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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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AWE Asia 2021. One of the biggest international events dedicated to the augmented and virtual reality will take place at the beginning of September in Chengdu Financial City in Sichuan, China. We start our list of XR events in 2021 with AWE Asia because of the sheer size of the opportunities to explore and network.

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Apple, China’s Luxshare Partner for AR Smart Glasses

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Apple Inc has reached out to Chinese manufacturing firm Luxshare to develop its upcoming augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday. At the time, Cook said Apple had no plans to shift production lines to India, Southeast Asia, or other low-cost locations. The Price is Right?

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

XROM

Over the years i have seen a few lists of Top 50 XR Influencers, but the curators of those list always overlooked China/India/Asia's XR Industry. Ambarish Mitra is the CEO and co-Founder of #Blippar one of the first billion dollar “Augmented Reality” Startup from India, being a pioneer, early mover brings its own pro’s & lots of Con’s.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.12.13): Upload Winter Showcase had many VR announcements, Pico prepares for the holidays, and more!

The Ghost Howls

When talking about augmented reality, one company that is for sure at the forefront of innovation is Snap. I see this as a way to port the classic in-app-purchases system to augmented reality lenses: you pay and you have more features for your lens, or you get an NFT associated with it, for instance. Learn more.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.02.08): Samsung is back to XR, Echo VR gets shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Quest 3 to feature color passthrough AR) More info (Quest 3 will not feature face tracking) Sony may be disappointed by PSVR 2 preorders A report by Bloomberg affirms that Sony is disappointed by the current preorders of the PSVR 2 and now plans to ship only 1.5M But Sony has refuted the report, claiming it is not true.

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Apple Revives AR Smart Glasses Push with New Patent

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Reports have revealed that Apple could potentially ramp up work on a pair of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses that could support the release of the company’s Vision Pro headset. The trillion-dollar enterprise also expressed other concerns over Sony and TSMC-supplied components at the time.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.04.13): iPhone 12 adds depth camera, StarVR One is back to the market and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision Augmented Reality and 3D reconstruction. This week Sony has showcased the new DualShock controller for the PS5, dubbed DualSens. Why is this a big deal?