AR Insider

JANUARY 25, 2021

How many XR headsets is Apple working on, and when can we get our hands one them? Between the $299 Oculus Quest, the death of the movie theater, and the COVID stigma on shared headsets, you’d think we wouldn’t be hearing much about this right now. Apple headset to be a pricey, niche VR precursor to eventual AR headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Here you are my recap of the most interesting XR news of the week! Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. If the report were true, this would mean that Apple doesn’t believe in AR anymore and this would be terrible news for all the immersive realities ecosystem. Top news of the week. So, don’t panic.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

Apple Glasses may release in 2021 for $499. In the end, technologist Jon Prosser has revealed the main details he knows about the Apple Glasses. Well, on another website, I’ve been able to find someone that reading some Apple’s documents has found pictures of strange colored circular tags that may act as QR Codes for Apple devices.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

Today in Italy it should be the day when we go pic-nicking… but given the fact that we are in lockdown, I’ll just eat a lot at home While I send you a lot of good vibes, let’s see together what have been the best pieces of AR/VR news of this week, that has been incredibly interesting! (My Top news of the week.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It’s a month that I always find a bit sad because it marks the end of the summer (at least on my hemisphere), but on the tech side, this Autumn and this Winter are going to be pretty hot, so the techie that is in me is actually happy. I can’t wait to discover the Pico 4, the Quest Pro, and the Apple Reality headsets… and you?

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Avi Bar-Zeev, Hololens co-inventor and longtime AR/VR stalwart, has left Apple, Variety reports. Bar-Zeev helped found and invent the core technologies behind HoloLens at Microsoft, assembling the company’s very first AR prototypes, demos and UX concepts. “ I had the best exit one can imagine.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2023

Some selected developers have received the Apple headset. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who is considered a reliable reporter about Apple, claimed that “a small number of high-profile software developers” have already received the Apple mixed reality headset to start developing content for it. Other relevant news.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. OK, I will be able give a more definite verdict after I actually get a hands-on demo first thing tomorrow, but in the meantime, here are our first impressions from having seen the live demos on the stage here at MWC Barcelona. Spatial Anchors.

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Road to VR

JULY 14, 2020

Goertek may not be a household name, but the China-based company is looking to gear up its manufacturing lines to produce a surprising number of VR/AR headsets and lenses soon. Yivian notes that Goertek also hopes to push production of VR/AR devices to 3.5 The news was first reported by Yivian (Chinese).

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2018

Later this year, Microsoft is increasing the cut developers earn when publishing on the Microsoft Store. Microsoft says in a blog post that gaming apps won’t see the raise from the standard percentage, which at the time of this writing is a standard 70/30 split. Check out more details on the Microsoft blog post.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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AR Insider

JANUARY 24, 2020

This article features the latest episode of The AR Show. Based on a new collaboration, episode coverage now joins AR Insider’s editorial flow including narrative insights and audio. McDowall’s insights are prefaced by a few burning questions: Why are AR glasses inevitable? Who are the top players?

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AR Insider

MARCH 16, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” The Plurality.

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AR Insider

APRIL 6, 2020

Data Point of the Week is AR Insider’s dive into the latest spatial computing figures. It also includes VR’s immersion and escapism (entertainment); and AR’s applications in workplace collaboration and home services (utility). Of course “headsets” is a bit conflated, as subcategories (AR, VR, etc.)

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AR Insider

MAY 27, 2020

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. . Urgency Will Change Today’s AR Vision into Tomorrow’s AR Reality. We see this development in technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Blockchain. by Dirk Schart.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The money that very large companies are investing in this world makes me extremely bullish about the value that can be generated. Let me give you just a few very well-known examples: Meta bought Oculus VR for 2 billion dollars when there was still only a prototype headset. See Also: Why We’re Not All Wearing AR/VR Headsets.

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

A conversation could be coming to your home in the next five years and it is probably as unavoidable as those previous ones: Are you on a Meta Quest or do you have Apple Vision? Google chickened out , Microsoft got distracted , and it's totally understandable if you lost interest in VR when they did. This is happening.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Are you ready to read some interesting AR and VR news from the week that has just finished? Oculus Go price cut down to $150. Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. Top news of the week. Image by Engadget).

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper). Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence from smartglasses (again, so far). Yet Facebook , Microsoft and others are arguably more important to where the market is today.

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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Apple’s first mixed-reality headset will be no Oculus Quest alternative, new leaks suggest, with a supposed price tag – and high-end specs – that would put it among the company’s most expensive Mac and display models.

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VRScout

MAY 13, 2020

Spatial’s virtual collaboration comes to Oculus Quest and a slew of other platforms. I experienced first hand how powerful the platform is at a Microsoft HoloLens 2 launch event last year in NYC. Unfortunately, dedicated AR headsets are still very pricey. Working in AR and VR is going to be a huge antidote to that.

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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2019

Step into the role of Crow with this Facebook Karaoke AR filter. have launched a new Facebook AR face filter that lets you wear the colorful feathered face of the hero from their most recent VR film, Crow: The Legend. The face filter resembles an experience similar to that of Apple’s Animoji app. and Asteroids!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

There are so periods during the evolution of a tech with a certain group of leaders, who change over time. In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017.

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. It comes without surprise that both Silicon Valley titans and newly launched startups are all vying to hire AR developers, designers, product managers, and many others.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Most of the big giant companies in the world are investing heavily in the field of AI. According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. Apple leads when compared with other giants in terms of acquisitions made.

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ARVR

JUNE 9, 2021

For this reason we have decided to take a look at how the players in this market are moving in an attempt to understand what direction they are taking and on what type of devices they are orientating, in order to understand, as developers and end users, what we can expect in the coming months and years. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

APRIL 28, 2023

The Reality Labs division develops and manufactures Meta’s VR headsets, such as the Oculus Quest 2. The division also develops AR and VR technologies like the Quest Pro headset. The company faces increased competition from other VR and AR companies, such as Sony and Apple. ”

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

Are you attending XRDC’s AR and VR conference in San Francisco on October 14-15? The XRDC AR/VR Healthcare Report is out now and is a must-read. The report covers the latest advancements in AR and VR with interviews from 5 leaders using this tech in healthcare. The Healthcare Industry, VR, and AR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. That is if every company implemented OpenXR, a program built for the Oculus should work with SteamVR as well. Image by Oculus).

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. It originally appeared in WIRED , including commentary from AR Insider’s research arm, ARtillery Intelligence. . Apple’s AR Glasses are Hiding in Plain Sight. by Peter Rubin, WIRED. PHOTOGRAPH: CARSTEN KOALL/GETTY IMAGES.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Meta (formerly Facebook) is not only building its next generation of AR and VR headsets, but it’s looking to jumpstart a sort of immersive internet the company believes will one day be the future of human interaction—that’s the ‘metaverse’ everyone’s talking about.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2016

Apple has just been granted another AR/VR related technology patent, to add to their growing list. Apple’s absence from the flourishing virtual and augmented reality stage is felt more strongly with every passing day.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. Smartphones are old news. by Kif Leswing, CNBC.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Oculus devices will require a Facebook login. The enormous piece of news of the week is tha t Facebook has communicated that from October, 20th, all people that want to use an Oculus device for personal use will have to use their personal Facebook account to log in. Top news of the week. Image by Tweakanalogy). The same on Twitter.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 23, 2019

But for now, let me do a recap of the best news of the past week in AR and VR! Oculus has teased the OC6. Oculus has just announced the dates for the Oculus Connect 6. Oculus is going to announce something not only about VR but also about AR. Top news of the week. Image by Upload VR). Other relevant news.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One-year price performance for MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, SNE, and NVDA According to the latest report from Statista , the global augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) markets are rapidly growing and are forecast to reach a total of $72.8 One-year price performance for MSFT as of 2/3/20 Apple Inc.

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