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Report: Apple Using VR to Test Self-Driving System

VRScout

Virtual reality is being used to test Apple’s self-driving vehicle. According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, Apple will be able to continue to keeping their secretive plans to develop self-driving software behind closed doors thanks to virtual reality. For a full list of Apple’s VR plans, we listed out 10 of them back in February.

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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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VR Veteran Studio Behind ‘Bigscreen’ Unveils Thin & Light PC VR Headset ‘Beyond’

Road to VR

Another one of Beyond’s big enthusiast-grade features is owed to Bigscreen’s ability to customize the fit of the headset to each user, which will be done by doing a one-time scan of the user’s face using an iPhone XR or more recent Apple mobile device. Bigscreen Beyond is slate to ship in waves based on region.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.13): Horizon Worlds is now in open beta, Among Us VR is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Or at least, sort of : the experience is still in beta (so this is officially an open beta stage) and it will be accessible without an invite only in the US and in Canada. Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. Apple headset may be very lightweight. Ah, and you must be 18+ years old.

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How to choose an LBVR product?

The Ghost Howls

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. The cost appears to be around $90k in the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia. . Seated VR: hand tracking games, movies and simulators. VR simulators are more interactive. And they sit.

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Immersive Learning: Expert Roundtable

XR Today - Virtual Reality

You can simulate any scenario with just a headset in a portable manner. For situations that are hard or dangerous to simulate, like in healthcare, there is even more value. We’ll see Immersive learning initially take off in the classroom with virtual worlds and simulations via the desktop. And let me know.

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Big XR News from Varjo, WEF, Snap, and Canon

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Apple’s upcoming smart glasses (or MR headset) may be around the corner. For example, Varjo’s pilot immersive simulations software uses physical cockpits that show the controller an operator is using surrounded by virtual content. Moreover, ChatGPT still sits at the top of technology headlines.