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Will Wearables Pave the Way For AR?

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This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.” Part V: Apple.

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Will Wearables Pave the Way For AR?

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This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including That excitement culminated in 2016 after the Oculus acquisition had time to set off a chain reaction of startup activity, tech-giant investment, and VC inflows for the “next computing platform.”

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Pour One Out for These Weird Wearables That Totally Failed

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Nowadays, when you hear the term “wearables”, you probably think of smartwatches like the Apple Watch, fitness trackers, and VR headsets like the Oculus Rift. Several other devices had to crash and burn so modern wearables could flourish. However, these gadgets didn’t just appear out of the ether. Read more.

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Meta Deletes all Oculus Accounts and Data this Month

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Following Meta’s move away from Oculus branding and, subsequently, from requiring Facebook accounts during XR device log-ins, the Menlo Park-based firm is removing all Oculus accounts and related data by the end of the month. Additionally, all data linked to a user’s Oculus account will disappear by the end of March.

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Mass Market Spatial Computing In Sight With Meta In VR & Apple In AR

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Meta and Apple are building from different directions a path to the same future with virtual worlds to visit, spatial calling with hyper-realistic avatars, and all day augmentation. VR: Starting With Meta Quest Meta started with VR as Facebook in 2014 by acquiring Oculus.

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Meta Remains Committed to Enterprise Metaverse

XR Today - Virtual Reality

It appeared that Meta would instead focus on XR gaming and AR-lite consumer wearables. During the discussion, LG’s William Cho tested out the Meta Quest 3 headset, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, and large-language models and expressed interest in leveraging Meta’s technology for AI-ready XR devices.

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Apple Vision vs. Meta Quest: The New iPhone Vs. Android?

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A conversation could be coming to your home in the next five years and it is probably as unavoidable as those previous ones: Are you on a Meta Quest or do you have Apple Vision? But, right now, Apple just showed up to VR in a very big way and validated almost all the most forward - thinking work at its fastest-moving competitor.

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