GizModo VR

MAY 11, 2022

Google used its I/O Developer Conference this year to introduce the world to the latest family of Pixel products, including a new member in the Pixel Watch. Yes, the long-awaited smartwatch has finally been announced, giving hope to Android users awaiting a true rival to the Apple Watch.

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Road to VR

JUNE 2, 2018

According to a recent Reuters report, Apple is set to unveil some new features in its supposed release of ARKit 2.0, Citing people familiar with the subject, Apple is said to have designed its two-player system out of privacy concerns—a departure from how Google currently handles multiplayer AR. image courtesy TIME.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

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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Next Reality AR

JUNE 26, 2018

When it comes to mass adoption, augmented reality is still primarily a mobile world, so Google is pitching its own ARCore flavor of mobile AR to the education and marketing segments. For hardware, Google is urging administrators to opt for the Acer Chromebook Tab 10, the first tablet running Chrome OS and designed for schools, over the iPad.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The agreement was a big enough deal that the CEOs of both companies made the announcement together during the IFA 2022 conference. “We’re But there’s likely another major reason for this partnership—it brings two allies together against a common threat: Apple.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 7, 2021

Apple today announced expanded support for digital car keys in iOS 15 during its WWDC keynote. Combined with Google’s recent Android announcements at its own developers conference, it’s clear that the big transition to digital car keys will begin in earnest later this fall. Read more.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. I also compare and contrast the recent AR announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook in my wrap-up.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2023

Apple’s mixed reality (MR) headset has faced new setbacks after it dropped its exclusive assembly partner, Digitimes reported on Tuesday. Apple initially tasked Taiwanese firm Pegatron with assembling its upcoming MR headset, but has recently removed the company from its supply line, the report said.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Now that the dust has settled on F8, Facebook’s annual developer conference, it’s time to look back and ask ourselves: what do those announcements actually mean for the end consumers? Leading up to F8, I wrote a piece highlighting five key predictions about what we’d discover at the conference. Augmented Reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2023

Apple’s mixed reality (MR) headset is set to delay again amid its upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) from 5 to 9 June, a series of tweets has found this week. Reports have revealed that this may block Apple from unveiling the device at the key event.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 6, 2022

Every year at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the company reveals how its expanding the capabilities of its software and applications, and that often includes new features and functionality that feel eerily similar to existing apps from third-party developers and other companies. It’s a way for Apple to let… Read more.

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AR Insider

JULY 22, 2020

For example, Google wants to build an Internet of places — revealed through Google Lens — by indexing the physical world just like it indexed the web. All of the above has been top of mind, but it was underscored further in announcements from Snap and Apple at their respective developer conferences.

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AR Insider

MARCH 19, 2021

Zuckerburg sees them as two sides of the same coin, given that they share common technological underpinnings. As we examined around Apple’s potential VR headset, VR could establish the necessary supply chain for its eventual AR glasses. What’s Driving Apple’s Rumored VR Play? Network Effect. Evolutionary Path.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2017

Apple and Google beat the billionaire social media magnate to creating the smartphone — the dominant platform underpinning the Facebook network. Companies like Google and Apple have done that instead. Microsoft has invested aggressively in the technology: it unveiled its HoloLens AR headset two years ago.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 13, 2023

In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android. This week Chinese news outlet Gyro Technology shared images and apparent specs of a prototype of the headset in an article covering the status of the project.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2024

VR|MR 2024 – a conference taking place in San Francisco, California, between 29 and 31 January 2024. The event is primarily a technical conference helping a range of interested parties understand the vast range of XR solutions for enterprise and consumer usage. To close off what is already a bumper month for XR is SPIE.AR|VR|MR

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

Apple, Apple, Apple. The impact of Apple’s headset is predicted by some in the XR industry to bring new eyes and fresh investments towards broader enterprise and consumer AR/VR/MR companies – already, it appears XR firms are taking note of the potential spatial computing trend of 2024.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This would be a total pivot for Meta, which would so migrate away from the social importance of having eye and face tracking to compete directly with Apple in offering a consumer device totally dedicated to mixed reality. But NFTs should be bought with fiat currency and Apple will take a 30% cut out of them.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 25, 2019

This is a perfectly valid construct but it’s arguably overused as fodder in nearly every conference presentation these days on AR’s status. That period is defined by sobering realizations that the technology isn’t ready, nor is it gaining the traction previously expected. 2002, A Spatial Analogy.

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Robert Scoble

MARCH 28, 2022

Meta, Apple, and others. He’s had Apple devices since he was two years old. He can’t use systems like Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, or even Google’s Assistant with his voice. All around the audience were blind people. But all around were others working on augmented reality products.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

One of the largest industry events in North America, the Vancouver-based conference will spotlight how tech giants and startups are creating new ways to visualize and interact with virtual worlds. Conferences like the VR/AR Summit proliferate on the cusp of disruption,” says the columnist and author.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Google started its virtual reality initiatives early but slowly, announcing the now widely known Cardboard program way back in 2014. Google announced the Daydream initiative earlier this year at their annual I/O conference. Google announced the Daydream initiative earlier this year at their annual I/O conference.

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Steki Amusement

JUNE 13, 2022

Following Meta, Microsoft and Google’s entry into the metaverse, Apple, currently the world’s No.1 Recently, Apple demonstrated its Mixed Reality (MR) headset in testing to its board members. At the same time, Apple has accelerated the development of rOS (reality OS).

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Altogether, AMD, Apple, Cadence, Google, Intel, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Samsung, Synopsys, and TSMC have signaled an interest to purchase up to an aggregate of $735 million of Arm's American Depositary Shares (ADS), SoftBank, the owner of Arm, disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 10, 2022

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference, better known as WWDC , is in full swing. But the major announcements were already revealed during the keynote presentation earlier this week. Read more.

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ARVR

MAY 11, 2022

This is what we call geo-local AR, and it’s all about AR experiences that are anchored to physical places in ways that confer meaning and relevance. For example, Google click value is greater when local intent is signaled by the searcher, such as a “near me” or geographic modifiers like a zip code in the search query.

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AR Insider

JUNE 7, 2021

The Facebook F8 “Refresh” developer conference was underwhelming, says XR tech blogger and developer Tony “Skarred Ghost” Vitillo. technology and could pit it against software from Apple and Google. China is not going to rely on a platform created by a non-Chinese company for a technology this important.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

Are you attending XRDC’s AR and VR conference in San Francisco on October 14-15? Technology improves over time. For instance, Arno Hartholt, Director of Research and Development, USC Institute for Creative Technologies believes that “anything we can do to lower the barrier of entry for end-users is huge. Creating Legit Content.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. David Edwards, cofounder of Onotes , is making digital scent technology that is like a speaker for your sense of smell. It’s not just visual and sound.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Augmented Reality Definition Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that overlays digital content (graphics, text, audio, and video) on real-world images using mobile devices, PCs, or glasses, which have an integrated camera and specialized software (Papagiannis, 2017). Augmented Human: How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality.

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AR Insider

APRIL 21, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. ” But it’s not alone.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

We all love to make speculations on the technology and I am no exception. Not because I am a genius, but because the technology is still evolving very slowly and so it is very predictable. is at the forefront of this technology. Apple glasses. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple (Image by iDropNews). Magic Leap.

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Haptical

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

And in 2019, we have seen a series of high-profile announcements from the likes of Facebook, Google, Apple, Huawei and YouTube, suggesting 2020 could be a breakthrough year for consumer XR. Dubbed as VRX Conference & Expo 2019, the event will take place on December 12 and 13 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel.

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Robert Scoble

JUNE 4, 2019

The Apple Privacy Wall/Strategy Analysis of How Apple will Come at Oculus Next Year. Apple is clearly going after Facebook. That became obvious to everyone today as Apple announced a ton of new things, including new AR features for its messenger, and new privacy-focused features, at its World Wide Developer’s Conference.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Microsoft’s technology could easily be the basis behind a number of mixed-reality and unique event experiences in the entertainment world going forward. Software like Google’s VR tilt brush allows users to create unique virtual art pieces in a completely limitless canvas space.

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AR Insider

JUNE 1, 2021

The other main goal for Snap Spectacles is to acclimate the world to technology that you wear on your face. Because this is sacred territory and others have failed (such as Google Glass), it will be all about thoughtful and gradual approaches to ease consumers in. Sacred Territory.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Picking up where we left off with Apple , Google and Bose’s hearables strategies, what’s the revenue outlook? Like any other emerging technology – including graphical AR – a value chain will develop. The poster child here is Apple which sold 25 million AirPods last year, and are conditioning an all-day use case.

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