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Apple Reportedly Could Have Over 1,000 Engineers Working on AR in Israel

Road to VR

According to UBS analyst Steven Milunovich , Apple could have over 1,000 engineers working on Augmented Reality technology in Israel, mostly at its major R&D centre in Herzliya. Milunovich maintains Apple might introduce AR features similar to Google’s Tango in the next iPhone.

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Apple Trademarks 'xrOS' Ahead Of Expected June Headset Reveal

Upload VR

An Apple-linked company applied to trademark 'xrOS' in New Zealand. Spotted by The Verge's Parker Ortolani , the word mark uses Apple's SF Pro typeface and was filed by Deep Dive LLC, a firm believed to be a shell company of Apple. The Information and Gurman have previously reported the product will be priced around $3000.

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Lumus ‘Sheds Light’ on Future of AR, Apple Vision Pro

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

We discussed his company’s waveguide and materials research, using AR for medicine and surgery, and the Apple Vision Pro. Founded in 2000, the Ness Ziona, Israel-based firm designed products for Scorpion helmets used in fighter jets like the A-10 Warthog and F-16 Fighting Falcon. .”

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What is Hermit spyware and how do you protect yourself from it?

Mashable VR

On Apple devices, attackers used flaws in the company's protocols to distribute apps that can bypass the App Store but be subject to the same security enforcement mechanisms. And it could be (almost) anything: software that eavesdrops on your phone conversations, reads your messages, accesses your camera, you name it.

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Weekly Funding Roundup: Lightform gets $26 million, Vive X is investing in 30 startups, Facebook.

AllThingsVR

Weekly Funding Roundup: Lightform gets $26 million, Vive X is investing in 30 startups, Facebook hiring former Apple engineer, & Sliver VR raised $16 million in VC funding. HTC Vive’s investment group also said it planned to open another accelerator in Israel soon. He is listed as an inventor on several Apple patents.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

The Ghost Howls

I gave a presentation of the first idea of a videodisc of the “ Plastico ” at a private conference held at Apple Computer in 1986 (my talk was published in 1998 here ). We succeeded in recruiting him to apply his software to ancient Rome. In July 2018, the project completed version 3.0 was started in the summer of 2007.

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ANNOUNCEMENT and Why the Tesla Humanoid Robot Matters

Robert Scoble

Here is our first analysis (located at: [url]) on why we should all be paying attention to what is happening in humanoid robots and consumer electronics, which include autonomous vehicles that are now arriving to people’s garages and, soon, Augmented Reality devices from Apple and others. The robot brings other robots.