Road to VR

JANUARY 4, 2023

Apple’s long-awaited mixed reality headset is still deep under wraps, although a recent report from The Information has shed what appears to be new light on some of the features coming to the fruit company’s first AR/VR headset. Chips communicate via a custom streaming codec to combat latency. Chipset : Two 5nm chips.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2023

Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset has been the subject of many reports and rumors over the past few years—that’s just the nature of the Cupertino-based black box. Citing sources familiar with Apple’s plans, the company is expected to only sell around one million units of the XR headset over the course of 12 months.

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2023

Apple’s WWDC keynote is today, and the company is heavily expected to reveal an immersive headset for the first time. Apple’s WWDC keynote will be held at 10AM PT on June 5th ( your timezone here ). Chips communicate via a custom streaming codec to combat latency. Here’s where to see the action live.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Many people are analyzing the Apple Vision Pro… including the ones at Meta Here you are with the usual huge roundup of news about the Apple Vision Pro (a roundup in a roundup). This week both Zuck, the CEO of Meta, and Boz, the CTO of Meta, expressed their opinions on the Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

New reports highlight some episodes of the life of Apple XR glasses. This week The Information has written a long report about the history of Apple XR glasses. According to the company, the added latency for wireless communication is just 3ms. Zero Latency ditches backpack PCs in its VR arcade to use Vive Focus 3.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Notably, a big market shifting factor is Apple’s entry, Shen noted: I think having Apple come in has really validated everything that we’ve invested in, in our hardware, our platform, our infrastructure, and we’ve seen a lot more interest in this space and even this show (MDC 2024).

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Upload VR

JANUARY 19, 2024

Apple officially revealed the Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. It introduces new features never before shipped, and its visionOS fuses eye tracking and hand tracking for intuitive input with a unique take on the spectrum of immersion. Apple says the battery will last for 2 hours of general use or 2.5

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 30, 2023

Eye and hand-tracking technology is quickly becoming crucial to the extended reality experience. As we continue our journey into the digital world, here are some main reasons companies investing in XR should consider implementing eye and hand-tracking tools.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Apple doesn’t call Vision Pro a mixed reality headset, or a virtual reality headset for that matter. To Apple, it’s all spatial computing , which is fine—if not a little too vague. Apple is thinking different about how it couches Vision Pro; it’s more face-computer than VR headset. And we get it.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! Hands tracking for Vive Pro. Header image by HTC).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro brought expected eyes to the technology, and late last year, Meta launched its Quest 3, which introduced its brand of MR at an affordable price following its Quest Pro launch. One particular area I see opportunity is in interaction, specifically hand tracking. However, MR has room to grow.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2024

Here are a few great options: Third-party Accessories Spigen Klasden Pouch – $90 Image courtesy Spigen There are scant few cases that were built from the ground-up for Vision Pro beyond the first-party case from Apple. Image courtesy Apple Like many XR headset, glasses just don’t fit inside Vision Pro.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 16, 2024

However, to achieve a low-latency connection, users must purchase the 60G Airlink product for $299, which ensures improved streaming capabilities. On the other hand, users can connect via WiFi. Apple only debuted the Vision Pro in US markets – with more regions to come – with a productivity and workplace-focused approach.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In this Apple Vision Pro review, we’re finally taking a closer look at the spatial computing device set to change the extended reality world. Here’s everything we learned through our hands-on experiments with the device. and Wi-Fi 6 Input Hands, eyes, voice, keyboards, trackpads, and game controllers IPD 51-75mm Weight 21.2-22.9

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

We were all waiting for an Apple announcement, hoping that it could bring back some enthusiasm into the field, and it seems that the Vision Pro is having some beneficial effects , indeed. Apple showed investors that XR is not a fad, and even if it is still in its early stages, it is going to stay. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 30, 2024

Apple provided early Vision Pro units to some mainstream news outlets and YouTubers, and the review embargo was for today. My editor Ian Hamilton has already been hands-on with Apple Vision Pro twice, once just after its announcement at WWDC 2023 and again a few weeks ago. This is the future of personal computing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 6, 2023

ARuVR , an award-winning supplier of virtual and augmented reality training solutions, and Apple, a major innovator in the computing space, have both reached new heights with its cutting-edge immersive technologies. Enter the Apple Vision Pro: The Game-Changing Headset? A screenshot of Apple’s Vision Pro productivity suite.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 26, 2023

The Apple Vision Pro has made sensational headlines across global media outlets, leading to renewed interest in virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) technologies. “Everyone was even waiting till Apple announced something. He noted that Apple spoke less about XR but rather about spatial computing.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Information published a new report detailing the design & features of Apple’s upcoming headset. Credible reports of an Apple AR/VR headset on the horizon emerged in 2021 from The Information , Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, and supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Rumored Apple Reality . Apple M2 (5nm).

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Upload VR

MAY 20, 2022

A detailed report from The Information charts the decisions behind the apparent years-long delay of Apple’s upcoming AR/VR headset. Apple’s VR/AR team is called Technology Development Group (TDG) and is led by former Dolby executive Mike Rockwell.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

Hand-tracking. Hand-tracking first came to the original Quest in late 2019, offering users and developers a controllerless option for input on the headset. A faster refresh rate means a smoother image which reduces latency and can improve comfort and immersion. Fitness Tracking. Image courtesy Facebook.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. Image Credit: TripAdvisor, Zero Latency Madrid. Zero Latency was the first to provide such experience. Seated VR: hand tracking games, movies and simulators. And they sit.

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Upload VR

APRIL 5, 2023

You can find the Boz To The Future podcast on Apple and Spotify. I think that level of feedback and the lack of latency is critically important, but then it needs to just be able to actually do all of the things that people want to do. There’s even a breakdown of exactly what Neural Radiance Fields could offer VR.

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VRScout

MAY 26, 2023

Here’s everything we might know about Apple’s long-rumored XR device. The rumors about Apple’s rumored mixed-reality headset have been gaining some big momentum thanks to a recent tweet from Palmer Luckey alluding to the fact that he has seen and tried the mystery device. The Apple headset is so good.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3: Which is the best headset? Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3: Our Quick Verdict The Apple Vision Pro feels like the beginning of a new era for mixed reality headsets. A couple of weeks after the Apple Vision Pro was released, Zuckerberg shared his review.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2019

An optimized passthrough for the Quest, with better resolution, latency and depth perception. Apple acquires IKinema. Another acquisition got my attention this week: Apple buying IKinema. If you are into UX, you should give it a look. The Oculus Quest keeps getting the interest of the whole community.

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Upload VR

JUNE 5, 2023

Today Apple finally revealed Vision Pro, its $3500 AR/VR headset launching in 2024. Some other headsets like Meta Quest Pro and Pico 4 have their battery in the rear of the strap, but Apple's design takes it off your head entirely with an external battery tethered to a magnetic connector on the left of the headband.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

Unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2023 , the new device includes a trove of innovative features such as a “retina-level” electrochromic adaptive display, lighting adjustment, Snapdragon Spaces tethering, and hand tracking, among others.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

With the Varjo XR-4 series, the tech leader aims to offer a more affordable and diverse alternative to upcoming headsets like the Apple Vision Pro. This aligns it with the prices for competing solutions like the Apple Vision Pro and Microsoft HoloLens 2. However, they are more affordable than you might think.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 8, 2023

However, the Quest 3 will still be more affordable than other emerging MR devices, like the Apple Vision Pro. The XR2 Gen 2 chip even offers an average pass-through latency of only 12 milliseconds. Notably, while the Quest 3 does feature hand tracking , it doesn’t offer eye tracking. This isn’t uncommon, however.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The problem is not the headset, but the controllers, that maybe to spare battery are emitting very low IR light, that can’t be detected very well outside, where the Sun emits too many IR rays; A Redditor has published a super cool guide on how to obtain the most from your router to have very low latency on Virtual Desktop. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 26, 2021

We have seen that hands tracking has enabled new kinds of experiences that we hadn’t even thought of before (think about the great experiments by Daniel Beauchamp ), and I’m sure that the same will happen with passthrough AR, too; Facebook is building a platform that will work for all future headsets. Fracked is the game of the moment.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

It is a VR+MR headset proposed by the startup Lynx that has the peculiarity of being the first standalone headset heavily focused on offering both VR and color passthrough MR. It features some interesting innovations, like the heavy focus on hand tracking and the use of special lenses that are seen in no other headset.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 23, 2022

Global XR firms Qualcomm, Apple, and Vuzix revealed updates to their head-mounted devices (HMDs) for consumers and enterprises. Apple Board Members Tease New MR Headset. Consumer tech giant Apple internally teased its long-awaited mixed reality (MR) device to company board members, including Chief Executive Tim Cook.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The promotional videos leaked on the Quest 2 still operate with a USB cable for the Link , but I’m sure that Oculus is cooking something wireless, with a dedicated dongle to offer a high-throughput low-latency wi-fi. Hands tracking with controllers. Performances of the Qualcomm XR2 vs the previous 835 chipset. AR Glasses.

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