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Saudi Arabia to Boost Tourism Sector with AR Navigation Technology

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announced a partnership with AI Safer to enhance customer experiences for visitors to Saudi Arabian museums and tourist attractions. The region is undergoing Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030 “, an initiative to boost its cultural and tourism sector. Today, ARway.ai

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Magic Leap Gets Half-billion Dollar Boost Ahead of Vision Pro Launch

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Saudi Arabia has recently injected more than half a billion dollars into augmented reality company Magic Leap, which it hopes will rival Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset. Will Magic Leap 2 be able to compete with Apple? It’s certainly worth watching.

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Alleged Apple Trademarks Point to ‘Reality’ Branding for Long-rumored Mixed Reality Headset

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Multiple trademark filings spotted by Bloomberg over the weekend support the notion that Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset will be running under the ‘Reality’ naming scheme. The report maintains Apple may be using a M2 SoC with 16 GB of memory. making it a mixed reality headset.

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Apple Vision Pro Competitor Gains Half a Billion in Funding

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This week, AR headset vendor Magic Leap secured roughly $590 million via Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, following the region becoming the firm’s majority owner in 2022. The Saudi Arabia funding has launched Magic Leap’s valuation to more than $4.5 Pre-orders will be open from January 19.

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This AR Wayfinder Platform Could Debut in over 35,000 Offices

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ARway.ai, a firm working with various XR device leaders, such as Apple and Magic Leap, to leverage its unique immersive wayfinding platform for a broad range of use cases, recently announced a new partnership that amplifies its product offering to an increasingly sizeable international user base.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.23): Apple Vision Pro preorders have been opened, and much more!

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This has been the week when the preorders of the Apple Vision Pro have been opened and s**t just started getting real! I’m very curious about what Apple’s headset is going to bring to our ecosystem… and you? Of course, some people from all over the world made some tricks to buy it anyway.

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Apple Vision Pro And Meta Quest Are Building Toward Super Vision

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We’re a long ways off from that and it won’t happen with the first generation Apple Vision Pro. I can only begin to imagine the possibilities and Apple is currently feeding developers kits at $3,500 each to build what’s in their imaginations.

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