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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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 23, 2023

Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off 12,000 Jobs Late last week, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, laid off roughly 12,000 individuals. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce. Google’s layoffs come just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 25, 2023

The United States (US) Justice Department launched a lawsuit against Google’s parent company Alphabet on Tuesday, reports revealed. According to the lawsuit, Google earns roughly 80 percent of its earnings from advertising. According to the lawsuit, Google earns roughly 80 percent of its earnings from advertising.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Why Facebook and Amazon have joined the race to bring computing to your face. — Facebook and Amazon each discussed computer glasses at launch events this week. — Amazon’s approach is to get a lightweight product out now, while Facebook is promising advanced technology in a few years. Microsoft (enterprise) 4.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Google is meanwhile motivated toward wearables to maintain direct touchpoints to consumers. This was the same strategy that drove Google’s investments in the Android OS years ago. Just like with mobile devices, Google can position itself closer to users as a “Trojan horse” for search. Trojan Horse.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Microsoft ‘Mixed Reality’ Headset Discounts. Microsoft’s Windows “Mixed Reality” headsets are now on sale for up to $100, bringing the cheapest among them to just $300. Only available in Microsoft retail and online stores in the US and Canada, the sale goes on until 11:59 PM PST on November 27, 2017. Shop on Amazon.

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AR Insider

MARCH 30, 2021

Google is meanwhile motivated toward wearables to maintain direct touchpoints to users. This was the same strategy that drove Google’s Android OS years ago. Just like with mobile devices, Google can position itself closer to users as a “Trojan horse” for search. Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars? Part V: Apple. Trojan Horse.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Only a minimum of the data should be shared with the online servers and most of them should be handled locally; the applications and the communications should be secure; the user must have all the control among what data of his/hers gets shared and what not. Amazon acquires Umbra. Amazon acquires Umbra.

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Road to VR

MARCH 10, 2020

Image courtesy Microsoft. Google / Daydream. Google Cardboard (all versions). Most USB cables are a bit short to work with a VR headset, but they can be combined with an extender; we have had success with these options on Amazon: Anker 10ft USB 3.0 Can I Mix and Match Controllers? Gear VR (all versions).

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Past attempts have been unsuccessful, such as Google Glass, due to reluctance and concerns over ethical issues such as privacy and security of AR glasses. Fast-forward a few years from the failing Google Glass, and now it turns out the popularity of smart-glasses has increased again, thanks to numerous new developments.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). When Microsoft won a $22B dollars contract with the US Army to develop a special version of HoloLens that could increase the “lethality” of troops, the news made strides worldwide.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

As a long-time AR enthusiast, and one of the first to have tried Google Glass in Italy, I have to admit that I will consider AR mainstream only when it will be on glasses that we will wear all day , when we’ll live in a completely shared mixed reality world (the AR Cloud). Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Sounded good.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 31, 2022

Are you Google Android OS or Apple iOS? So, if you prefer Google's Android OS to Apple's iOS, opting for an Android tablet over an iPad makes a lot of sense. Android is a Google-owned mobile operating system. What is the Google Play Store? You can find tons of Google-approved apps there. It's a kind of tribalism.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash of 1992, the internet has been superseded by the Metaverse, a multi-person shared virtual reality with both human-controlled avatars and system “daemons”. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud.

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ARPost

MAY 3, 2021

If you want to emulate the likes of Google, Amazon, and Facebook, or more correctly, avoid being kicked out of business by them, it is imperative you at least consider the use cases of AR that fit into and can improve your business model. Manufacturing and quality control.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

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. Additionally, as Samsung and Google have partnered with Qualcomm, it is reasonable to assume that the device will use the Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, which supports AI-ready wearables.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. The Touch controllers feel like little magical half-doughnuts and are smooth and intuitive.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Instead of using keyboards and buttons to control processes, we use gestures, eye movement, and voice commands detected by sensors. You’d have to use a separate mouse or controller instead. Think of how headset trackers and cameras allow you to interact with digital content without controllers. Is Spatial Computing just VR?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Epson also upgraded its BT-45CS models with Android-compatible BO-IC400N intelligent controllers for remote assistance and workflow guidance applications, offering integrated touchscreens, bespoke user interfaces, expandable memory to 2 terabytes (TB), and IPX2 water resistance, among others. Epson India (@IndiaEpson) October 17, 2022.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Thanks to the vaccines and the pandemic that seemed more or less under control, this seemed a possible scenario, and in-person successful events like AWE 2021 confirmed this hypothesis. CES 2022 is going to be less cool than expected. Some months ago, it was announced that CES 2022 would have had a physical edition again.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 30, 2022

Tender Claws and Google ARCore. As extended reality gaming experiences continue to take the world by storm, leading cloud and technology vendors like Google are offering game creators and developers an easy avenue into the ecosystem. RoboRaid and Microsoft HoloLens. Respawn Entertainment and Unity.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

For $600, you’ll get the Vive system (headset, basestations, controllers, etc.), a Deluxe Audio Strap, Google Tilt Brush , a redemption code for  Fallout 4 VR ($60 value), and a free trial to Viveport Subscription. Check out our review here. photo courtesy HTC. You can see where Vive is sold near you here.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data. That’s why Avi Bar-Zeev in a tweet on this topic talked about “the illusion of control” of our data : actually, Facebook already had it all. Zuckerberg wrote in a letter some years ago that he wants full control of the XR platform.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Zuck noticed that it is slowly losing control of the current technology platform and it is trying to switch to the new one, to dominate it even more. A report from Insider states that Microsoft may have canceled its plans for HoloLens 3. The previous one went great on Amazon, and I’m sure this will be a great read, too.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. Microsoft’s CEO understands that the metaverse concept will impact every part of the way we do business. Matthew Ball , Author, formerly Amazon AMZN -2.9%. The experiences we're allowed to build and use are more tightly controlled than ever. Eric Schmidt , Google.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2021

The new VR headset enhances everything from resolution and field of view to tracking and input ; It will connect to PS5 with a single cord to simplify setup and improve ease-of-use while enabling a high-fidelity visual experience; It will feature controllers carefully studied for VR. This is news that will have massive consequences.

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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. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. And its latest update, dubbed the “Mixed Reality 2.0 Hope you enjoy!

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

The ring should have a double purpose: on one end, it should act as a health sensor, able to track heart data like a smartwatch; on the other end, it should act as a controller to be used in conjunction with XR glasses. The purpose of the group is of course the one of fighting the duopoly of Apple Maps/Google Maps.

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ARVR

JUNE 30, 2020

Companies fined to date include Google (€50M euros) in relation to transparency and a lack of valid consent. Creating remote MR productions Even ahead of California’s enactment of its mirror legislation, tech giants Apple and Microsoft declared their support for the GDPR and similar legislation in the U.S. “We

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

Trojan Horse Google is meanwhile motivated toward wearables to maintain direct touchpoints to users. This was the same strategy that drove Google’s Android OS years ago. Just like with mobile devices, Google can position itself closer to users as a “Trojan horse” for search. Amazon is motivated for similar reasons?—?a

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

You have to buy base stations and controllers separately from HTC or Valve. And the new delay with controllers is not helping with that, either. It is a set of AR glasses strictly focused on tabletop gaming that works together with a 6 DOF controller and a special board made with retro-reflective materials. The time is coming!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

With Qualcomm’s industry-leading Snapdragon Spaces platform , Xiaomi can also develop programmes on OpenXR and Microsoft’s MRTK toolkit. Regarding hand tracking, Xiaomi’s latest AR smart glasses boast micro gesture controls, leading to enhanced human-computer interfacing (HCI) capabilities.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 14, 2023

Concluding, he said: “In terms of how we should operate during this period, I encourage each of you to focus on what you can control. This has included Google parent company Alphabet , Microsoft, Amazon, and others amid the ongoing tech crisis. That is, do great work and support your teammates.

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2017

Basically, you snap up to three scent cartridges into the OhRama scent mask, and control the smell via Bluetooth and a mobile app. …and more… AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE IS NOW TESTING THE MICROSOFT HOLOLENS. MICROSOFT: WINDOWS 10 HOLOGRAPHIC. GOOGLE DAYDREAM ON SALE / DISAPPOINTING SALES?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. For me this is not a fortunate sentence: this is what Alex Kipman said about the HoloLens, a few weeks before the whole Microsoft Mixed Reality division was disbanded and he was fired from the company.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

The same day of the launch of Half-Life: Alyx, Hewlett-Packard has announced its new virtual reality headset, the Reverb G2 , made in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve. We can speculate that this will be an enterprise headset costing at least $600, evolving the Reverb fixing the problem with controllers and improving the audio.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device.

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