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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.28): Quest 3 unboxing leaked, Samsung+Google headset situation is blurry, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Another leak regarded the release date: an Amazon listing put the availability date of the Quest 3 starting from October, 10th. First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product.

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Mozilla is Shutting Down Development on WebXR Social App ‘Hubs’

Road to VR

A tool to download user data will be released on April 1st, the company says. The company emphasizes that its so-called ‘Community Edition’ of Hubs can run on any platform that supports Kubernetes, which includes a majority of cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

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Metaverse and Investing – Opportunities for Retail Investors Part 2: Software and Infrastructure

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And then there are the “tools” with which all of the above will have to be created, modeled, written, and programmed. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for AltspaceVR. Microsoft again, because some time ago they bought AltspaceVR , a VR social platform that was on the verge of bankruptcy. Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERIC) for 5G.

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NVIDIA Unveils Open Metaverse Tools at SIGGRAPH 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Novel machine learning-backed tools to streamline graphic workflows. The tool would also simulate muscle movements and lifelike hair textures. Numerous companies such as Adobe, Dell, Epic Games, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services trialled the Omniverse at the event.

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Report: NVIDIA Forms Custom Chip Unit for Cloud Computing and More

Anand Tech

According to Reuters , NVIDIA has initiated discussions with leading tech companies, including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI, to investigate the potential for developing custom chips. It is not just CUDA, but a vast library of software tools and libraries."

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Why are Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality the Perfect XR Pair?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

People seeking visas, passport renewals, and updated country info can use cross-platform tools to receive key information and documents for their travels. This also applies to companies like IKEA and Amazon, where customers can superimpose virtual furniture, electronics, and clothing stocks in physical locations.

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

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All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. In 2017, Apple released software called ARKit, which includes tools for software makers to determine how far away an object or wall is, if the phone is moving, or identify limbs in a human body, among other functions.