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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

And I’m also worried about using a Facebook account for everything XR related, because Facebook has a long history of obscure practices with the data of its users , apart from the standard “personalized ads” business. Facebook already had full control of my Oculus and Facebook accounts, so it had already my XR data.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The Possibility of AR on the Urban Space

ARVR

To answer all this I spoke with data scientists, entrepreneurs, users, developers, engineers, UX specialists. I read a large range of books and papers on urban planning, technology, game design and gamification, locative media and governance. How would a centralized AR platform fit in today’s tech macro-economy? To be continued.

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EON Reality Launches New Knowledge Metaverse Project to Transform XR Learning

EON Reality

It’s a global project that requires millions of people, which is why the XR giant is recruiting all sizes of governments, academic institutions, and entrepreneurial businesses to participate and help add their own experiences to the knowledge metaverse. This includes supporting most smartphones, tablets, laptops and desktops that over 5.3

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

All these data together make me a bit skeptical about the capabilities of this company: developing such kind of a high-quality headset requires a lot of expertise, while the company is very small and features no known expert in the field. Some years ago, she performed in The Life, a Mixed Reality art piece inside the Magic Leap One.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. That’s the beginning. Alan: Interesting.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. That’s the beginning. Alan: Interesting.

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