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Apple Maps now marks Crimea as part of Ukraine outside Russia

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Apple's Maps and Weather apps now mark Crimea as part of Ukraine when accessed outside of Russia. Russia's recent invasion of Ukraine may have something to do with it. Previously, Apple's apps tried to sidestep the issue by refusing to record Crimea as part of any country when accessed in most places.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

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This is a very useful resource for all of us XR developers that are going very soon going to experiment with Mixed Reality applications on a headset by Meta, Apple, or one of their competitors. More info Immersed VISOR to support hand tracking and eye tracking It seems that Immersed truly wants to compete with Apple with its VISOR headset.

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Apple Trademarks 'xrOS' Ahead Of Expected June Headset Reveal

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An Apple-linked company applied to trademark 'xrOS' in New Zealand. Spotted by The Verge's Parker Ortolani , the word mark uses Apple's SF Pro typeface and was filed by Deep Dive LLC, a firm believed to be a shell company of Apple. Apple’s headset has reportedly been in development for more than 5 years now.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.09.12): Meta Quest Pro leaked, Snap working on future Spectacles, and more!

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The Australia-based startup hopes to ship its first production run starting in April 2023, which includes a batch of 2,000 units. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine. And now here you are the link to donate: Support The Red Cross in Ukraine. Register to GTC. Some XR fun.

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