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Apple said to be working a high-priced standalone VR headset as debut mixed reality product

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Apple is reportedly working on developing a high-end virtual reality headset for a potential sales debut in 2022, per a new Bloomberg report. Apple undoubtedly kills a lot of its projects before they ever see the light of day, even in cases where they include a lot of time and capital investment.

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Apple and Snap partner JigSpace, the ‘Canva for 3D,’ raises a $4.7M Series A

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” Right after JigSpace launched its Pro version, it was featured in Apple’s iPhone 12 Keynote , demonstrating how the iPhone 12’s LiDAR scanner and 5G capabilities could be used to save time and money in manufacturing. “From the beginning, my co-founder Numa Bertron and I always wanted to have a free version.

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AR will mean dystopia if we don’t act today

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Apple’s ARKit algorithms wouldn’t work with Google’s ARCore data even if Google gave them access. Apple has always done a great job of this. Values-driven companies like Mozilla or Apple will have a trust advantage over other platforms whose values we don’t know.

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Augmented reality and the next century of the web

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This week, I scribbled some thoughts on another aspect of the future web, the ongoing battle between Facebook and Apple to own augmented reality. While Apple and Facebook both have thousands of employees toiling quietly in the background building out their AR tech moats, we’ve seen and heard much more on Facebook’s efforts.