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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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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.18): Magic Leap 2 price revealed, new rumors about Apple, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Apple to launch a second “more affordable” headset in 2025. Since the rumors about the upcoming Apple headset were not enough, the famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has thought well to release rumors about the next-generation headset. Other relevant news. Image from the web). Anyway, we’ll see… these are all speculations.

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Big News XR from BMW, Meta, Apple, Campfire, Nreal, and Cannes XR

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Amidst rumours of Apple’s new headset, many firms are ramping up efforts, perhaps partly due to a looming sense of competition. Passengers can use the system to watch films, play video games, meditate, and send messages on social media. Apple also filed a separate trademark for the new xrOS operating system late last year.

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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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What does Unity’s IPO mean for Virtual Production and Filmmaking?

RealVision VR

With Unity achieving nearly the same valuation as it’s rival Game engine maker, Epic (13.6mil versus 17.3mil) what does it mean for Film-Game convergence and VirtualProduction ? There’s also the free version perfectly suited for VP and no royalties whatsoever for film output. make for intelligent Digital Actors.

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What Does the XR Industry Think about Apple’s Vision Pro?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

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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Cool AR apps to try with Apple’s new phones

Hypergrid Business

Apple has lagged behind in the virtual and augmented reality race so far. ” Apple software and services could gain $9 billion in revenue by 2020 as a result of operations related to augmented reality because there will be about 3.6 ” Apple itself featured four AR applications in its annoucement.

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