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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.21): Qualcomm launches AR2 chip, HTC headset gets leaked, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Let’s see what have been the most interesting things happening in immersive reality…. Qualcomm and Niantic bet on the future of augmented reality with AR2. The biggest news of the week took place in the Hawaii islands, where Qualcomm had its Snapdragon Summit event. Top news of the week. Image by Qualcomm).

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

The Ghost Howls

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.

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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 to Improve AR/VR Rendering & Reduce Power Consumption “by 30%”

Road to VR

Qualcomm introduced it’s new Snapdragon 845 mobile processor at the company’s tech summit in Hawaii this week, which Qualcomm says improves mobile AR/VR headset (branded to as ‘XR’, or ‘eXtended reality’) performance up to 30 percent in comparison to its predecessor, Snapdragon 835.

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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

The Ghost Howls

” , that are all the member states of the USA, excluded Alaska and Hawaii. It is a set of very high-quality headphones that are able to offer truly immersive and spatial audio, with a unique feature that lets you blend the audio of the AR experience and of your real world in an optimized way. MagicScript. The MagicVerse.

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Coral Compass: Fighting Climate Change in Palau Leverages The Power of VR

VeeR VR

If a 2D picture or traditional documentary can’t raise enough awareness about the urgency of climate change, could a more immersive media - Virtual Reality, provide some more insights? Although VR has its advantages in storytelling, such as giving a sense of immersion, it’s not the panacea in every case.

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AR Project ‘Terminal 3’ Adds Deeper Understanding to Trump’s Travel Ban

VRScout

Hawaii, or the “travel ban” case, makes its way to Supreme Court proceedings in the coming weeks — the Supreme Court will rule on the authority of the executive order. “The creators that we’ve invited to take part in this year’s Tribeca Immersive are no different. With Trump v. citizens has come in to question.

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Now Recruiting: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Enthusiasts of Dubai, UAE

EON Reality

EON Reality and EAIT (Emirates Advanced Investments Trading) have partnered to form EON Reality UAE LLC , an Interactive Digital Center (IDC) focused on vocational skills training and higher education utilizing Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. Please register by filling out the form below.

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