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The XR Week Peek (2022.12.06): Apple headset delayed, Gorilla Tag on the Quest Store, and more!

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Gorilla Tag is coming to the Quest Store! The ultra-popular indie game Gorilla Tag is finally coming to the Quest Store! Niantic AR glasses are probably based on Lumus reference design. This is how Niantic can offer AR glasses that can be worn on the streets. Beat Saber songs are currently sold at $0.99

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Google Brings Web-based AR to Chrome in Latest Beta

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One of the most important updates to arrive in Chrome 81 is the ability to use web-based AR apps. Debuted in Chrome 79 at the end of 2019, WebXR Device API came to devices without AR support. Chrome 81 is also slated to include web-based NFC (Near Field Communications), which allows a web app to read and write to NFC tags.

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OC6: Facebook In Development Of AR Glasses, Announces Plan To Map The Entire World

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Facebook wants to create a 3D map of the Earth by crowd-sourcing geo-tagged images. After months of speculation, Facebook today confirmed that Facebook Reality Lab is, in fact, developing a pair of AR glasses. According to Facebook, LiveMaps will serve as the core foundation for their upcoming AR glasses. Image Credit: Facebook.

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Leap Motion Announces Open-Source AR Dev Kit ‘Project North Star’

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The company reveals plans to release their prototype design for a $100 hand-tracking AR headset. If you’re looking to add accurate hand-tracking technology to your VR or AR experience, there are few options outside Leap Motion technology. All of which come together for a total price tag of just $100.

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Getting started with Augmented Reality (AR)

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It has become viable that even businesses and corporates are using it to increase sales, and transform the way humans interact with computers and visualize contents. The first AR experience was developed in 1968 at Harvard when a computer scientist named Ivan Sutherland created a special head-mounted AR display system.

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Snapchat Adds New AR and ML Tools for Advertising

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Snapchat has introduced new augmented reality (AR) and machine learning (ML) tools for advertising, partner programs, partnerships, and other solutions at 2024 IAB NewFronts. AR asset creation has also been made quicker and easier through the company’s recent investments in machine learning and automation.

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The best AR and VR news from CES 2021

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And if this CES has been a bit of a disappointment in general, this holds even more for AR and VR, for which we have no crucial announcement. It is a perfect recreation of visual reality, and of course, it solves all the issues that current AR/VR headsets may have (like the vergence-accommodation problem). Senseglove Nova.

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