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AR Content is Coming to Google Maps, But It Won’t Matter Until There’s a Headset to See it Through

Road to VR

Google today announced it’s starting a pilot program that will soon allow select partners to create AR content and display it within Google Maps. The hope, it seems, is it get mobile users engaged with AR content by searching for a location in Google Maps and holding your phone up at landmarks, shops, etc.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And then the free shipping worldwide from Singapore is a bit too good to be true. But Huawei is not only in the VR market: it is also releasing a new version of its AR smartglasses called Huawei EyeWear 2, made in collaboration with the fashion brand Gentle Monster. Stanford and Samsung create a super-high-resolution display.

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Four XR Developer Insights on Apple’s Vision Pro

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Cupertino, London, Munich, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo lab locations give developers self-directed coding and design opportunities. In combination with the Vision Pro device, the Apple-branded developer labs allow XR creators to experience spatial computing, expanding their AR/MR/VR knowledge.

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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.

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The World of Mobile VR After Pokemon Go

VRWorld

With the introduction of Google Cardboard and the Daydream VR platform, Oculus and HTC discrete VR headsets and GearVR headsets for even smartphones like the Samsung’s Galaxy S7, the first tentative steps towards virtual reality gaming are being taken. Virtual Reality Gaming isn’t coming, it’s already here.

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Check out best VRFest video, game nominees—3 days left to vote

Hypergrid Business

Get Barreled in Tahiti with Samsung Gear VR. Growth of Singapore. BMX Olympic Gold Medal Virtual Reality Experience™ Starring Connor Fields. Circle Rules Football. Follow My Lead: The Story of the 2016 NBA Finals. FPV : 360 Drone Racing. Lamborghini Huracán LP 580-2 Experience. Key to the City. Pilot Flying J Battle at Bristol.

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WebVR: Taking The Path Of Least Resistance To Mainstream VR

VRScout

In its ease of use and lack of friction for consumers, WebVR presents a glimmer of hope for the mainstream adoption of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). . Google , Oculus and Samsung Internet also published their WebVR and open-source developer resources. . Creating VR/AR content for WebVR vs native apps.

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