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Report: Meta & LG’s Rumored Vision Pro Competitor Set to Launch in Early 2025

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According to a report from South Korean outlet The Korea Economic Daily (Korean), Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be in-country this week to finalize a deal with LG regarding a previously rumored competitor to Apple Vision Pro, which is reportedly set to be jointly built by the two companies for release in early 2025.

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Korean 3D spatial data tool startup Urbanbase closes $11.1M Series B+ round

TechCrunch VR

million in 2017 and its first Series B round in April 2020, from backers that included South Korea-based Shinsegae Information & Communication, Woomi Construction, SL Investment, KDB Capital, Shinhan Capital, Enlight Ventures, CKD Venture Capital, and Breeze Investment, Ha said. Existing investors did not join this round.

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How AR Can Be Used to Improve Efficiency in Global Retail

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In 2017, Apple CEO Tim Cook , a huge augmented reality enthusiast, stating that AR could be used “everywhere” ― “in education, in consumers, in entertainment, in sports” . The history of augmented reality (AR) started in 1968 at Harvard with the invention of the first AR head-mounted display (HMD) system.

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Top 26 VR/AR Events, Expos and Conferences to Attend in 2018

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FIVARS is a presentation of VRTO – Toronto’s virtual reality meetup group and think tank.