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Qualcomm Reveals Snapdragon AR2 Processor for Glasses-sized AR Devices

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Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon AR2, its “purpose-built headworn augmented reality platform.” Gbps bandwidth with just 2ms of latency. The AR2 platform supports up to nine concurrent cameras for a bevy of head-tracking, environment-sensing, and user-tracking tasks.

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NVIDIA Demonstrates Experimental 16,000Hz AR Display

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While virtual reality surely has high performance requirements to maintain a comfortable experience, immersive AR may ultimately require a greater level of performance if we’re to achieve the theoretical ideal. SEE ALSO Researchers Demonstrate 100° Dynamic Focus AR Display With Membrane Mirrors.

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Understanding Predictive Tracking and Why It’s Important for AR/VR Headsets

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Why Predictive Tracking is Useful. One common use of predictive tracking is to reduce the apparent ‘motion-to-photon’ latency, meaning the time between movement and when that movement is reflected on the display. Sources of Latency. Latency can come from multiple sources, such as: Sensing delays.

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Top 50 Terminologies related to AR/VR

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Augmented Reality (AR) ?—?a a direct or indirect live view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are “augmented”(or enhanced) by computer-generated perceptual information. Augmented reality for maintenance and repair 4. Top 10 Movies that Got Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Righ Edit-time ?—?when

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Exclusive: Meta 2 AR Demos Revealed in Full

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Like Rift DK1 in 2013, Meta 2 isn’t perfect in 2016, but it could play an equally important role in the development of consumer augmented reality. The tracking fidelity and latency seen in the videos is a fair representation of the current latency seen through the lens itself. Meta 2 Evolving Brain Demo.

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Mark Zuckerberg Teases Prototype Oculus VR Gloves

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Oculus wants your AR/VR experience to not only be a 360 immersive visual experience that includes real time head tracking and full immersive audio during your VR experience, but would also include real time hand tracking as part of the virtual and augmented experience. That’s what I’m doing here.”.

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Drop of Doom VR Ride Comes To Six Flags

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Ascending up the initial lift of the ride is entirely augmented reality, displaying a futuristic heads up display featuring crucial data for your upcoming battle including weapon systems, time-codes and a countdown clock. Once the clock strikes zero, you’re transported into space via full virtual reality.