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Spatial Beats: Oculus, Google & Snap

AR Insider

This week, we look at tech stocks, Quest 2’s continued rise, Google’s VR sunsetting, and horsing around with Snapchat See the full roundup below. The CEO said they have but one competitor, Apple, which hasn’t yet announced any XR, AR or VR, products. What is up with Google and XR? See his books here.

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What is Augmented Reality? (Book Excerpt)

AR Insider

This could extend from Google’s work to index knowledge, but amplify that work with even easier access. By indexing knowledge, [Google] eliminated the need to occupy cognitive space with rote facts,” said Boland. We’re seeing the first hints of this in tools like Google Lens and VPS. edges (think: banner ads).

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Tesla’s data advantage. Can Apple, or others, keep up?

Robert Scoble

I do too, and go even further than she does in studying this industry (I had the first ride in the first Tesla with Elon Musk and had the first video on YouTube of Google’s self-driving car, and have interviewed many in the industry, and also have a Twitter list of people and companies building autonomous cars ). First, some basics.

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Making the Physical World Clickable, Part II

AR Insider

Also known as mirroworld , magicverse and other monikers , it’s all about data that’s anchored to places and things, which AR devices can ingest and process into meaningful content. Charlie Fink even wrote a whole book about it (disclosure: we wrote a chapter in the book). Is Google Building an ‘Internet of Places?’

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.06): Upload VR Showcase, Apple headset rumors, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Called Cities: VR, it will bring the city-building and management simulation to Oculus Quest 2 in Spring 2022; Polyarc has confirmed that is working on Book 2 for Moss and expects to release it for PSVR in Spring 2022. Apple may announce its headset at WWDC 2022. A new week, a new rumor about Apple. Other relevant news.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.14): Meta lays off 11,000 people, Apple works on some sort of “metaverse”, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. It has been a week of interesting rumors about the upcoming Apple MR headset. So, forget about an Apple headset that is going to enter the mainstream , as I already sold in this previous article. Then, there are the data about sales numbers.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.17): Apple Glasses are sleek, UE5 rises hype, NVIDIA releases CloudXR SDK, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Apple is really good at selling stuff.

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