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Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney Partnership

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Apple Inc has entered talks with roughly six media partner firms to launch a virtual reality (VR) content platform for its upcoming headset, reports revealed on Monday. The partnership aims to integrate the Cupertino-based firm’s Apple TV+ product lineup on the new head-mounted displays (HMDs).

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Apple Announces First VR-Ready Computers

Road to VR

Apple has finally made a commitment to VR, announcing on stage today at Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2017 that not only will they offer an external GPU developer kit for MacBooks capable of meeting the graphical demands of VR, but that both the new 27-inch iMac and the iMac Pro will be VR-ready out of the box. image courtesy TIME.

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Samsung Files XR ‘Glasses’ Trademark in the UK

Road to VR

We’re still not sure what it will be other than hardware made by Samsung, software by Google, and chipset by Qualcomm. Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) | Based on images courtesy Meta, Apple Vision Pro is well beyond the size of spectacles, so calling anything with that format would be an odd move.

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AR-Powered Movie-Making App ‘Diorama’ Lets You Drag-And-Drop Digital Props & Effects

VRScout

LITHO , the company behind an innovative wearable AR controller that resembles a ring made for two fingers , has launched a new movie effects app that lets you drop awesome AR visuals into your movie projects, offering a faster, cheaper, and more intuitive alternative to desktop software such as Adobe After Effects or Cinema 4D.

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#ICYMI: XR Today’s Big News Show on the Apple Vision Pro

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The Apple Vision Pro has made sensational headlines across global media outlets, leading to renewed interest in virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) technologies. This ranged from user interfaces (UIs), filming, controls, and hardware optimisation. ’ However, in reality, none of the headsets are sexy.

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Peter Jackson’s New Studio is All About AR Storytelling

VRScout

Over the past year Jackson and his team at Wingnut AR, a subdivision of Wingnut Films , have been utilizing Apple’s ARkit to experiment with various types of AR experiences. On stage demo at Apple’s WWDC. In the video we get an in-depth look at an intense sci-fi scene projected onto a tabletop surface using an iPad Pro.

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The team behind Baidu’s first smart speaker is now using AI to make films

TechCrunch VR

Immersive films, or games, depending on how one wants to classify the emerging field, are already available with pre-written scripts for users to pick from. “It’s sort of like how the film Ready Player One built its own gadgets for the virtual world. Eventually, it wants to release its own films. Image: rct studio.

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