Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

.” The company hasn’t shown any of the headsets as such, but this symbolizes a monolithic shift in how the company is controlling its hardware-software stack , likening it to a more Android-style approach as opposed to Apple’s walled garden approach with iOS and Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 22, 2024

Two OEMs are already onboard: Lenovo and ASUS are already working on devices whose software will be built on top of the Meta Horizon ecosystem. Zuck always said that Meta is the “open ecosystem” that fights against Apple’s closed ecosystem, but until today there was nothing open at all.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by VRTUOLUO) A leak shows a prototype of the Samsung XR headset We finally have a leak of the Samsung headset that makes us see something about it. The report talks about Samsung wanting to target the $1000–2000 range, which in my opinion risks being neither expensive nor affordable.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Today the company says it’s formally branding the Quest operating system as Meta Horizon OS, and with it, plans to allow third-parties to make new headsets that run the software stack. The company has already confirmed that Asus and Lenovo are building new headsets for Meta Horizon OS.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

After the announcement of the release date of the Apple Vision Pro, the whole community is just waiting for its preorders to open up this Friday. The headset will be sold in physical stores and on the Apple website. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple has only 60–80K units available at this time , so most likely they’ll go sold out.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 29, 2023

Google is currently working with Samsung to create an XR headset that directly competes with upcoming Apple’s Vision Pro, leading to a “weird bureaucratic mess,” an employee told Insider. Another employee commented: At Google, there is a great fear that when Apple releases new products, it shifts the landscape.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 27, 2023

Today, international electronics vendor Samsung released its Q2 earnings report, highlighting massive financial losses as the firm moves towards producing XR devices and components. In its recorded earnings , Samsung revealed that its Q2 net profits fell by 84.5 percent from last year to $1.4

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. The Micro XR software project is reportedly being tested on monocular glasses codenamed “Betty” and a binocular version of the same, codenamed “Barry”.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Samsung plans to launch its XR headset in limited quantities in late 2024. South Korean newspaper The JoongAng reports Samsung is planning to announce the headset at an event in the second half of 2024, then launch it in December with a limited initial quantity of just 30,000 units. We've emailed Samsung seeking comment.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Samsung filed a trademark for 'Samsung Glasses' in the UK. It was filed by Samsung Electronics on August 21, and officially approved and registered on November 10. Samsung’s Google-Powered Headset Set To Launch Late 2024 Samsung’s Google-powered XR headset is set to launch, in very limited quantities, in late 2024.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Google reportedly plans to provide AR glasses system software for hardware companies from 2025. from Google I/O 2023 In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset that Google would provide "the software" for, and in May Google said it will share more about that project later this year.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This month, Samsung continued its recent history of leaking details on an upcoming XR wearable when it filed for a “Samsung Glasses” trademark in the UK. Reports suggest that Samsung plans to unveil a new device at its Unpack event next year, with initial production quantities expected to be around 30,000 units.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung, in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, has announced plans to develop a new extended reality product. I myself switched from Apple to Samsung in 2015 specifically for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. I’m considering switching back to Samsung if they release a new XR headset. I’m

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 16, 2024

The firm plans to debut the Light device in May 2024 and the Super headset in Q4 this year, just as other major vendors like LG and Samsung are looking to enter the headset market. Apple only debuted the Vision Pro in US markets – with more regions to come – with a productivity and workplace-focused approach.

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Images and specs of a prototype of Samsung's upcoming headset have seemingly leaked. In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android.

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MAY 11, 2023

During its I/O 2023 conference, Google said it will share more about its 'Android collaboration' with Samsung on 'immersive XR' later this year. Our partnership on WearOS with Samsung has been amazing, and I'm excited about our new Android collaboration on immersive XR. Samsung had a somewhat more successful history in VR.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This will be Zuckerberg's publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalise the Gear VR smartphone headset partnership. Samsung handled the hardware for Gear VR, Oculus Go was manufactured by Xiaomi, and Oculus Rift S was manufactured and co-designed by Lenovo.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

This week reports from a Korean online publication highlighted how Samsung may release an MR headset in 2024, following a year of rumours, leaks, and partnerships as the leading technology firm works with XR industry giants such as Apple, Google, and Qualcomm to become a fresh horse in the immersive space race.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

Qualcomm is seemingly planning to reveal a new XR chipset early next year that could be for Apple Vision Pro competitors. XR2 Gen 2 is the successor to the original XR2 from 2020, and it's based on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip used in high-end Android phones like Samsung's Galaxy S23 series. Vision Pro Competitors From Samsung & LG?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. And it also makes me super-happy that no one is about Facebook and Apple… I was getting pretty bored in writing newsletters only about these two companies!

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Like Netflix, YouTube also didn't make an Apple Vision Pro app and is opting out of making its iPad app available. Apple previously announced that iPad & iPhone apps are available on the visionOS App Store "by default" and developers have to intentionally opt-out if they don't want theirs to be. UploadVR David Heaney

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MARCH 19, 2024

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Continued steps in that evolutionary path were taken yesterday at Apple’s iPhone 12 event. Network rollouts still have a ways to go, but Apple is getting ahead of that. Triangulating Clues in Apple’s AR Roadmap. Image Credit: Apple. The second future-proofing move is lidar. Seeing in the Dark . The Long Game.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is Zuckerberg's first publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalize the Gear VR smartphone-holder headset partnership. This could bring over services like Netflix, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, Apple TV+, Hulu, Paramount+, and VUDU with no extra developer effort required. Quest Pro 2?

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APRIL 11, 2024

The company is expected to reveal more details about the Android XR platform it's working on for Samsung's upcoming headset. Early last year Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android and Qualcomm providing the chipset.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2024

” Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) | Based on images courtesy Meta, Apple Still, having Android XR on Quest would instantly make Meta’s hardware more competitive with Apple Vision Pro, which boasts 1.5 million apps built for iPhone in addition to 1,000+ visionOS native apps.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Meta is reportedly optimistic about the release of Apple Vision Pro, seeing itself as the future Android of the market. The Wall Street Journal cites "people familiar with their thinking" as saying that Meta executives believe Apple's entry into the market will "validate Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble and draw more consumers".

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

This week, reports emerged claiming that Chinese news publication Gyro Technology leaked the design specifications of Samsung’s upcoming MR headset. According to the leaks, Samsung’s MR device will cost roughly between $1000-$2000. Samsung’s Q2 net profits fell by 84.5 percent from last year to $1.4

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Leaked concept video featuring two Samsung AR devices has come to light. Although just concepts and not functioning products as such, it’s clear the Korean tech giant is gearing up to compete with companies like Facebook and Apple as they inch ever closer to releasing consumer AR headsets.

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2018

At Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple announced a new avatar system, dubbed ‘Memoji’, the company’s next step into the world of iPhone X animated emojis mapped to a user’s facial movements. Move over Samsung AR Emoji , because Apple looks to have gotten the cutesy Pixar-vibe down pat.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2021

Tech giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft have invested heavily into AR, VR and MR to speed up mass adoption through both hardware and software solutions.” ” “ XR Casino has first mover’s advantage in providing XR SaaS solutions to online, traditional casinos and sports betting companies.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

With the release of iOS 11, hundreds of millions of Apple devices gained the ability to perform basic augmented reality functions, albeit viewed through the screens of iPhones and iPads. Apple doesn’t plan to sell the headset though, and will likely only use it for testing purposes.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Apple is gearing up for the Vision Pro debut. However, a key difference and benefit that Apple has over some of its competition is the already-established iOS ecosystem of products and software. On the other hand, Apple is not the only XR firm pushing for interoperability and cross-pollination of hardware and software.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2017

In an answer to Apple’s recently released ARKit , a developer tool used for making augmented reality apps and games that run on newer iPad and iPhones, Google today released a preview of a new Android-compatible software development kit (SDK) called ARCore. Nougat and above.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 18, 2020

One of the biggest advantages iPhones have over their Android counterparts is the number of years Apple devices receive regular software updates. However, while it isn’t quite the five years of support iPhones typically enjoy, Samsung is now committing to supporting many of its recent Galaxy devices with at least… Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Apple may announce its headset at WWDC 2022. A new week, a new rumor about Apple. This time it comes from Bloomberg, which predicts that Apple will announce its MR headset in June 2022 during WWDC , to launch it some months later, probably during the holiday season. (Image from the web). Learn about the m**averse in Japan.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Apple is really good at selling stuff.

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