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The XR Week Peek (2021.01.25): Facebook plans “a big shift” in privacy, Apple VR headset rumored, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple way be working on a VR headset. According to Bloomberg, next year Apple is going to release a VR headset with limited passthrough AR functionalities. The HMD should be targeted to prosumers and Apple expects sales in the order of magnitude of one Apple headset per day, per store. Other relevant news.

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6 AR trends to watch in 2020

ARVR

In 2016 the immersive technology was globally used through the app Pokemon GO. Big names such as Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and Google are rapidly developing the technology, making it accessible to many industries. Apple and Google played big roles in this. Apple recently introduced ARKit 4.0

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Upgrading VR Storytelling

Tech Trends VR

This year’s Raindance Film Festival in London showcased an amazing selection of immersive stories. The Apple is a Chinese, Japanese and Korean co-production which won Best Multi-Person Experience award at Raindance Click To Tweet. Tech Trends offers comprehensive Immersive Technologies Consultancy to help you get there.

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The Best VR Experiences From Raindance Film Festival 2018

VRScout

In the space of a year, Rakušanová also found that the quality bar had been raised considerably across the board, which was reflected in the fact that the Raindance Gallery of Immersive Stories and Interactive Worlds was sold out for the entirety of the three-day event. . Well worth checking out.

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Augmented Reality Top 8 of 2018

VRScout

Graham Roberts is the director of immersive platforms storytelling at NYT. “We Apple CEO Tim Cook enjoyed a private tour of the show in January this year while visiting Toronto. . We add value with the AR moments by keeping them extremely simple and allowing them to do one thing well,” Roberts said. “In Project Aero, Adobe.

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Christopher Lafayette: Let’s build together an inclusive XR community

The Ghost Howls

I want companies to hire people that look like me that come from cities countries like east Oakland, Baltimore, Compton, Atlanta, Brazil, Detroit, Brooklyn, Nairobi, Zimbabwe, Johannesburg, New Orleans, and more. Have you ever walked into a crowded building and no one looked like you?

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The hype, haplessness and hope of haptics in the COVID-19 era

TechCrunch VR

In addition to established players like Immersion Corporation , founded in 1993 and active working on haptics applications ranging from gaming and automotive to medical, mobile and industrial, Sony, Apple, Microsoft, Disney and Facebook each have dedicated teams working on new haptics products. billion by 2027.

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