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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.15): Samsung XR prototype leaked, Meta 2024 glasses are only for internal use, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by VRTUOLUO) A leak shows a prototype of the Samsung XR headset We finally have a leak of the Samsung headset that makes us see something about it. The report talks about Samsung wanting to target the $1000–2000 range, which in my opinion risks being neither expensive nor affordable.

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Google All But Confirms It's No Longer Working On Its Own AR Glasses

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Google is eliminating hundreds of roles in its hardware division, mostly from its first-party AR hardware team. Here's the statement Google provided to news outlet 9to5Google : "A few hundred roles are being eliminated in [Devices & Services] with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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Google Reportedly Killed Its AR Glasses, Will Focus On Android For Third Party Hardware

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Business Insider's Hugh Langley cites "three people familiar with the matter" as saying the hardware, which resembled standard glasses, was canceled earlier this year amid the mass layoffs at Google and the departure of Google's AR/VR chief Clay Bavor. The report suggests the canceled glasses emerged from Google's 2020 acquisition of North.

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KLM’s Chris Koomen teaches us how to use AR/VR in the civil aviation sector

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I was very pleased to have a chat with him about his work, because I think that it could be interesting to understand why AR and VR are used by a big enterprise company (KLM, in this case) and how these technologies are implemented in the production processes. I went to them and supplied the glasses and the software.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.01.18): CES brings XR news, Boz says we have to trust Facebook, and more!

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It’s that time of the week when you can read the best news about AR and VR! CES 2021 brought some interesting AR/VR news. All these pieces of news are cool, but they are mostly directed towards the future of AR and VR, and are not changing much of the consumer XR landscape. Top news of the week.

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U.S. Department of Education Embraces VR/AR With $680K EdSim Challenge

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Just like children, VR and AR are the future, so we should be creating experiences that have both in mind. Department of Education this week announced the EdSim Challenge , looking for new educational simulations that use virtual and augmented reality technology, created by the VR, AR and videogame development communities.

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Augmenting the Impact of Virtual Reality with a Robust Testing Strategy

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With some big, global brands like Google, Facebook, and Samsung stepping their foot in the virtual reality space, and large investments pouring in, it is evident that virtual reality is here to stay. New requirements are gradually added as it evolves. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How VR could bring transhumanism to the masses 2.