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Apple's Ad Practices Are The Latest Target For Privacy Activists

GizModo VR

After making a name for himself going after Facebook’s and Google’s data practices, Austrian lawyer Max Schrems—and his advocacy group Noyb—is setting his sights on a new tech giant. According to two separate complaints his group filed with regulatory bodies based in Germany and Spain, the advertising tech that comes… Read more.

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Samsung and partners tease new XR headset

Hypergrid Business

I myself switched from Apple to Samsung in 2015 specifically for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. But if Apple beats them to it, I’ll switch back to Apple. Samsung, in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, has announced plans to develop a new extended reality product.

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More Meta Controversy? Apple’s 1.5m Headsets, BIG Walmart investments

AIXR

Meta announced that Horizon Worlds is now available in France and Spain. Apple plans to ship approximately 1.5 million units of its upcoming AR/VR headset in 2023, according to reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Apple plans to ship approximately 1.5 Apple’s 1.5m Canada, and the U.K. to team@aixr.org.

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XR Advertising Case Study in Focus: Meta and MADE.com

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

So far, MADE.com has achieved phenomenal success across the Netherlands, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, France, Austria, Spain, and Belgium. The company decided to try building an AR experience specifically for people using Apple iOS devices. The solution would be accessible only to Apple users, via ads on Facebook.

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Big XR News from Qualcomm, NTT DOCOMO, Varjo, Morpheus, GigXR, and CoSo Cloud,

XR Today - Big XR News tag

The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, provided a premier backdrop for the immersive and emerging technologies industry. According to an executive from the company, the partnership would allow its medical group to provide XR training globally to boost learner and instructor accessibility.

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Editorial: How the Crypto Crash—and Meta’s Missteps—Are Souring the General Public on the Metaverse

Ryan Schultz

into two new countries, France and Spain: The first thing I think of when I look at this picture is: hoo boy , somebody working in Meta’s PR department is gonna get fired! This will apply both to behemoth corporations like Meta, Apple, and Alphabet (the parent company of Google), as well as to much smaller metaverse-building companies.