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How the Magic Leap 2 is Powering the New Mercedes Vision 111

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Magic Leap has integrated its second-generation device, the Magic Leap 2, into the futuristic Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven Concept Car (C111). As reported in recent months, the new electric vehicle (EV) combines augmented reality (AR) digital overlays from the Magic Leap 2 for an unrivalled driving experience.

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Snapdragon AR2 to Empower AR Devices, Qualcomm Says

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Qualcomm Technologies has remained at the forefront of developing top-tier solutions for the global virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) industry, with its latest solution designed for AR devices. Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion.

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Microsoft Opens Up HoloLens Pre-orders In 6 Countries

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Though HoloLens is not a consumer-oriented augmented reality device just yet (device is currently $3000 ), that’s simply because this groundbreaking tech is still in its early stages. Meanwhile, we’re still looking to mysterious MR competitor Magic Leap to deliver some solid competition.

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Why we should care about ergonomics in virtual reality

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Examples of head measurements (Image by Rob Cole). Other examples are scuba diving masks or full-face motorcycle helmets, although neither of these have the added complication of housing a head-mounted display that relies on a good fit for the correct optical presentation of the display to the eyes.

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The High-end VR Room of the Future Looks Like This

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The HTC Vive is arguably the best out there, but having to buy a souped-up laptop just to run it, paying full price for brief games that feel more like demos, and trailing a huge cable off your head and fumbling to mount trackers on your ceiling…it’s not ideal. The visual input is the most important piece of the VR setup.

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‘Modbox’ AR to Arm You With an Arsenal of Virtual Objects to Create Useful & Fun AR Apps

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The developers behind Modbox (2016) , the VR physics sandbox for SteamVR-compatible headsets, have been experimenting with augmented reality recently, something they say is a perfect fit for the Modbox software.

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A brief history of VR and AR

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The system featured a head-mounted display with head tracking that could be used to explore virtual environments or real remote images from a camera — foreshadowing future breakthroughs in teleoperation. Much of that work was built atop decades of military research into heads-up display (HUD) units for aircraft.

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