XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2024

Apple Vision Pro apps, coming to Apple’s latest spatial computing experience, will ensure individuals and teams can make the most of their new headset. Initially, Apple didn’t reveal much information about the apps available on the Vision Pro. Think of things like the Apple iCloud and Wallet apps.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

My feed on social media is full of posts about the Apple Vision Pro, which has just been released a few days ago. So, as you can expect, a big part of this newsletter will be about Apple’s device, but actually there are also a few interesting pieces of news that regard other products and other companies.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 11, 2024

For enterprise, the Vision Pro presents a curious concept as, unlike predecessors like Meta, Apple focused on productivity as its core use case, leading to various enterprise-ready applications landing on the product ready for launch. Due to Apple’s preparation of developers last year, many applications are now debuting on the service.

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2023

Apple Vision Pro has brought new ideas to the table about how XR apps should be designed, controlled, and built. In this Guest Article, Sterling Crispin offers up a concise guide for what first-time XR developers should keep in mind as they approach app development for Apple Vision Pro.

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Slashgear

JUNE 5, 2022

As part of its upcoming developer conference, Apple will reportedly reveal new tools that'll help devs get their apps ready for the company's upcoming headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 5, 2023

I just watched the full keynote of Apple at WWDC , where the company in Cupertino announced the Apple VisionPro headset. UX : Can Apple make XR usable? Use cases : Can Apple make XR useful? Partnership : Who’s onboard with Apple in this journey? Terms : Will Apple invent new words to define XR?

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Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2023

The timing might have something to do with Apple’s looming entrance into the XR space. In doing so, Magic Leap has strengthened itself—and the existing XR industry—against what could be a standards upheaval by Apple. Though delayed from its commitment last year, Magic Leap today announced that ML2 now fully supports OpenXR.

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VRScout

AUGUST 19, 2020

Apple threatens to withhold support for ARKit and upcoming VR technology on Unreal Engine. For those who may be out of the loop, last week Epic Games filed a lawsuit against Apple after the company pulled their megapopular multiplayer game Fortnite from the iOS App Store. We are asking the court to stop this retaliation.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With Vision Pro, Apple is taking a different approach—making apps social right out of the box. Apple’s vision isn’t about creating a server full of a virtual strangers and user-generated experiences, but to make it easy to share the stuff you already like to do with the people you already know.

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VRScout

APRIL 6, 2021

Augmented reality will forever change the way we communicate says the Apple CEO. According to a recent report by Apple research expert Ming-Chi Kuo , Apple will be launching a mixed reality headset later this year, followed by a dedicated AR headset in 2025 and AR contact lenses in 2030. Image Credit: Apple.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 30, 2023

According to a new report from The Information , Apple is developing software for its upcoming mixed reality headset that would let consumers and professionals build AR apps and experiences. This new set of tools would allow Apple headset owners to build AR apps that can be made available to others via the App Store.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2023

Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD ( AOUSD ), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.”

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2024

It appears that innovative digital healthcare solution providers are taking note of the recently released Apple Vision Pro. Veyond Metaverse provides medical professionals with AI-ready XR learning and remote collaboration technologies. The Apple Vision Pro is becoming a hotbed for healthcare solutions; this should be no surprise.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 3, 2024

integrates the booming technology to extract and automate data for automatically creating training templates. Bruno Duarte, the CEO at Glartek, added: We are so excited to be expanding our digital solution and adding maturity to our technology. Glartek announced that its frontline solution is now available on Apple’s Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 15, 2022

Every year the SIGGRAPH is an event where companies showcase the best technologies they have for 3D content. Jensen Huang and its executives have performed many announcements regarding NVIDIA technologies, and the most relevant are: A new platform for creating avatars, NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine. Top news of the week.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 18, 2024

More on Teams Dynamics 365 Remote Assist Microsoft is no stranger to assistive reality tools. To power the avatar system, Microsoft introduced Mesh, a suite of no-code tools and integrated Unity features that will allow enterprise customers to create bespoke immersive spaces. Microsoft is helping to lead the GenAI and XR race.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

And when it comes to consumer wearables, rumors are flying that Apple is planning to release its own version of AR glasses by 2022. With Apple’s strength in minimalist design and its know-how of how to incorporate features that people want, should we expect these AR glasses to go mainstream? All without moving a finger. Guest Post.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Spatial is leveraging existing popular RT3D content creation tools to become the go-to Metaverse content creation hub. By introducing Unity RT3D content development tools, Spaital invites its community to build the service. Since the tools are so accessible and the distribution platforms methods are so accessible.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

More than 1,000 apps are now available in the App Store for the Apple Vision Pro, an Apple exec has revealed. The announcement comes just over two weeks after the headset launched, at which point Apple said there were 600 apps in the store. million compatible apps. million compatible apps. “We’re

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2024

Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is coming. Apple will host a widely published in-person keynote showcase during the event, followed by three days of virtual content to bring budding developers the latest updates. Apple has not confirmed any Vision Pro-related WWDC news. Could WWDC 2024 be an XR Showcase?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Apple headset may have been delayed again. A new week, a new set of rumors about the upcoming Apple Reality One, the most awaited headset in the history of XR. This week we got to know that Apple has just rebranded the operating system of the upcoming device from RealityOS (or rOS) to xrOS. Top news of the week. Image by Sony).

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AR Insider

AUGUST 12, 2020

Going back further, Google has long revealed its intentions to use the smartphone as a visual search tool for local discovery. But the latest company to signal possible moves in this direction is Apple. Though it wasn’t covered heavily in AR circles, Apple now lets users scan surroundings to localize their device.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Companies that have leaned into these technologies are seeing big results, as Walmart and Target’s blowout earnings. And if so, which technologies will power that retail future? It could even be simpler than Google’s advanced object recognition technology. But what about the post-Covid world?

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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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Gravity Jack

APRIL 21, 2023

In recent years, augmented reality (AR) has gained significant momentum as a technology with the potential to transform industries and change the way we interact with digital content. In particular, AR glasses from Apple could have significant implications for AR developers like us at Gravity Jack!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2024

Last week, Siemens, in collaboration with enterprise XR software provider BILT, leveraged Apple Vision Pro headsets to provide on-site electricians with XR instructional overlays. The partnership also gives BILT a place as the newest member of its Xcelerator Ecosystem for scaling enterprise XR solutions.

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VRScout

JULY 22, 2023

With the release of its visionOS beta platform, Unity, the creator of the world’s leading real-time 3D content creation system, is providing developers with access to its Unity PolySpatial tool. As a result, it will provide support for both PolySpatial and Apple’s RealityKit. for Apple Vision Pro.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

On the technological side, it has been exciting. Since there is the possibility that Apple announces its headset soon, all the companies are rushing to announce what they have in the pipeline before the big day. Kuo now sustains that Apple told the manufacturers that the device may sell 7–10M units in its first year of life.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Spatial computing technology has played a role in the evolving XR and digital landscapes for some time. However, hype around the concept has recently increased, thanks to companies like Apple promoting their new “spatial computing system”: the Vision Pro. This technology is currently growing in popularity at a CAGR of 20.4%.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 13, 2024

Two surgeons used the device at the private hospital Cromwell as a “surgical logistics and organisational tool”, according to spatial computing healthcare firm eXeX. The Vision Pro is available in the US, but Apple has yet to reveal when it will be launched in other regions.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Apple’s 2018 keynote event has officially come to a close and it appears as though iOS fans have much to look forward to over the coming months. Among these exciting announcements were two impressive AR-based experiences running on Apple’s powerful ARKit 2 platform. Image Credit: Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

A new cycle of XR The Apple Vision Pro launch has been a disruptive moment for our industry (Image by Apple) As I said in a popular post a few months ago , I think we have entered a new cycle for immersive realities. Huawei and Pico are rumored to be working on an Apple Vision Pro competitor).

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

or higher, the new AR tool allows customers to scan physical products to display up-to-date information that includes the product name, how much the item costs, customer reviews from Walmart.com, and other valuable information – all by moving your device back and forth scanning the labels on stores shelves. or higher are required.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 11, 2024

Apple won't have a huge number of Vision Pro headsets produced by launch. Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been reporting on Apple's suppliers for more than 10 years, claims Apple will have somewhere between 60,000 and 80,000 units of Vision Pro manufactured in time for its US release, which Apple announced this week as February 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Apple Optic ID represents just one of the latest features of the upcoming Apple Vision Pro headset. Ever since it announced its spatial computing headset in June 2023, Apple has begun gradually releasing more insights. Like with most Apple products, full details on the headset are scarce. What is Apple Optic ID?

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

Apple is purportedly poised to announce a new tool that will help identify child abuse in photos on a user’s iPhone. The tool would supposedly use a “ neural matching function ” to detect if images on a user’s device match known child sexual abuse material (CSAM) fingerprints.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Earlier this year, Apple debuted its Vision Pro XR headset to provide an immersive productivity tool to act as a technology leap forward following the firm’s Mac laptop and desktop portfolio. Users can then view their iPhone-captured 3D spatial recordings via Apple’s Vision Pro MR headset as an AR visualisation.

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