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Big XR News from Google, Meta, IGS Orlando, HTC VIVE, and Warpin

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This week has seen its fair share of tricks and treats ahead of the Halloween season, where companies like Warpin Reality, HTC VIVE, Google, Shopify, and Apple, among others, have offered a powerhouse of insights to XR Today on their latest innovations. This has led Google to slash jobs across its operations in recent months.

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Where Are We in AR’s Lifecycle?

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But then around 2002, things moved slowly towards measured progress, and the rise of tech giants like Google, Facebook, and the web 2.0 Apple , Google , Facebook and Microsoft are all on that list. Speaking of Facebook’s billion lens engagements, Google has matched that figure in visual search activations for Google Lens.

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The 300th XR Week Peek (2023.04.10): Meta innovates image segmentation, Chrome implements WebGPU, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This research work is disruptive because it can detect whatever kind of objects, even the ones it has never seen during training. Glasses could also highlight the objects the user has in front of him/her during a training experience or while he/she is following a certain recipe. Let’s see if this will bring real benefits to WebXR.

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XR Talks: Projecting 2020’s Top Spatial Trends

AR Insider

Confidence signals include Brand spending on sponsored lenses and indicators for Apple’s eventual AR glasses. Apple’s AR Fate. Starting with the first prediction, the thing on everyone’s mind is the if and when of Apple’s rumored AR glasses. AR Wins with Training Wheels.

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Will Covid-Era Urgency Accelerate AR?

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An MIT study about embracing digital technology reports that 63 percent of surveyed managers said the pace of technological change in their workplaces is too slow, primarily due to a “lack of urgency.” Companies can no longer fulfill service contracts, in-person training can no longer take place, on-site sales demos and events are canceled.

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The Brighter Reality of Virtual Reality

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It may occasionally be hard to find human subjects to train medical students for procedures like surgery. Startups like Osso VR, make it possible to train doctors on highly realistic, immersive VR platforms with hand based interactions. So, is shutting yourself indoors the only safe alternative? Fortunately no!

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.10): Lynx launches MR standalone headset, Facebook acquires Scape and much more!

The Ghost Howls

New Steam hardware survey highlights that the number of VR headsets has grown again, and now according to Road To VR there are 1.6M Let’s see how Apple and Google will answer. Google Glass 2 is now available for direct purchase. The good news for Valve don’t end here. monthly connected VR headsets on Steam.