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XR Today Guide: What is Augmented Reality?

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Many newcomers to the extended reality (XR) landscape are asking the question, “What is Augmented Reality?” Truthfully, it’s the most widely-used form of XR, with virtual and mixed reality coming in second and third, respectively. What is Augmented Reality, Really? How Does AR Work?

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Enterprise AR Trends for 2020 and Beyond

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Augmented reality has already proven to be a versatile and useful technology that improves the workplace and business processes. As proven by various companies, augmented reality is an excellent medium for displaying instructions, offering expert support, and reinforcing safety rules. And for good reason.

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Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality: Understanding 6 Key Differences

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The degree of immersion in virtual reality vs augmented reality. AR and VR use different types of hardware. AR applications need at least 100 Mbps and latency of no more than 1 millisecond. Conversely, global VR revenues will surpass $12 billion USD by 2024, which indicates a smaller market.

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Lynx R-1 Mixed Reality Standalone Comes to Kickstarter Today, Starting at Around $600

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For everyone else: what sets it apart though is it’s tuned from the ground-up to play full VR games and do both passthrough augmented reality, making it a mixed reality headset by definition. 1,600 × 1,600 LCD @90Hz per eye, with ultra low-latency Color Passthrough for Augmented Reality.

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Report: Apple Racing to Build Software & Services for Upcoming Mixed Reality Headset

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As for hardware, as many suggested in the past, Gurman reconfirms the existence of a dial crown similar to the one seen on Apple Watch, which will let the wearer seamlessly switch between virtual and augmented reality views. Chips communicate via a custom streaming codec to combat latency.

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AWE 23: Xreal to Provide Workplace Productivity Hardware

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According to Sightful’s CEO Tamir Berliner , the firm is also optimising the solution’s hardware, software, and usability to allow users to get the most out of an AR computing space. The device can connect wirelessly to a pair of Xreal smartglasses, or users can connect the products with a wire for improved latency.

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Qualcomm announces AR2 chip to pave the road to the augmented reality glasses of the future

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At the Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm has just made an announcement that I think will be very important for the future of augmented reality. The company has unveiled the Snapdragon AR2 Gen1 chip, which will power the next generation of slim augmented reality glasses. This has been the first step for mobile augmented reality.