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Google's AR/VR Operating System Engineering Director Quits

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The engineering director of Google's upcoming AR/VR operating systems has quit. From 2017 Lucovsky led Facebook's effort to build a new operating system for AR glasses. I have decided to step away from my role at Google, where I was Senior Director of Engineering, responsible for OS and Software Platform for AR and XR devices.

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Laval Virtual 2024: XR is on the Comeback

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In 2024, many major technology firms like Apple, LG, and Samsung are debuting XR devices, and events like Laval Virtual will provide crucial insight into the growing industry. Speakers from this year’s event discussed emerging XR technologies and the role AR/VR/MR may play in everyday work and home life.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First.

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Gamescom 2018 Day 1: World of Tanks VR, ThermoReal lets you feel hot and cold in VR, and much more

The Ghost Howls

Regarding AR, the company has developed an “AR spectator mode” , so that every person can watch a World Of Tanks match in AR as if the battle was happening on his/her table. Anyway, when there will be, World of Tanks AR would be available for Android too. That’s a very cool news.

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Sparking Productivity with Hands-Free AR, with Kognitiv Spark’s Yan Simard

XR for Business Podcast

Hands-free AR devices like those made by Kognitiv Spark are changing the way we work by helping us all work smarter, not harder. So our software is a service one, and we have two offerings. Or is it just a software-as-a-service, buy it, and that’s it, you’re on your own? Obviously you need a Hololens.

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Sparking Productivity with Hands-Free AR, with Kognitiv Spark’s Yan Simard

XR for Business Podcast

Hands-free AR devices like those made by Kognitiv Spark are changing the way we work by helping us all work smarter, not harder. So our software is a service one, and we have two offerings. Or is it just a software-as-a-service, buy it, and that’s it, you’re on your own? Obviously you need a Hololens.

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Over 20 Use Cases of Smart Glasses, VR Headsets, and Smartwatches at Airports

EnterpriseWear

Additionally, the growing popularity of AR and VR in architecture, engineering and construction has implications for the future of airport renovations and new airport design. Around the same time, Vueling, Iberia, and Air Berlin launched smartwatch boarding passes for early Pebble and Samsung smartwatches. to make decisions.