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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

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Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies. How Augmented Reality Works. See Also: What Is the Difference between Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality?

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Microsoft Reportedly Making Cuts In HoloLens Group Amid Wider Downsizing

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Microsoft is reportedly reducing the size of its HoloLens group. Microsoft is far from the only big tech company to make this move – this week Amazon started laying off 18000 people, Meta laid off more than 11000 in November, and Snap laid off 20% of its staff in September.

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How Can Businesses Prepare for Enterprise VR?

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percent year-on-year, with augmented reality (AR) peaking 94.1 Affected companies include Meta Platforms, Amazon, and the global cryptocurrency community. The Dublin-based IT consultancy has outlined a Metaverse Continuum Group to facilitate digital transformations for businesses. percent YoY for 2023. Optimism in XR.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.28): The debate on Facebook continues, Microsoft acquires Zenimax, and more!

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Microsoft has acquired Zenimax for $7.5B. In-between the console wars, Microsoft has bought Bethesda’s parent company, Zenimax, for $7.5B. Microsoft has not announced a VR headset for the Xbox, but could it be interested in creating more VR games for PC? And again, will these games support the new PSVR2 headset? Let’s dream!).

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

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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. Recently, Microsoft entered an extended partnership with OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, to expand the tech solution to business clients.

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“GeoPose Evangelist” Talks Spatial Computing and Autonomous Vehicles

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Amazon has a system, Microsoft has a system, Magic Leap has a system. A list of projects prioritized by the group begins with “Spatial Indexing and GeoPose.”. See Also: Augmented Reality’s Surprising First Frontier: The Automotive Industry. “ Spatial Computing and AR as an Operating System.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.12). Quest 3 fully leaked, new Rumors on Valve, and more!

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New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. IVAS is meant to increase the capabilities of the soldiers deployed on the field thanks to the support of augmented reality glasses. Hope you enjoy!