XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Company co-founder and CEO Forest Key says “FOVAS is like swapping your old standard definition set for a 4K TV.” Pixvana came out of stealth with their announcement of a $6 million seed round back in December led by Madrona Venture group with participation from Vulcan Capital and other angel investors.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nick: Definitely. And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. What’s the form factor?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nick: Definitely. And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. What’s the form factor?

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nick: Definitely. And as you may know, the military, a lot of the technologies we use today have evolved from there, so for example, the Internet, GPS, even Siri for your iPhone originally came from SRI, which is right down the road from us in Princeton, developed there and Apple bought it off them. What's the form factor?

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Those groups that still use these types of environments have a very definite purpose in mind, such as advancing ongoing research or building communities that support those activities. Improved import and export capabilities including that of collaborative and group work projects.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise. Going into 2019, the industry eagerly awaits HoloLens 2 and Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as rumors swirl around the possibility of AR glasses from Apple and/or Facebook in the near future.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

At GDC, HTC has announced that this great device will come for sure to the rest of the world and that this will happen “later this year” I know, this is not a very definite time, but it is better than nothing: before the GDC we weren’t even sure if it would ever come here. Can’t wait to buy a Santa Cruz!

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But we have a human-computer interaction group and we tested so many different aspects of control. You've got Microsoft -- who's invested billions of dollars in Hololens 2 -- and they're even struggling with some color banding issues. And then you put it on and you control it, and you think, "Oh, this is actually really cool.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But we have a human-computer interaction group and we tested so many different aspects of control. You've got Microsoft -- who's invested billions of dollars in Hololens 2 -- and they're even struggling with some color banding issues. And then you put it on and you control it, and you think, "Oh, this is actually really cool.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 24, 2023

Instead, he has concentrated his journalistic efforts on a stereotypical dystopia of avatars and social media white elephants from a caricatured Meta, Microsoft AltSpaceVR, and Decentraland. Imagine an internet where only Apple computers can connect to the web.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But we have a human-computer interaction group and we tested so many different aspects of control. You've got Microsoft -- who's invested billions of dollars in Hololens 2 -- and they're even struggling with some color banding issues. And then you put it on and you control it, and you think, "Oh, this is actually really cool.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. Image by Khronos Group).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But the COVID-19 pandemic and the year's other trials have definitely left their mark on the Metaverse (and MetaVRse), for good and ill. It's yeah, it's been a hell of a year, definitely the sort of year that could drive one to drink. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. everything.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But the COVID-19 pandemic and the year's other trials have definitely left their mark on the Metaverse (and MetaVRse), for good and ill. It's yeah, it's been a hell of a year, definitely the sort of year that could drive one to drink. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. everything.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 26, 2023

Moreover, thanks to famed video conferencing tools such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, companies remained robust and productive amidst a remote workforce culture shift. To explore the current state of immersive collaboration, XR Today gathered a group of immersive collaboration experts to provide rich industry insight into the growing space.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

For anyone listening — I suppose from the C-suite — who’s worrying about their group trips going away: I think, if anything, it would improve the return on investment from those trips in the future. I know one of the things you mentioned earlier was smaller groups. He’s brilliant with his iPad.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

For anyone listening — I suppose from the C-suite — who’s worrying about their group trips going away: I think, if anything, it would improve the return on investment from those trips in the future. I know one of the things you mentioned earlier was smaller groups. He’s brilliant with his iPad.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 1, 2020

With 8agora, companies, groups, and individuals can host events virtually. With AltSpace, companies, groups, and individuals can host virtual events where participants can use avatars to attend. It also allows access by users without VR headsets via desktop apps for Windows and Apple computers. Image courtesy 8Agora.).

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But the COVID-19 pandemic and the year's other trials have definitely left their mark on the Metaverse (and MetaVRse), for good and ill. It's yeah, it's been a hell of a year, definitely the sort of year that could drive one to drink. So a group called SPACES -- out of LA -- and they had locations all over the world. everything.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 28, 2019

For anyone listening -- I suppose from the C-suite -- who's worrying about their group trips going away: I think, if anything, it would improve the return on investment from those trips in the future. I know one of the things you mentioned earlier was smaller groups. Because obviously, we're a group conversation app.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin is also part of the Khronos Group, an organization working on the open standards for spatial web and 3D world. And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. So you're also part of the Khronos Group, which is an organization working on the open standards of the 3D Web. Martin: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin is also part of the Khronos Group, an organization working on the open standards for spatial web and 3D world. And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. So you're also part of the Khronos Group, which is an organization working on the open standards of the 3D Web. Martin: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. And what are you doing now? So yeah, that's where I'm at.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 23, 2020

Martin is also part of the Khronos Group, an organization working on the open standards for spatial web and 3D world. And then the Apple guys came with a brilliant ARKit, and it worked beautifully. So you're also part of the Khronos Group, which is an organization working on the open standards of the 3D Web. Martin: Okay.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. ” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. ” After he gave his TED Talk on it, there’s interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. And what are you doing now? So yeah, that's where I'm at.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Our choices will not only determine the territorial lines of the web and the world, but also our very definition of the words humanity, civilization, and even reality itself. The screens of over 1 billion new smartphones became windows into the physical world because both Apple and Android added AR software to their operating systems.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

So it seems like we’re definitely on the path to making it mainstream. So I think that that’s definitely a phenomenon that we’re seeing in the last few years and it’s reflected at the AWE. It’s definitely a whole new kind of computing platform. But it’s definitely getting there.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. After he gave his TED Talk on it, there's interest from Apple, and Google ended up buying his company. They are a passionate team of 3D designers, VR and AR experts based in New York and San Francisco.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

I was working a school group here known as GESS -- which is the acronym for Jumeirah English Speaking School -- also broadly referred to as GESS Dubai now. He'd also chaired the Independent Digital Strategy Group for eight years there. I do a lot with Apple technology. And what are you doing now? So yeah, that's where I'm at.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

So it seems like we’re definitely on the path to making it mainstream. So I think that that’s definitely a phenomenon that we’re seeing in the last few years and it’s reflected at the AWE. It’s definitely a whole new kind of computing platform. But it’s definitely getting there.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Definitely. You see Khronos now having that 3D commerce exploratory group, which I hope — and I’m sure — will turn into a full-working group. So standardizing the 3D models that everybody uses; There’s OBJ, there’s glTF, there’s FDX, there’s now USDZ with Apple. Tracey: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 12, 2019

Definitely. You see Khronos now having that 3D commerce exploratory group, which I hope — and I’m sure — will turn into a full-working group. So standardizing the 3D models that everybody uses; There’s OBJ, there’s glTF, there’s FDX, there’s now USDZ with Apple. Tracey: Yeah.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

If you want to embed an AR experience in an existing mobile app — which is a very popular request we hear — you’ve either got to write to Google Sceneform or Apple’s ARKit, or kind of hack Unity into your mobile app. To be fair to everyone else, Apple’s very tightly coupled to the hardware.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

If you want to embed an AR experience in an existing mobile app — which is a very popular request we hear — you’ve either got to write to Google Sceneform or Apple’s ARKit, or kind of hack Unity into your mobile app. To be fair to everyone else, Apple’s very tightly coupled to the hardware.

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