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Book Review: Mark Pesce’s “Augmented Reality: Unboxing Tech’s Next Big Thing”

ARPost

Mark Pesce’s book Augmented Reality: Unboxing Tech’s Next Big Thing comes to shelves in January, but Polity Books put an advance copy in our hands at ARPost. The book takes a long look at augmented reality’s past in an attempt to warn us about its potential future. See Also: Must Read AR/VR Books in 2020.

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Spatial Beats: Apple VR, Google Poly & LBVR Hangs On

AR Insider

Finally, why in the name of the geek gods is Google shutting down Poly? Google’s own Tilt Brush, an important content creation tool, relies on Poly. We are waiting and hoping and praying a white knight swoops in to rescue Poly like Microsoft rescued AltspaceVR in the VR winter of 2018. See his books here. Not a good sign.

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Syncing up With Chrome, Microsoft Accelerates Edge's Release Cycle to Every Four Weeks

GizModo VR

Taking a page from Google’s book, Microsoft is speeding up the release schedule for its Edge browser and will issue updates every four weeks instead of six weeks, the company announced Friday. Read more.

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AR Copy Paste Lets You Digitize Real-World Objects Using Your Smartphone

VRScout

View this post on Instagram 4/10 – Cut & paste your surroundings to Photoshop with AR+ML (code in bio) Type: Sainte Colombe by @Yoannminet @ProductionType Book: @holomagazine 1 Garment: SS17 by @karentopacio UPDATE: You can now subscribe to our beta program to get early access! Image Credit: Cyril Diagne.

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Big tech firms are teaming up to banish passwords for good

Digital Trends

Apple, Google, and Microsoft are working together on a new system that could consign passwords weak and strong to the history books. It’s coming later this year.

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NuEyes’ AR Glasses Are Made For Hardcore PC Gamers

VRScout

Unlike existing enterprise-focused headsets like the Microsoft HoloLens 2 , the Pro 3e smart glasses are designed for use by consumers as a PC gaming and entertainment device. In terms of gaming, the Pro 3e can sync to almost any type of gaming controller, including Xbox, Google Stadia , and PlayStation. Image Credit: NuEyes.

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Michael Hoffman (IQXR) on Solving the Hard Problems for Enterprises

The AR Show

Previously Michael spent nearly a decade working with the Microsoft Hololens team. He was a Principle Engineering Lead at Microsoft for a couple of years, left to be the founding partner of Object theTheory, where he and his team worked with enterprises to leverage AR and VR technologies, often in combination with IoT and AI/Machine Learning.