The AR Show

JANUARY 16, 2024

Previously Michael spent nearly a decade working with the Microsoft Hololens team. He was a Principle Engineering Lead at Microsoft for a couple of years, left to be the founding partner of Object theTheory, where he and his team worked with enterprises to leverage AR and VR technologies, often in combination with IoT and AI/Machine Learning.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Even among 2-in-1s, Microsoft’s Surface Book was kind of a unicorn. You can open up its wings and use it like a typical laptop, but then with the push of a button, its screen can detach and fly away, becoming a standalone tablet floating through the wind. OK, I may have overdone the unicorn analogy, but you get the… Read more.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I have been talking with hundreds of people across the industry and have discovered that the changes coming to Apple are deeper than just a VR/AR headset. This is the fourth paradigm shift for Apple. So, what is Apple getting ready to announce over the next year? Eventually, I hear, Apple will even bring 3D to 2D monitors.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 26, 2016

At the annual Surface event, this time dubbed as the Windows 10 event, Microsoft showed us its new, really good looking and innovative devices, as well as software tidbits that we are really happy to see. We have covered that announcement in the separate story: Microsoft Windows VR Headsets Coming in April 2017.

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AR Insider

JULY 19, 2021

The streaming giant is going head to head with Microsoft, Sony, Google and Apple. A new book, An Ugly Truth , tells the whole sordid story. The New York Times Book Review calls it “the ultismate takedown.” See his books here. Facebook Head of AR/VR Content Mike Verdu to Lead Netflix’s Push into Gaming.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I hope to be wrong, of course: maybe Valve has just accelerated to launch its device before Apple may finally release its one. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. And its latest update, dubbed the “Mixed Reality 2.0 Hope you enjoy!

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AR Insider

JANUARY 11, 2021

350 million came in at the last minute to allow a new CEO, Peggy Johnson, from Microsoft, to focus on enterprise business. Integrated Visual Augmentation System is using the Microsoft HoloLens to give soldiers an augmented view of the battlefield. Image source: Apple. See his books here. The US Army’s XR IVAS.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2023

This week, Apple dropped VisionOS, a set of XR design tools to entice immersive content creators to start designing for its upcoming headset before its release. Users can also port across mobile phones, PCs, and gaming consoles such as the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft XBOX, and Nintendo Switch.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

For Apple , it’s all about hardware and making its devices more attractive. And for Microsoft , it’s enterprise productivity. We’ve examined evidence from each of the Big 5 in individual articles, a report , and a chapter in Charlie Fink’s book Convergence. Last but definitely not least is Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2021

Apple already made hardware, so it already had the infrastructure to build it and just added XR people on top of this infrastracture, while Facebook could not). Apple AR headset may have been delayed to 2025. Yes, we have rumors about Apple XR devices even this week. Yes, Apple is working on XR glasses. It’s believable.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. He has also recently written together with Irena Cronin “The Infinite Retina” , a great book about the technologies of the future, like XR, AI, and autonomous vehicles. There will be much more excitement than now.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2020

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. Foxconn puts lenses for Apple Glasses in “Trial Production” stage.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

PSVR 2, Apple XR visor) and games, will be fundamental to understand its evolution and its potential. Probably you all recall the iconic Apple commercial inspired by the book 1984 that helped a lot the company in becoming popular. References to Apple RealityOS have been leaked. Other relevant news.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An older, but interesting example of marker-based AR is the PlayStation 3 Wonderbook, a gaming ‘peripheral’ that allows players to view a spell book on their screen. The book rotates and moves when they pick up the device and move it around. One of the most groundbreaking elements of location anchors is how location is approximated.

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The AR Show

JANUARY 12, 2021

Robert Scoble is a futurist, strategist and the author of four books about technology. His latest book is The Infinite Retina, co-authored with Irena Cronin, which explores the emerging era of spatial computing, including AR, VR, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and more. You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.

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Mashable VR

MAY 24, 2022

Looking for a quality tablet for streaming and e-books (without the Apple prices)? It’s also a solid choice for people who use the Microsoft app suite for work. So, if your workplace uses Microsoft apps like Office and Teams, this is gonna be a solid tool for you. Definitely sweetens the pot.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2019

Apple took us on a surreal walk through San Francisco, looking at digital art on an iPhone . — Apple is investing in augmented reality, a technology its CEO has called “big and profound.”. — Apple now offers augmented reality walks in six cities that allow attendees to see digital art pieces through an iPhone. .

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 29, 2024

But creating audiobooks can be an expensive, time-consuming process, requiring the author or a professional narrator to narrate the entire book. The books are all public domain, and include classic works by William Shakespeare, Jules Verne, and T.S. You can access them through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 22, 2022

Satya Nadella , Microsoft MSFT -1.4%. Microsoft’s CEO understands that the metaverse concept will impact every part of the way we do business. Whether it will be Meta, Microsoft, or his own company that defines the way we use it, is up in the air. Eric Schmidt , Google.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Apple , Google , Facebook and Microsoft are all on that list. But that’s more of a conceptual signal, and is one we’ve covered already — including a report , a chapter in Charlie Fink’s book and a presentation at AWE last month. Training Wheels. Meanwhile, we see compelling wild cards like Tilt Five.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

You could see a virtual book on a table, but reaching out wouldn’t let you flip through the pages. Tech giant Apple has even helped to generate new demand for spatial technology with its new Vision Pro headset. Apple: As mentioned above, Apple is currently making waves in the spatial tech space.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Studio is not your standard laptop. The company’s latest convertible can be used as a regular laptop or placed flat on a table like a tablet for drawing and writing. Then the Surface Laptop Studio’s dynamic woven hinge allows the display to pivot forward for binge-watching TV or giving… Read more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Apple, Sony, Microsoft, and countless other vendors in the technology space are now investing heavily on the concept of “spatial audio”. While the concept of teleportation in the XR landscape today might not be exactly the same as the idea once conveyed in sci-fi books and shows, it is developing at an incredible rate.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Lawmakers , advocates, and scholars filled pages of books and held hours of hearing exalting what they viewed as an industry being strangled by a handful of players using anti-competitive practices to solidify their position as kings. 2021 was a bad PR year for Big Tech. Ironically, those exact same tactics were… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2023

I was reading Mark Gurman’s latest rumors about the upcoming Apple headset, and I found his article very intriguing. Apple’s products are very popular among content creators (e.g. This is the first Apple keynote I watched hoping for something XR-related. Let me explain to you why. The seamless transition iPhone X.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 13, 2021

inch mini-LED screen boasting a resolution of 2732 x 2048 pixels, using the iPad Pro for just reading books or checking email seems like a waste of tech. The Luna Display dongle makes the iPad Pro a more valuable productivity tool by turning the tablet into a secondary touchscreen display but until now it… Read more.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This week, though, Apple CEO Tim Cook showed he still “thinks different” by telling us what it isn’t – “the future.”. And giants of the world of office and productivity software – Microsoft and Adobe, for example – talk of the “ enterprise metaverse.”. My own take on what the metaverse will be – or in fact, is – is quite simple.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

He believed China would have its own augmented and virtual reality giants, just as how the domestic smartphone industry birthed global leaders like Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi that rival Apple today. Prominent venture capitalist and AI expert Kai-Fu Lee famously argued in his book “AI Superpowers” that while the U.S.

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AR Insider

MARCH 5, 2020

The first killer app of the Apple II personal computer was VisiCalc?—?a a way to keep your books in a small office that was less prone to mistakes compared to the traditional paper ledger. Fast forward to the 1980s. However, in complex anatomy this may not be known.

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Mashable VR

MAY 15, 2022

Inflation hack: Sign up for a discounted airfare alert subscription — like Dollar Flight Club — before booking your next flight. Credit: Apple. Apple MacBook Air 1.6GHz, 8GB RAM 256GB -Silver (Refurbished) + Microsoft Office Lifetime License Bundle. Credit: GoWise. 130 at the Mashable Shop.

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Bernard Marr

MAY 12, 2023

There have, of course, been AI chatbots before; Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri both fall into the category. For example, Microsoft (a key investor in OpenAI) added its capabilities to its Bing search engine, and the social messaging app Snapchat recently unveiled its own GPT integration.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

Is this really what Apple wants? (Thanks Robert Scoble for this news!). Image by Microsoft). Microsoft has released more specifications for its upcoming XBOX Series X, and from these data is clearly possible to see that it will be compatible with VR headsets. Do you want to read a good book on AR/VR?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 21, 2020

While all are waiting for the amazing AR glasses that Facebook and Apple will release in the upcoming years, many other big companies and startups are trying to enter the same market, trying to earn some early market shares. Microsoft Flight Simulator comes to VR. Top news of the week. Image by NuEyes). Some news on content.

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Robert Scoble

MARCH 4, 2019

He, today, is working inside Apple on the augmented reality team. She floated the idea of me working on a book with her, aimed at helping businesses. I answered, “I think there’s a lot more than a book here, want to build a business together?” More on the definition in a bit. For me, it is personal.

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Robert Scoble

JANUARY 11, 2022

Apple and Unity aren’t going to continue making this mistake, because they have done the kinds of human factor research I have. Apple even built a fake home to study these different contexts in the home. Apple’s strategists are focusing on this high-engagement computing, I hear from people working on its new products.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 5, 2020

While we have early devices that give us a taste, like Microsoft HoloLens, these big and expensive devices haven’t yet made their way onto consumers’ faces. The HoloLens is already changing industries, and the book describes how this new technology is being used in places like operating rooms and factories.

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