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Augmented reality’s half-decade of stagnation

TechCrunch VR

Remember Magic Leap? This week, I spent an hour or so playing around with the unreleased next-generation Magic Leap headset, all while discussing the augmented reality company’s wild ride with Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson and other members of their executive team. So, let’s talk about it.

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The sentences about XR I’m tired of hearing

The Ghost Howls

The only thing that is harder than being a futurist is being THE CHIEF FUTURIST , the job that Neal Stephenson had a Magic Leap. We are in an era when everyone spies everyone, and I am happily sharing my data with the US (Facebook, Twitter), Russia (Telegram), China (WeChat), Italy (my ISP), and I guess many other countries.

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Top XR Stories of 2019

Tech Trends VR

Bumpy Road For Magic Leap. Magic Leap then announced it was pivoting towards enterprise customers following damning reports of extremely weak sales. Dairy farmers in Russia started testing Virtual Reality on their dairy cows. Cows Like VR Too. VR Therapy.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.12): Quest 2 is launching, dogs use AR, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Contrary to the news about cows using VR in Russia, this news is real and it is also accompanied by a pending patent. The author of the video has used a free app available on the Apple Store and with it, it was able to scan 3D objects with a quality and a speed never seen before.

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