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XR Firms Share Keys to Success for Frontline Wearables

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A primary key is hardware management and tailor-made augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) wearables for specific use cases or environments. Enzo Jia, Vishal Shah, and Sanjay Jhawar are speaking at the first-ever XR Summit on September 22 to discuss creating business value with AR wearables. Hands-Free Operation.

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Big XR News from Google, Meta, IGS Orlando, HTC VIVE, and Warpin

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Shopify, Apple Roll Out iOS 17 Object Capture for AR Shopping Toronto, Canada-based eCommerce giant Shopify has integrated Apple’s iOS 17 Object Capture capabilities into its platform, allowing vendors to create digital 3D assets instantly. Devices such as Samsung earbuds could also potentially control the Assistant’s operations.

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Apple is Prepping Retail Stores for Vision Pro Debut

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Despite some setbacks during production, Apple is now seemingly ready for its proposed release in the 2024 window, as shown by a recent push by Apple to introduce Vsion Pro training sessions to its retail store workers in the new year.

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Lyft Patents Show How AR & VR Could Change Ridesharing

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You could also use your own smartphone or any type of wearable AR device to find them yourself. Lyft is a San Francisco, CA based company offering ridesharing services in the United States and Canada. AR could assist by giving drivers the ability to pick you out of a crowd.

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Apple’s Vision Pro “Works Like Your Mind” Says Tim Cook, CEO

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Thanks to a lack of a controller, headsets like the Vision Pro could potentially decrease the need for extensive onboarding or training procedures; as Cook notes, “it’s so wild because people pick it up – They can’t believe how easy to use it is.

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The VRScout Report – HTC Vive Drops $200, Clash of Clans in AR, & VR Mind Control

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Although not a new concept, BCIs are getting a lot of attention recently with high-profile entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Bryan Johnson forming brain-focused companies, and even the 2015 Disney Accelerator included a hardware company making wearable brain devices. UPS is using VR to train its drivers. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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Apple may have given us a hint at its AR/VR headset’s name

TechCrunch VR

The initial report also noted the new trademarks were filed under the Immersive Health Solutions’ name in Canada, New Zealand, EU, U.K., While Meta’s devices have been used for some medical training, they weren’t designed with such use cases in mind. Australia, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and Uruguay.