to create immersive user experiences in these settings. GPS uses spatial tools like sensors to provide navigation support and direction.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. I hope to be wrong, of course: maybe Valve has just accelerated to launch its device before Apple may finally release its one. This shows how mixed reality may be one of the big trends of the upcoming months.

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Bernard Marr

MAY 23, 2022

One of the biggest business trends around, I believe the subscription and servitization model will shape the businesses of the future. Let’s delve into what this trend means in practice and explore some brief examples of companies that have embraced this business model. A great example is the Amazon Ring home security camera.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2020

The story is similar for Amazon , Microsoft and Bose (kind of), and the 800-pound gorilla in wearables, Apple. As we’ve examined , Apple is conditioning users to wear sensors on their bodies to warm the world up for its looming smart glasses play. Fully Actualized. To continue the narrative, what about Snap?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

That trend has been keenly anticipated by the VR/AR Global Summit. I think this is a good thing, as the gigantic pockets of Apple, Google, Magic Leap, Huawei and such like will help fund the creative endeavours of a whole new content ecosystem.”. Now, the hardware cycle is drawing to a close.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

AR will be one technology in a constellation of next-normal retail tools, including lower-tech standbys like disinfectant. Cashierless retail, à la Amazon Go, is a technology that’s aligned with Covid-era dynamics and demand signals. But thrust will come from Amazon’s intent to position it as a “retail as a service” play.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Moreover, the trends will stay within the same lines for the next five years, with consumer apps in the lead by a wide margin. Mixed reality app installs will increase as digital assistants, such as Amazon Alexa and Apple Siri, become an integral part of the MR ecosystem. Total AR and MR market value; Source: Juniper Research.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. In that way, the platform follows the path of one of the greatest enabling tools the tech world has ever seen: Amazon Web Services. Point your phone (or future glasses) at places and objects to contextualize them.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Spatial computing trends, and the trends influencing both the extended reality landscape and metaverse ecosystems are closely connected. While spatial computing isn’t an entirely new concept, major market leaders like Apple believe it will shape the future of our digital interactions. With a projected value of $544.6

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Spatial computing trends, and the trends influencing both the extended reality landscape and metaverse ecosystems are closely connected. While spatial computing isn’t an entirely new concept, major market leaders like Apple believe it will shape the future of our digital interactions. With a projected value of $544.6

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

One of the perennial features of CES is the unveiling of the latest and greatest in television technology from all of the big manufacturers, and 2023 is set to continue this trend. Elsewhere, Smart Homes will no doubt continue to be a key trend. Here a strong trend is expected to be devices using new, unified platforms such as Matter.

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

The latter powers Google’s Live View AR navigation tool. If Google is the spatial web’s knowledge layer, Facebook could be its social layer , Microsoft the enterprise productivity layer , and Amazon the commerce layer. Apple will be a hardware powerhouse for the physical touchpoint.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If we remove the Meta Quest exclusive games, I would say that if it current trends continues, in a year from now there will be almost feature parity between content on Pico and content on Meta Quest. Pico Worlds in-world creation tools (Image by Pico). Les Mills Body Combat has just been announced as being part of the content library.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

After one month from its official announcement, Facebook has released the Oculus Quest 2, that from the 13th of this month can be purchased online on the Oculus Store or on official resellers (like Amazon) or offline on partner stores (like Best Buy). Apple launches iPhone 12, Pro models have Lidar sensor.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 13, 2022

Father's Day is near and we've picked out some great highlights amongst the Father's Day deals, including discounts on iPads, TVs, grills, and more.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2023

I was reading Mark Gurman’s latest rumors about the upcoming Apple headset, and I found his article very intriguing. Apple’s products are very popular among content creators (e.g. This is the first Apple keynote I watched hoping for something XR-related. Let me explain to you why. The seamless transition iPhone X.

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ARVR

MARCH 24, 2021

The latter powers Google’s Live View AR navigation tool. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. If Google is the spatial web’s knowledge layer, Facebook could be its social layer , Microsoft the enterprise productivity layer , and Amazon the commerce layer. Apple will be a hardware powerhouse for the physical touchpoint.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

And this year, we’ll see further growth of this trend, which has still a big untapped potential: many new items to try-before-you-buy, new features available for filters, new popular ecosystems (like WeChat) that are going to adopt it properly. What will see a decreasing trend is everything that is about people going outside.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple has performed very strategic acquisitions as well, and the news of the week is that Snap has acquired Compound Photonics to gain a key supplier of LCOS and Microled displays. Apple may have delays for its headset.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Matthew Ball , Author, formerly Amazon AMZN -2.9%. Here he is criticizing the fact that most users who access his existing “virtual world” – Facebook – through mobile devices, do so through portals that are ultimately beyond his control – i.e. Google GOOG -2.3% or Apple's AAPL -1.5% app stores. Jensen Huang, Nvidia.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

It has created tools to improve geolocation, multiplayer, and also to deliver more realistic AR experiences (e.g. Giving great tools to creators is important to create a new ecosystem: see what has happened after creators had the opportunity of creating AR filters. Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Sometimes an anti-technology trend is the tech opportunity of a lifetime. And we were successful, fortunately, when we did our pre-order campaign, because as we found out, we weren’t the only ones who who love this notion of thinking better with the paper tablet, seeing paper as a powerful tool for thinking and for creating.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

But hey, let me play this game anyway, so here you are my predictions for virtual reality in 2021 based on the trends and the anticipations that we had at the end of 2020! I expect all these trends to continue in 2021, for a year that will see the growth of the technology on all its sides (software and hardware).

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

Apple’s Plan How Will Apple Compete? Apple is also interested in the industrial metaverse, and it has a number of strengths that it can leverage to compete with Microsoft and Google. Brand reputation: Apple is a well-respected brand with a strong reputation for quality and innovation.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

So I would say it’s the most in-depth book about what’s happening in AR and what the trends are today. They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. But, you know, companies should select the right tool for the job. It’s much denser than the first book.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

So I would say it’s the most in-depth book about what’s happening in AR and what the trends are today. They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. But, you know, companies should select the right tool for the job. It’s much denser than the first book.

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ARVR

JANUARY 6, 2023

It had started gaining interest in the metaverse trend ever since. ARKit  — ARKit is one of the powerful AR SDK released by Apple on 2017 to build AR solutions using iOS devices. Applications of AR Data Visualization  — Being able to visualize data is an important tool to make important decisions.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

I think that from the results of this battle, which will happen most probably in 2022, we will understand the trends that will drive the VR gaming market in all the upcoming years. Unreal is already compatible with the framework, so in 2021 we’ll soon have also the tools ready to create OpenXR cross-compatible platforms.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

This article explores the technological and business trends enabling this future. But more recently, tools have helped dematerialize the experience and make it more easy to conduct your campaign online. Generative AI tools have also helped dungeon masters create imagery to share with their groups. exaflops (10¹⁸) 1.5

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData’s Carter Rogers has you covered. Alan: You think it’s following a similar trend to mobile cell phones? BlackBerry started off kind of as an enterprise tool, as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

If you need well-researched info on the trends and changing tides of emerging tech to feel confident dipping your toes into the XR sea, SuperData’s Carter Rogers has you covered. Alan: You think it’s following a similar trend to mobile cell phones? BlackBerry started off kind of as an enterprise tool, as well.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

I think that's going to be a trend that we see, is people using spacial anchors to establish products in the environment that don't go away -- unless you want them to -- and then be able to configure them in real time. And that's a trend that we're seeing. And I think that's going to be a huge trend. Alan: I tend to disagree.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

I think that's going to be a trend that we see, is people using spacial anchors to establish products in the environment that don't go away -- unless you want them to -- and then be able to configure them in real time. And that's a trend that we're seeing. And I think that's going to be a huge trend. Alan: I tend to disagree.

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