XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Apple, Sony, Microsoft, and countless other vendors in the technology space are now investing heavily on the concept of “spatial audio”. Certain trends in the XR environment are contributing to the rising adoption of spatial audio technology today. Here are just some of the most significant trends to consider.

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AR Insider

APRIL 12, 2021

This week, Apple and Epic continue to exchange blows, Tom Brady leans into NFTs and Vuzix forms partnership with TechSee. Let’s dive in… Apple says Epic’s Fortnite lawsuit is a marketing stunt to revive ‘flagging interest’ in the game. W elcome back to Spatial Beats. More from AR Insider….

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Gravity Jack

APRIL 21, 2023

One company that has been at the forefront of AR innovation is Apple, and its highly anticipated AR glasses are expected to have a profound impact on the AR development ecosystem. In particular, AR glasses from Apple could have significant implications for AR developers like us at Gravity Jack!

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 11, 2024

For enterprise, the Vision Pro presents a curious concept as, unlike predecessors like Meta, Apple focused on productivity as its core use case, leading to various enterprise-ready applications landing on the product ready for launch. Due to Apple’s preparation of developers last year, many applications are now debuting on the service.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 3, 2024

Notably, following the genAI trend, Glartek 2.0 Glartek also integrated its Augmented & Connected Worker solution onto the Apple Vision Pro headset last month, seeing Glartek’s services empower frontline workers with the Vision Pro’s powerful hardware.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Equally, the dust will soon settle following the debut of the Apple Vision Pro, which is currently filling social media feeds. The hype wave for XR may still be riding high as Apple gains a robust application ecosystem and Meta documents record XR revenue gains, but can it hold on? Apple Vision Pro Debuts Beta 1.1

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

The headset should be operated through the use of hand tracking and eye tracking , exactly like the Vision Pro. This is a very useful resource for all of us XR developers that are going very soon going to experiment with Mixed Reality applications on a headset by Meta, Apple, or one of their competitors.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 9, 2022

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple. Fairer competition.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 12, 2023

Exactly one week ago, Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro, its first XR headset. It will be a shorter and maybe not-so-exciting newsletter, but I will be happy of having shed some light on other interesting pieces of news from this week in XR Stay tuned for my roundup about the Apple Vision Pro coming in the next few days!

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We don’t know who originated the leak… but honestly, considering the perfect timing to generate hype for Facebook Connect, and the fact that it just shows a bit without showing too much… well, I have some suspects… (Do you remember the “leak” about Quest 2 some days before Facebook Connect 1 and timely before Apple Event?

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. A piece of unexpected news has shaken the XR communities this week: according to a report on Digitimes Taiwan, Apple has abandoned its AR/VR glasses project and all the members of the team have been re-allocated in other teams. AR is still alive, Apple will still release its AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

It’s relevant that the device wouldn’t feature any kind of face and eye tracking, but would have RGB passthrough and a depth sensor, so that to be able to offer detailed mixed reality and high-precision environment understanding. But NFTs should be bought with fiat currency and Apple will take a 30% cut out of them.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This trend was in my opinion one of the most relevant news from Connect. These are the specs of the device, courtesy of Road To VR: The device features very high resolution, passthrough RGB, and face and eye tracking sensors. The battle against Apple. "Our At first, it was Windows vs Mac, and then Android vs iOS.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

And it also makes me super-happy that no one is about Facebook and Apple… I was getting pretty bored in writing newsletters only about these two companies! The French startup headed by Stan Larroque is developing passthrough AR glasses with eye-tracking and hands tracking that can offer a new paradigm to augmented reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

During the Chinese counterpart of the event, the V2EC, Vive has also announced two other interesting pieces of news: The 7Invensun Droolon F2, an eye-tracking add-on for the Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, coming soon for $299. PSVR2 may feature 4K display and eye tracking. Apple is working on a whole spatial ecosystem.

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ARVR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Let’s take a look at some of the augmented reality trends driving innovation in 2022. Trend #1: Mobile Augmented Reality Is Evolving Mobile augmented reality has many clear advantages that make it the center of much of the technology’s attention. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Slim and light XR glasses capable of fluidly serving up novel and meaningful interactions are basically the holy grail in tech right now, with Apple, Meta, Google, Qualcomm, and many more laying down the groundwork to one day make them a reality. And… it’s not a great look. Some ideas are inevitable.

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ARVR

JUNE 9, 2021

Trending AR VR Articles: 1. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Apple For years we have been hearing rumors about a possible launch of AR Smart glass by Apple, but for the moment the Cupertino company has not yet released any device totally dedicated to Augmented Reality. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

XR has rapidly emerged as one of the most powerful new trends in the gaming landscape. VIVE has a huge range of tools to support different kinds of XR gaming, from the VIVE Flow for wireless wellness, to the VIVE Pro Eye, with built-in eye tracking capabilities. billion by 2028, accelerating at a CAGR of 31.4%.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The main question they’re asking themselves now is whether CIOs at Fortune 100 companies will want to invest in a start-up’s hardware solution or whether they’re by default going to go with a major player such as Apple or Microsoft. “I Alice Bonasio is a VR Consultant and Tech Trends’ Editor in Chief.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I hope to be wrong, of course: maybe Valve has just accelerated to launch its device before Apple may finally release its one. update”, is already directed in that sense, since it brings support for hand tracking and colocation. This shows how mixed reality may be one of the big trends of the upcoming months.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2023

Over the last year, VR headsets are gaining reaction thanks to many technological innovations, such as hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and wireless streaming, which benefit business and consumer end-users. Which trends have you noted for 2023, and what should the XR market expect? are making jobs easier and better.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 31, 2023

A media report has come out swinging against Apple’s Vision Pro headset, stating it has failed to innovate the mixed reality (MR) market. The author wrote, “But as with generative AI, Apple is not exactly the first to the game. You can add facial tracking, you can add eye tracking, you can add accessories and peripherals.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

20 for 2020: Augmented Reality Trends and How They May Play Out This Year. These are the 20 AR trends I will be watching and how they may play out this year. Read my “ Reality Check ” post which looks back at the 19 trends I highlighted for 2019 and how they actually played out last year. Source: Apple. by Tom Emrich.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 25, 2024

According to recent reports, the upcoming Samsung headset will have a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a ToF sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking features. Amy also added: But as good as the Apple Vision Pro is, this is still a 1.0 But that’s a good thing,” Peck remarked.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Feature-wise, it is more or less as we expected it to be, with four cameras for inside-out tracking, haptic feedback, IPD adjustment , eye-tracking, HDR display. Apple headset is rumored to be announced this year. I guess you are not surprised to read a new rumor about the Apple headset also from this week.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

One of the major trends that patent activity has captured is the transformation from merely entertainment-based AR/VR usage towards more useful, inclusive, and practical applications. Other active participants in the augmented reality and virtual reality market include OculusVR, Nokia, Motorola Mobility Inc, and Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

I’ve read a lot of articles and XR news this week, but actually, at the end of the day, nothing relevant has happened, except for the usual rumor about Apple… so you can close this roundup now… no ok, I’m kidding! This doesn’t sound to me very “Apple”. And by the way, on the personal side, things are going well for me!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Spatial computing trends, and the trends influencing both the extended reality landscape and metaverse ecosystems are closely connected. While spatial computing isn’t an entirely new concept, major market leaders like Apple believe it will shape the future of our digital interactions. With a projected value of $544.6

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Spatial computing trends, and the trends influencing both the extended reality landscape and metaverse ecosystems are closely connected. While spatial computing isn’t an entirely new concept, major market leaders like Apple believe it will shape the future of our digital interactions. With a projected value of $544.6

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Apple MR headset may feature iris detection and legs tracking. A new week, a new set of rumors about the Apple headset. Ahah I love the nonsense of the rumors about Apple! More info (Report about Apple visor?—?Mac Mac Rumors) More info (Report about Apple visor?—?Upload Other relevant news. Upload VR).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

Tech giant Apple has even helped to generate new demand for spatial technology with its new Vision Pro headset. For instance, headsets like the new Apple Vision Pro allow users to interact more effectively using eye-tracking sensors with a scalable content interface.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 25, 2023

This allows digital objects to interact with users via planing, light detection and ranging (LiDAR), and hand and eye tracking. Meta’s Spark, Google’s ARCore, and Apple’s ARKit platforms are some of the best platforms for this. AR smart glasses – Users can also view AR content with smart glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

The devices that will be based on this reference design will have amazing specifications like: 2K x 2K display resolution per each eye ; Have up to 7 cameras used simultaneously, including the ones for tracking, mixed reality and eye-tracking; High-quality passthrough augmented reality with high resolution and framerate.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

If we remove the Meta Quest exclusive games, I would say that if it current trends continues, in a year from now there will be almost feature parity between content on Pico and content on Meta Quest. I think this tweet summarizes my thoughts of its beginning: With much respect for Pico, but this beginning looks like a cheap Apple keynote.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2024

This could enable Meta to generate a valuable income source and services for its XR hardware ecosystem, competing with Apple’s Vision Pro offerings. As headsets become more sophisticated, the devices record increasing user data, from hand tracking, eye tracking, environment scanning and more.

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