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FORM’s AR Swim Goggles Now Work In Open Waters

VRScout

Pair your Garmin or Apple smartwatches for additional GPS functionality. FORM’s AR-enhanced swim goggles received a free firmware update today introducing support for Garmin and Apple smartwatches, allowing wearers to track a wide range of metrics, such as their GPS location and heart rate, while swimming outdoors in open water.

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Laval Virtual 2024: XR is on the Comeback

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In 2024, many major technology firms like Apple, LG, and Samsung are debuting XR devices, and events like Laval Virtual will provide crucial insight into the growing industry. XR took centre stage, with many firms highlighting major products, addressing industry concerns, and presenting innovations. 2024 is only just kicking off.

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Meta, NBA Open 180-Degree Live VR Sports on Meta Quest

XR Today - Virtual Reality

However, Meta and Xtadium will only host the latter in the United States, and Horizon Worlds-based games in the US, United Kingdom, Iceland, Ireland, France, and Spain. At the time, Silver told the media, “We’re working very closely with Apple. Meta will also host the matches on the Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, and now, Meta Quest 3.

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Are Apple’s AR Glasses Hiding in Plain Sight?

AR Insider

Apple’s AR Glasses are Hiding in Plain Sight. With all the phone and watch and TV and game and chip and other chip news coming out of Apple’s big event, it was easy to forget the company’s longest-running background process: an augmented-reality wearable. by Peter Rubin, WIRED. PHOTOGRAPH: CARSTEN KOALL/GETTY IMAGES.

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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. ports (power, data) Accessory ports USB-C (USB 2.0

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Samsung Wallet keeps your boarding passes, credit cards, and crypto safe

Mashable VR

Yes, it's a lot like Apple Wallet , but with a few extras thrown in. You may remember Samsung Pay, a mobile payment service the company launched in 2015 and has slowly expanded since, as well as Samsung Pass, an app that lets you save biometric info such as fingerprint or face recognition data for logging into apps and websites.

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AR contact lenses are far away, but a new research is paving their way

The Ghost Howls

Some days ago, I found an article on Futurism talking about a university in France able to create the “first smart contact lens” The article also talked about Augmented Reality and the interest of the DARPA for using this product. How is the AR/VR ecosystem in France? How can so much electronic run in a so little space? :O.

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