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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Honor to all the other countries, some of them probably deserved more than us, but I think Italy won because we were a true team, a group of people that supported each other for a goal they craved to reach. Amazon Lumberyard becomes opensource. Both Facebook and Google have decided to double down on AR effects inside calls.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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Navigating the New Frontier of Extended Reality with Accenture’s Rori DuBoff

XR for Business Podcast

Prior to Accenture, Rori was Global Head of Digital Strategy and executive vice president at Havas Media Group, where she led and managed strategic planning worldwide, with a focus on digitally-integrated marketing communications and innovation. Alan: So, I think Google’s leading. Rori: Yeah, absolutely. Yes, exactly.

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Navigating the New Frontier of Extended Reality with Accenture’s Rori DuBoff

XR for Business Podcast

Prior to Accenture, Rori was Global Head of Digital Strategy and executive vice president at Havas Media Group, where she led and managed strategic planning worldwide, with a focus on digitally-integrated marketing communications and innovation. Alan: So, I think Google’s leading. Rori: Yeah, absolutely. Yes, exactly.

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Mark Zuckerberg and I are confusing the market about VR and AR and the future of all computing: here’s why we need to stop doing that

Robert Scoble

It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. They can’t look nerdy like Google Glass did. The tech industry is gearing up for a new paradigm shift. ” The problem is that saying that confuses the market.

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Valve Index: A good fit?

The Ghost Howls

June 28 th was a key date this year for a group of Virtual Reality enthusiasts who received on launch day, the first delivery of the new “ Valve Index ” PCVR system. As a member of this small group, who against the odds had managed to secure a pre-order on May 1st , mine arrived at 12.31

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XR for Crossover Podcast - Julie and Alan Smithson Chat About Education & Immersive Learning

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: Everybody was frustrated, because the kids are like, “Well, we’re on Google Docs over here for everything else, and you’re using this thing.” And Tomorrowland just partnered with Epic Game’ Unreal Engine, and did the Tomorrowland concert. Alan: –into Siri, Google, whatever, Amazon. Julie: Absolutely, absolutely.