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The XR Week Peek (2023.03.20): Meta to perform new layoffs, Google Glass to shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I still feel a lot tired because of the jet lag and the little sleep I had in Austin, but this is pretty normal, and in one week or such this feeling should go away. Google is discontinuing Google Glass, even in its Enterprise Edition which found some fields of application in the B2B sector (e.g. I’m back in Italy!

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Austin’s Rapidly Growing VR Community

VRScout

Does Austin have the largest VR community outside of Los Angeles? I was familiar with Austin, Texas because of SXSW — having attended with my previous employer, Emblematic Group. The VR community in Austin was a bit of a late bloomer compared to other cities. Michael Dell relocated Dell’s headquarters to North Austin in 1984.

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Niantic’s ‘Ingress Prime’ Brings A Sci-fi Twist To Location-Based AR Gaming

VRScout

Using OpenStreetMap alongside Google Maps, the app revealed a secret digital battlefield that existed over the real-world, allowing a small, but dedicated community of players to duke it out in digital turf wars. Ingress Prime is available now on the Apple App Store and on Google Play. Image Credit: Niantic .

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Designing the User Experience for WebAR, with Google's Interaction Developer Austin McCasland

XR for Business Podcast

Austin McCasland is a UX prototyper working with Google, and he and Alan chat about the finer points of UX design for AR. Alan: Today's guest is Austin McCasland, a designer and developer in immersive computing. Austin has written multiple courses across VR and AR design and development.

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Designing the User Experience for WebAR, with Google’s Interaction Developer Austin McCasland

XR for Business Podcast

Austin McCasland is a UX prototyper working with Google, and he and Alan chat about the finer points of UX design for AR. Alan: Today’s guest is Austin McCasland, a designer and developer in immersive computing. Austin has written multiple courses across VR and AR design and development.

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Designing the User Experience for WebAR, with Google’s Interaction Developer Austin McCasland

XR for Business Podcast

Austin McCasland is a UX prototyper working with Google, and he and Alan chat about the finer points of UX design for AR. Alan: Today’s guest is Austin McCasland, a designer and developer in immersive computing. Austin has written multiple courses across VR and AR design and development.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.03.14): Niantic acquires 8th Wall, Magic Leap 2 previews are positive, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Hello everyone from Austin, Texas! Apple chips may be its secret weapon for XR. The new Apple M-series chips continue to make strides in the tech communities: they are proving to be fast and reliable while being small and consuming little battery power. Google and Waymo evolve NERF to cope with cities. Image by Waymo).