The Ghost Howls

JULY 6, 2020

Google acquires North. It is official: after we all heard the rumor that Google was acquiring North for $180M, the Big G has confirmed the acquisition, not disclosing the actual amount of the deal. The team at North will be acquired, but it will keep operating in its own region in Canada. News worth a mention. Image by Torch).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

Additionally, significant technology and extended reality (XR) firms like Google and AT&T have provided Magic Leap funding since the company’s debut in 2010. Magic Leap debuted its device internationally in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia. 120 Hz refresh rate.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. In the demo given by Julia Schartz, Senior Researcher at Microsoft, we got a glimpse of what these “instinctual interactions” feel like.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. Alan: Incredible success story coming out of Canada, which is cool. We tested wristbands. Stefan: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

MARCH 31, 2020

But one of the things that they were really passionate about was controlling heads-up displays like Google Glass, which had just come out at the time. We tested things with eye tracking for a variety of reasons. Alan: Incredible success story coming out of Canada, which is cool. We tested wristbands. Stefan: Exactly.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

But the other thing about health care — and I’m sure you’re aware of this, and in Canada, it’s… well, maybe a little bit more simplified — but in the United States, it’s a really, really complicated market. The other thing that they’ve got coming is eye tracking for their VIVE.

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