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Bobak Tavangar (Brilliant Labs) on the Power of Combining Open Source AR Hardware and Multimodal AI

The AR Show

Bobak Tavangar is the co-founder and CEO of Brilliant Labs, a company creating an open-source AR glasses hardware platform and pairing that with powerful generative AI models to help you engage with the real world. Bobak studied at George Washington and Georgetown universities before completing a graduate degree at Cambridge University.

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Samsung Files Trademark for ‘Galaxy Glasses’ AR/VR Headset

Road to VR

” According to a recent Washington Post interview with TM Roh, the president and head of Samsung’s mobile experience business, an upcoming Samsung XR device is “getting there, but we’re not too far away.” ” Google is building the software, while Samsung builds the hardware.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.01.03): Quest 2 sales spark a debate on kids and VR, Apple hires XR communication rep, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Apple). Apple hires Meta’s XR Head of PR. A report by Bloomberg reports that Apple has just hired Andrea Schubert, Communications Director at Meta’s consumer hardware division for XR, including Portal, AR, and VR devices. Other relevant news. More info. Become my first supporter of 2022! Header image by Meta).

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Samsung Partners with Google & Qualcomm to Release Android-powered XR Device

Road to VR

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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Apple Revives AR Smart Glasses Push with New Patent

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Reports have revealed that Apple could potentially ramp up work on a pair of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses that could support the release of the company’s Vision Pro headset. With the proposed smart glasses, Apple fans may tether the devices to their iPhones similarly to others like its Watch and AirPods wearables.

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XR Talks: Unpacking Apple’s Latest AR Updates

AR Insider

event: Apple’s WWDC. Though this year won’t see the revolutionary smartglasses unveiling that the AR world is waiting for, Apple continues to make evolutionary moves. This was in full force at WWDC including new AR navigation in Apple Maps, visual search features, and 3D Object Capture. AR Guidance. Object Capture.

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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. The hardware will be us,” he said. Samsung, in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, has announced plans to develop a new extended reality product.

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