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AWE 2022 Day Two: The Floor Opens. Talks on Interoperability, Hardware, and Software

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AWE day two started off with back-to-back keynotes from mixed reality display maker Magic Leap and AR commerce solution Avataar. A Look at the Magic Leap 2. Magic Leap’s Head of Product Management, Jade Meskill, presented “Magic Leap 2 and the Augmented Enterprise.”

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Rumor: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Consumer AR Headset

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The Cupertino-based tech giant may be pumping the brakes on its long-rumored Apple AR headset , something that was reportedly slated to see a release as early as 2020. A DigiTimes Taiwan report (via MacRumors ) now suggests that Apple has disbanded the team behind it, effectively putting its consumer AR device on hold.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.05): Rumors on a Apple headset intensify, Quest 2 sales grow fast, and more!

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The rumors on the Apple Glasses are intensifying. It is not a secret that Apple is working on an XR device: the mystery is when it is going to release it and what it will actually be. The hype is rising, and Apple is playing with it. (My usual terrible image to wish you Happy Easter, if you celebrate it). Top news of the week.

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Top XR Stories of 2019

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Bumpy Road For Magic Leap. Magic Leap then announced it was pivoting towards enterprise customers following damning reports of extremely weak sales. Although the PSVR has proven to be the most commercially successful VR hardware to date – selling over 4.2 Sony’s Next Move. VR Therapy.

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All the most important AR and VR news from the GDC 2018

The Ghost Howls

Basically, they are: Hyper-optimization : since this is a standalone headset, Oculus has been able to optimize the hardware and software for VR usage. people walking around), so I don't have an apples-to-apples comparison against Santa Cruz. Oculus announces Hardware Reports. Magic Leap releases its SDK.

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VR’s Killer App May Be Full-Body Codec Avatars

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Realizing true telepresence in consumer hardware may be one of the hardest ideas to prepare for consumers. In film, you feel comfortably immersed in the story looking at something like the cute Baymax robot but constantly distracted looking at more human-like faces in heavily motion captured works like the 2004 film The Polar Express.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And the price of the wireless add-on is even more suspicious: speaking with a hardware manufacturer, they told me that ONLY THE ANTENNAS of a Wi-Gig connection for VR streaming (like the one of the Vive Pro) costs around $100… so how can the whole wireless streaming device cost just $50?? HTC launches Vive XR Suite. Learn more.

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