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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

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Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.16): Apple prepares the launch of Vision Pro, Sony announces MR headset, and much more!

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More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Road To VR) More info (HTC Face Tracking add-on — Upload VR) Google lays off people in the AR Hardware division Like many tech companies lately, Google is performing a round of layoffs in its hardware teams. This does not mean that Google is not still committed to AR, though.

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Snapdragon AR2 to Empower AR Devices, Qualcomm Says

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The Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami concluded on Wednesday, where some of the biggest players in the tech industry gathered to explore the future of Web3 technologies. XR Today: What have been your biggest takeaways from the IGS 2022 Miami? Brian Vogelsang : My biggest takeaway has been the excitement across the industry.

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XR, Metaverse to Reshape the Human Connection

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The Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami has rallied many top brands across the tech industry to reflect on both its achievements and setbacks. We discussed ongoing trends in virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR). XR Today: Can you tell me about your experience with the IGS 2022 Miami and your best takeaways?

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.07): Facebook shows thin sunglasses, Iron Man VR gets released and more!

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Imagine if between the rendering of the graphics card and the image on your display there is a little Horatio Cane from CSI Miami that says “Increase the resolution of this image so that I can zoom it a bit”, and the image magically becomes from low-res to high-res in an instant. Google acquires North. News worth a mention.

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Magic Leap to Launch in 19 Countries, Exec Says

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Watts was joined by Pearly Chen, Vice-President of HTC VIVE , Brian Vogelsang, Senior Director of Product Management for Qualcomm Technologies , and Maria Pace, Head of XR Hardware, Global Partnerships and Strategies for Google. Kris Kolo, Global Executive Director of the Virtual and Augmented Reality Association (VRARA) moderated the panel.

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Shaq’s Fun House Debuts Super Bowl LVII AR Experience

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Netspend and Papa Johns have teamed up with Basketball Legend Shaquille O’Neal to promote his Shaq’s Fun House event’s augmented reality (AR) experience ahead of Super Bowl LVII Sunday. Disadvantaged users can use the payment solutions across 100,000 locations and online via its mobile apps.

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