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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

The Ghost Howls

Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.16): Apple prepares the launch of Vision Pro, Sony announces MR headset, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

After the announcement of the release date of the Apple Vision Pro, the whole community is just waiting for its preorders to open up this Friday. The headset will be sold in physical stores and on the Apple website. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple has only 60–80K units available at this time , so most likely they’ll go sold out.

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XR, Metaverse to Reshape the Human Connection

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami has rallied many top brands across the tech industry to reflect on both its achievements and setbacks. XR Today: Can you tell me about your experience with the IGS 2022 Miami and your best takeaways? There are also several rumours about Apple’s upcoming MR headset.

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John Travolta Stars in "SPEED KILLS VR," now available on several platforms.

Cats and VR

The VR series, produced by Richard Rionda Del Castro, Guy Griffithe and Travis Cloyd, was shot in Puerto Rico in the summer of 2017 to resemble Miami Beach in the early days of speed boat racing. Google Play - [link] Apple App Store - [link] Oculus - [link]

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IGS 2022 Miami: XR Today Expert Round Table

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 took place in Miami 5 to 7 December, and concluded its final days in the sunny backdrop of Miami Beach’s historic Fontainebleu Hotel. Such platforms provided live data for face tracking, including facial expressions, eye movement, and other features.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. It was a talk I did at the Miami VR Expo. You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. It was a talk I did at the Miami VR Expo. You could make motions with your hand and it would detect your muscle movements and you could control computers, music, do presentation control.

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