XROM

MARCH 4, 2024

In a groundbreaking announcement at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, Samsung, in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm, revealed their highly anticipated XR headset set to release in 2025. Aptly named "XR" for now, the device promises to revolutionize the world of augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

While with other VR headsets like the Vive Focus Plus it is already possible to do some kind of augmented reality , this is the first standalone headset that can provide both good quality AR and VR on the same device. These are pretty cool, also because the Snapdragon XR 2 is much more powerful than the 835 mounted by the Oculus Quest.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. The road toward widespread AR glasses is still very long and complicated.

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ARPost

JULY 21, 2023

However, Almeida said that he had been waiting for something like an Apple headset for even longer than that – ever since he was, like so many others, disenchanted by the Google Glass device that launched in 2013. It’s currently the dominant approach in lighter-weight, lower-cost AR devices.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week, VR and MR device vendor Goertek partnered with hand-tracking experts Ultraleap to announce a VR/MR headset reference design that follows from Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 chipset revealment yesterday – where Qualcomm also revealed the new reference design. It’s an unbeatable combination.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Qualcomm has released its latest reference design for AR glasses and it features an important new feature. I think this news is pretty important because it improves a lot the usability of smartphone-connected AR glasses. More info (Qualcomm AR reference design / Road To VR) More info (Qualcomm AR reference design / Upload VR).

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

There are some typical questions that arise in the mind of the AR enthusiasts of the world: how is it? For this purpose, it has created a reference design for an AR headset dubbed North Star , giving full instructions on how everyone can build one at home. There is not even an assembly kit like with Google Cardboards.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 15, 2018

SEE ALSO Google & LG Detail Next-Gen 1,443 PPI OLED VR Display, 'especially ideal for standalone AR/VR'. Foveated rendering ties closely with eye tracking, the technology that Abrash thought was the most risky of his predictions in 2016. Image courtesy Oculus. Image courtesy Oculus. Ergonomics & Form Factor.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

Like many, Apple is investing in AR today because the headsets and glasses of tomorrow have a good chance of supplanting smartphones and becoming the dominant mobile computing platform of the future. There’s no such limit for AR apps, putting VR more or less into a virtual corner. What is Vision Pro?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 8, 2022

This week, Xiaomi actual unveiled the real hardware that should make that vision become real: dubbed Mijia AR Glasses , these glasses have a nice set of features. So more or less they are delivering what they promised. There is only one big problem: the form factor is terrible , they look super-dork, even worse than Google Glasses.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

It will explore new interactive social experiences "by focusing on hand tracking and voice communication with both friends and NPCs." Google’s Most Experienced VR Studio Changes Leadership Andrew Eiche is taking over Job Simulator studio Owlchemy Labs. In 2017, Google acquired Owlchemy Labs.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Ok, enough with football… let’s get back to AR and VR…. French startup Lynx announced some months ago a quite interesting headset featuring pass-through augmented reality , hands tracking, eye tracking, and an innovative lens design. AR users to reach 800M by the end of the year. Top news of the week.

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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 - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

Notably, the firm’s newly improved chipset will provide extended support for users and firms leveraging AR smart glasses with integrated AI features. The XR2+ Gen 2 chipset joins the Snapdragon platform, which provides the foundation for AR/VR/MR application development, deployment, and adoption. In addition to the 4.3K

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 30, 2023

On the UX side, other interesting things are being rumored: the headset would ship with no controller, and rely only on eye tracking and hands tracking for interactions. And to select objects, you have just to look at them and then pinch with your hand. This doesn’t sound to me very “Apple”.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2018

It’s possible standalone headsets are poised to leave the smartphone parts bin behind in the near future in a big way, as Qualcomm is reported to unveil a new Snapdragon system-on-a-chip (SoC) built specifically for standalone AR/VR headsets, according to a report by Bloomberg. image courtesy Qualcomm.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 26, 2024

Other features include spatial audio, Bluetooth connectivity, eye tracking, hand tracking, and a battery life of up to 2 hours. The new Vision Pro procedures include installation, managing Apple IDs, networking, and providing support for services like Exchange and Google Workspace. The device weighs between 21.2-22.9

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Additionally, as Samsung and Google have partnered with Qualcomm, it is reasonable to assume that the device will use the Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, which supports AI-ready wearables.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The main scope of this position is to prototype, ship, and support consumer gaming products leveraging visual-inertial tracking (HMD and controllers), camera passthrough, environment understanding, eye tracking, and hand tracking. Google Starline starts real-world testing. Quest Hand Tracking v2.1

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 2, 2020

This roundup of the most important AR/VR news of the past week comes out with a little delay since I’ve been very busy with my development job, and I’ve also a damn cold that doesn’t make me feel very well (but it’s no coronavirus, don’t worry :D). iPhone 12 may feature a special connection for AR glasses. Sorry for that!

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Apart from this, we had a few important announcements, like for instance: GTA San Andreas coming to Quest 2 Project Cambria : a hybrid AR/VR headset arriving next year. Google is still into XR. Even if Google is quite silent about AR and VR lately , the company is still into immersive technologies. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Project ARIA and Facebook AR. I predicted that Facebook could tease its work in AR throwing some smoke in our eyes and giving us little pieces of info, and I was not wrong with this prediction, but actually Facebook teased something more than I expected. to create in the next years the AR glasses of the future.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 8, 2020

It also produces a modified version of this headset with two color cameras on the front plate to have high-quality passthrough AR. These headsets are great, but they are incredibly expensive because they are aimed at the enterprise sector. Google shuts down Google Poly.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

There’s too much going on for any one person to see everything, so we’ve gone through and highlighted the five don’t miss talks that are sure to be filled with juicy news and insights for anyone attending. Making Daydream Real – Building for Google’s New VR platform. Nathan Martz, Product Manager, Google.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

Augmented reality kits seem to be everywhere, from well-known options like Apple’s ARKit and Google ARCore to Apple’s new collection of AR development tools. The simple reason is that demand for AR is growing at an incredible pace. Here, I’ll introduce you to the benefits of AR kits and the top options you can explore in 2024.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 1, 2024

Reports suggest the firm’s new device will have a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a ToF sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking. Although HTC VIVE also provides user tracking for its XR headsets, the company still believes controllers hold value.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). Magic Leap is back: CEO Peggy Johnson has just unveiled in a post on the company blog the Magic Leap 2 , the new version of the AR glasses from the company in Florida. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

The headset, a mixed reality device that’s centered around AR, notably excludes any kind of motion controller—the staple input method for every major XR headset on the market today. The headset has some wholly unique capabilities not seen on other consumer VR headsets, like eye-tracking, head-haptics, and adaptive triggers.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The eye and face tracking can also work via Quest Link (but maybe only for developers). There are new complaints about Meta’s privacy policy on eye tracking , as my friend Avi Bar-Zeev points out. Ars Technica) More info (Meta Quest Pro review?—?Redditor Upload VR) More info (Meta Quest Pro review?—?Android

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CraneMorley

JUNE 27, 2023

Apple and Google are rumored to be building headsets of their own to rival their competitors. Some of these headsets may fall with the realm of extended reality but they are all focused on immersive and engaging experiences for users. Human understanding: hand-tracking, eye-tracking, and speech input.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

On the other side, this is massive for Apple, that mixing the data of Apple Maps together with all these point clouds detected by the rear cameras when in use, will be able to create an AR Cloud ecosystem probably even before Facebook, Microsoft, and Google. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

It’s the beginning of 2019, and this means that this is that time of the year when we all make predictions for this year in AR and VR! Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Trendy AR glasses.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

According to the now-deleted article from Gyro Technology, the upcoming headset will leverage four tracking cameras, a pancake lens, two RGB outward-facing cameras, a depth sensor, eye-tracking, hand-tracking, OLED microdisplays, and Samsung’s Exynos 2200 chipset.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 11, 2020

Mothers and grandmothers are the best, and they care about us during the good and the hard times… their love is infinite. A big and warm hug to all of them And while we celebrate our mommies, let’s read some cool AR/VR news! Or eye tracking?). Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! This is the 150th Week Peek! We’ll see…. Other relevant news. Image by Oculus).

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

There’s a lot to say about me, but I think you are more interested in the weekly roundup of news, so…. Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google has already abandoned all its VR projects (e.g.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

That said, let’s see what have been the most interesting pieces of AR and VR news of the week…. The headset takes inspiration from the Varjo VR-3 premium VR headset and removes its famous retina-resolution display and also hands tracking via Ultraleap, making it become a VR headset more similar to the other ones in the market.

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