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Apple Maps Update Introduces AR Navigation

VRScout

Apple kicked off its annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) earlier today with a two-hour keynote detailing several updates to its lineup of iOS products. This includes numerous improvements to Apple Maps, from additional details like elevation and custom-designed landmarks to new road details and a variety of other upgrades.

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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

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Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR.

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Apple Vision Pro to Optimise iPhone, iPad Cross-Compatibility

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This week, Apple, in a recent change list for its devices, confirmed that it is working on a second update for its Vision Pro spatial computing headset. update also improves products such as iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. update also improves products such as iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Apple Vision Pro Version 1.1:

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Report: Apple to Unveil ARKit 2.0, Putting Privacy & Multiuser AR at Its Core

Road to VR

According to a recent Reuters report, Apple is set to unveil some new features in its supposed release of ARKit 2.0, Reported changes coming to the platform include multiuser AR that runs on a local peer-to-peer network, ensuring the resultant data, such as room scans, remain private. Apple is said to unveil ARKit 2.0

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Google announces Google Wallet for Android

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Google would quite literally like to replace your physical wallet. At Google I/O 2022 on Wednesday, the company's annual developer's conference, Google announced a brand new feature for Android devices: Google Wallet. The new Google Wallet interface. State IDs in Google Wallet.coming soon.

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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? W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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Making the Physical World Clickable, Part II

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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. In that way, Google is well-positioned because the spatial web will need to be parsed and indexed, similar to what Google has done for 20 years on the 2D web.

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