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Qualcomm Swaps Out Arm for RISC-V for Next-Gen Google Wear OS Devices

Anand Tech

As part of a broad collaborative agreement with Google, Qualcomm this week said that that it will be adopting the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) for a future Snapdragon Wear platform. Similarly, Google's backing of the ISA by porting Wear OS to RISC-V is a major milestone on the software front.

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Arm's Clients and Partners Signal Interest to Invest $735 Million Ahead of IPO

Anand Tech

Altogether, AMD, Apple, Cadence, Google, Intel, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Samsung, Synopsys, and TSMC have signaled an interest to purchase up to an aggregate of $735 million of Arm's American Depositary Shares (ADS), SoftBank, the owner of Arm, disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Igloo Vision Stirs XR World With London Open House Demo

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

People can also view YouTube 360 videos, Google Street View, as well as the enterprise’s bespoke 360 web browser. Industry verticals such as architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) can also leverage the platform’s digital model depth technologies and experiential content.

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The Top AEC Vendors for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

XMReality The Glimpse Group FutureSightAR (Dauntless) Arvizio RealWear Vuzix Iristick The Wild Yulio Immersionn Make Real Spinview XMReality Focusing on virtual and augmented assistance, XMReality produces tools that support the transfer of knowledge and guidance between employees anywhere in the business landscape.

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‘VRChat’ is the Closest VR Experience Available Today to ‘Ready Player One’s’ OASIS

Road to VR

VRChat has the most advanced friend-finding features of any Social VR experience, but they also have the user experience of traversing between virtual worlds with a group of people by dropping in-world portals. SEE ALSO 'VRChat' Virality Runs Its Course After 3M Installs, Healthy Concurrent Usership Remains. Support Voices of VR.

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NUVIA Completes Series B Funding Round: $240M

Anand Tech

The team at NUVIA is strong, comprised of top SoC architects from Apple and Google, with a long history of success within the ranks of the company. Lead investors include WRVI Capital, the Mayfield Fund, Dell, Capricorn Investment Group, and participation from Nepenthe LLC, two the final two acting as investor partners.

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Educators make lemonade with Virtual Worlds

Hypergrid Business

Architecture students from Egypt and the United States meeting in Second Life. Those groups that still use these types of environments have a very definite purpose in mind, such as advancing ongoing research or building communities that support those activities. Image courtesy Google Expeditions.). The next wave.