XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 15, 2024

Today, Khronos updated its OpenXR API to optimise its support of cross-platform AR/VR/MR application development with its version 1.1 The OpenXR API is a core piece behind many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. on PC and AIO.

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VRScout

JUNE 9, 2017

Apple finally talks about VR while taking a (very solid) swing at AR, Walmart will use virtual reality to train employees, you can grow better weed with AR + AI, and Q1 VR headset sales…. Apple, humble as always, announced that their ARKit made iOS the largest AR platform in the world…overnight. APPLE ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT VR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 14, 2023

The augmented reality (AR) gaming market has seen new contenders rise as technological platforms offer new possibilities for the sector. The Los Angeles-based firm boasts a team of veteran technologists from SONY, Apple, Disney, Marvel Studios, and others. Niantic-Qualcomm Partnership: A Dynamic Duo for AR Gaming?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

of its OpenXR API to help developers create more efficient cross-platform AR/VR/MR applications. The OpenXR API is essential for many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo. Meta is a crucial parenting in the OpenXR update.

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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

MARCH 8, 2021

Of course, while Upload’s Ian Hamilton was amazed by the possibility of meeting people in AR like if they were in real life, the journalist of a more mainstream media like Wired complained about the current difficulties of setting up an XR system. Image by HTC). HTC is teasing the launch of a new hardware. Other relevant news.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

AIXR – “The Academy of International Extended Reality” – is an independent non-profit dedicated to promoting MR, AR, and VR tech. Their site also posts educational and informative articles relating to the world of MR, AR, and VR technology. Anybody can make nominations, which are then judged by a massive panel.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 3, 2020

Some time ago, the most important companies of the XR ecosystem (HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, etc…) joined the Khronos Group to discuss a standard to end the fragmentation of the XR space. Niantic is not building its AR glasses. AI, CGI, and AR will give people and companies automated photo studios. LG may be working on AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2021

This has not been the most interesting week in AR, VR, but I think that in the next times we’ll see some shots fired: in some days there will be the F8, the official shipment of the Vive Pro 2, then the Apple WWDC conference! Unreal Engine 5 gets released in Early Access. Lumus Maximums shows an impressive AR prototype.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2018

He has been working with Unreal for 20 years and was part of the Paragon and Fortnite development teams. He was part of the design process for several of Unreal’s core features. Sony has done an amazing job with the PSVR and is headed towards 4 million units sold. Max Preussner was a senior software engineer for Epic Games.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Rikard Steiber (HTC), Joel Breton (HTC). As President of Viveport and Head of Vive Studios respectively, Rikard Steiber and Joel Breton are two of the most senior figures working on the HTC Vive today. What can be done to simplify VR development now that there are so many headsets out there? Room 2011, West Hall.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The demonstration included the now familar Unreal Engine 3 powered citadel area, one which would become the setting for one of the most famous early VR applications of all time, Rift Coaster. CES 2015 brought yet more impressive advancements from VR and AR fields, and some notable setbacks. CES 2015: Consumer VR Takes Shape.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 15, 2018

Well, reading his comments I realized that he’s super-skilled on AR/VR/Kinects/all-this-cool-stuff and thought it was a great idea if he could share his expertise on The Ghost Howls. It can even accommodate AR applications as part of the same API, thanks to an extension called WebXR! You may be saying “Come on!

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 16, 2020

The HTC Cosmos Play will be an enterprise headset. HTC has confirmed this week to Upload VR that the upcoming Cosmos Play will be an enterprise headset devoted to museums and educational institutions. Now HTC has changed its mind, and the Play has become an enterprise headset. Is The Sony XRperia coming?

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 26, 2023

Apple appears to be very close to announcing an immersive product, with the leading computing firm prompting AR/VR/MR outlets to cover the event. Meta looks to ink a deal with Magic Leap to share intellectual property licencing and contract manufacturing to create AR-based solutions. Meta Faces Record-Breaking €1.2

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple. It seems that more than 300 people worked on the project, which was headed by Clay Bavor, the head of AR/VR efforts at Google.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 3, 2017

Vive (HTC). The HTC subsidiary is still finalizing its show plan and has told us it will update us with final details soon. PlayStation VR (Sony). Of the VR companies coming to E3 Sony has by far the most experience with this type of show. Epic (Robo Recall, Unreal Engine). What we know: Honestly, not much yet.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Microsoft and Samsung may be partnering for an AR device. We don’t know what all of this means, but the most probable scenario is that the two companies are working together for the next generation of HoloLens AR glasses, probably the one that should target consumers. Image by Sony). News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

Microsoft Teams for Mobile Gains AR Features The Microsoft Teams mobile application receives new XR features via AR instructional annotations this week. The OpenXR API plays a crucial role in many XR headsets from vendors such as Acer, ByteDance, Canon, HTC, Magic Leap, Meta, Microsoft, Sony, XREAL, Qualcomm, Valve, and Varjo.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

In June 2019, Magic Leap accused Xu of stealing AR glasses technology when he was an engineer working at the firm. He has a special interest and focus on emerging technologies including #VR #AR #MR #AI. He also Hosts XROM the 1st of its kind AR/VR focussed #Podcast from India. However, in June 2020, a U.S. 7- Alvin Graylin.

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