Next Reality AR

AUGUST 21, 2018

As Android device partners ship new products, Google has been diligent in its efforts to ensure that users can enjoy ARCore apps once they boot up their new toys. On Monday, Google updated its ARCore Supported Devices page to include the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy Tab S4, the Sony Xperia ZX2 line of handsets, and the Nokia 6.1

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Now Google is going beyond what’s already available, announcing further partnerships with manufacturers to enable their upcoming devices this year, including Samsung, Huawei, LGE, Motorola, ASUS, Xiaomi, HMD/Nokia, ZTE, Sony Mobile, and Vivo. Even China will have more access to AR. ARCore Improvements. New Immersive Content.

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Next Reality AR

AUGUST 3, 2018

Google's ARCore team is staying busy, as evidenced by yet another update of its augmented reality toolkit. Available as of Friday on Google Play, version 1.4 Video: Along with the update, Google has extended ARCore support to new devices from Huawei, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Vivo, and Xiaomi.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening. But having these new displays is a huge undertaking, and the production may only start later this year. Anyway, these are all rumors, so take them with a big grain of salt.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

China Joy kicked off Thursday at the Shanghai New International Expo Center with over 600 firms showing the latest in entertainment and technology. Let’s take a look at some of the common themes we came across at China Joy. Most of that hardware growth will be fueled by key products from Samsung, Sony, HTC, Oculus and Google.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The first headset, Daydream View , works with the first Daydream-ready phones, Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL, but other companies will be bringing new devices to the ecosystem over time. Earlier this month the China-based smartphone maker revealed its latest handsets, the Mate 9 and enhanced Mate 9 Pro.

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VRScout

JANUARY 1, 2017

It may look like China’s VR industry is imploding, but that’s not actually the case. In 2015, China saw 200-300 firms jump to produce their own VR HMDs. ” In many regards, China is leading the way for VR innovation and adoption. Expectedly, the many seized the opportunity for a feeding frenzy. million).

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Upload VR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Announced For Samsung Headset & More Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, a higher-end variant of the chipset used in Quest 3. Sony aims "to produce a new solution for immersive design and collaborative product engineering using software from the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform."

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 22, 2024

Earlier this year, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook , confirmed that the recently released Apple Vision Pro would land in China in 2024. This news comes from Tim Cook’s visit to China due to declining iPhone sales. This trend is not unique to Apple, as Samsung has also reported decreased smartphone sales.

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Cats and VR

MAY 28, 2016

Samsung Electronics announced the Galaxy S7 edge Injustice Edition in collaboration with Warner Bros. To commemorate the third anniversary of the popular mobile game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, the companies came together to bring Samsung’s technology and one of the game’s central characters, Batman, in a sleek, high-performance smartphone.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Announced For Samsung Headset & More Qualcomm just announced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, a higher-end variant of the chipset used in Quest 3. The report suggested that the first headset from the partnership was set to launch in 2025, matching the CEO's statement, priced around $2000.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

According to a report by China-based tech publication YiVian , five general managers, most of whom oversaw VR divisions in the company, will be taking charge of both smartphone and VR business moving forward in their respective regions. Alvin Wang Graylin, GM of HTC VIVE China, is now GM of HTC China. Chen(???),

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

The chipset also helps boost consumer and enterprise-grade XR use cases on headsets and smartglasses by leveraging partnerships with Samsung, Google, Tobii, and Goertek to provide visual clarity for gaming and productivity applications. However, Qualcomm’s smartphone sales have decreased by around 8.2%

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 4, 2022

But this year, the company is switching it up: OnePlus is revealing the new One Plus 10 Pro in Las Vegas this week prior to the flagship’s official launch in China on Jan. OnePlus usually debuts its new flagship phone in the spring. Read more.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 7, 2022

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. Google Chrome, for instance, has been helped a lot by the fact that it is the pre-installed browser on all Android phones. Google Glass v2. What will happen? Honestly, I don’t know.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meta’s offering could so become this one: Quest 3 Lite, 64G, $199 Quest 3 Lite, 128G, $299 Quest 3 Lite, 256G, $399 Quest 3, 256G, $499 Quest 3, 512G, $649 And there is more: Meta is working on a partnership with Tencent to distribute the Quest 3 Lite also in China and compete with Pico in its own home. More info — Use Google Translate!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Just the time to eat some homemade pasta and I got a cold, which mixed with the jet lag of the trip from China, means that I’m truly having some great days But nothing can stop me from writing the roundup of the best AR/VR news of the week for you, my lovely readers! I’m back in Italy! But now some data about it is starting to be found.

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Road to VR

MAY 24, 2018

Nolo VR , the China-based company behind the 6DOF mobile tracking system Nolo CV1, today announced they have successfully completed a $10 million Series A financing round. The system also allows you to play SteamVR games, provided you download a software called RiftCat for mobile headsets such as Samsung Gear VR or Google Cardboard.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

Amit Singh, lead of business and operations at Google’s VR/AR team, today officially announced on stage during the Huawei keynote speech that the Huawei Mate 9 Pro and Mate 9 Porsche Design will be the next phones to conform to the Daydream VR platform. “What we found is building smartphones for VR is a lot of work.

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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2017

Samsung keeps us on our virtual toes, your phone’s packaging is VR headset, YouTube gets 360° help from Daydream, AR helps you make stuff better & faster, the investment & funding wrap-up, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: SAMSUNG KEEPS US ON OUR VIRTUAL TOES.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 26, 2018

The news comes via HTC’s China Regional President of VR, Alvin Wang Graylin. While the headset also seemingly has specifications and a configuration that could place it as a direct competitor to Oculus’ pending Santa Cruz headset, its China-only release seemingly signalled that HTC was avoiding a head-to-head matchup in worldwide markets.

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XROM

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Originally launched on Google's DaydreamVR in 2017, YouTube VR has since expanded to other platforms such as the Oculus Store for Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go. Article Courtesy : VRAR World China In an exciting move for virtual reality (VR) enthusiasts, YouTube VR has officially arrived on the PICO4 platform.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

While the Oculus for Business bundle is offered in 17 countries, crucially, China is not among them—a major VR market which Oculus isn’t serving, and where Taiwan-based HTC has committed significant resources. Former Friends – Samsung. Samsung was perhaps Oculus’ first major ally. Image courtesy Oculus.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Today is my last day in China. I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. Is this consortium going to succeed?

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

Meta may ask Magic Leap for support in the production of its own glasses so that to reduce its reliance on China IP. Samsung hopes with this acquisition to acquire knowledge and technologies for the manufacturing of the displays of future XR headsets, of which Samsung may be a supplier. Both companies didn’t answer this rumor.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The console can also be inserted in a special case (a much improved version of Google Daydream View) to become a VR headset. Pico is facing in China internal confusion and mediocre sales. A report coming from China reveals interesting information about Pico. sales, while in China now it has sold less than 50K units.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

The Gear VR and the upcoming Google Daydream are the primary devices in that market, carrying a price between $79-$99. The device’s design floats between the Samsung Gear and PS VR, leaning more toward the former and looks to fit quite comfortably. Now, we have a new contender for mobile VR: Xiaomi’s Mi VR.

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MAY 11, 2017

Jaunt has raised slightly over $100 million from notable partners such as Disney , Paul McCartney (yes, that Paul McCartney ) and China Media Capital. Founded by former Google employees, OmniVirt is a 360 advertisement platform. The team has already built VR campaigns for companies such as Toyota, Samsung, and Universal Pictures.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Much like Samsung Gear VR, Mi VR features a built-in dedicated motion sensor for low latency head-tracking and only works with a select number of the company’s phones. Don’t count your quarters just yet though, because the low-cost headset is only shipping in China for now.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

On the left side, there is the Daydream logo, that reminds the user that this is a product whose software has been offered by Google, and the Lenovo logo, because this hardware has been manufactured by Lenovo. What I really appreciated have been the lenses : I think that Google here used all its expertise on the field. WTF, really.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

If you remember well, there’s a scary leaked letter of Mark Zuckerberg where he claims that he doesn’t want to just make programs that run on Android, because they’re subject to the rules of another company (Google). Steam officially arrives in China. Steam and PlayStation 5 arrived in China. Some news on content.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

But Samsung isn’t stopping there… THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEAR VR MAY COME WITH CONTROLLER. Although not yet officially confirmed by the Korean company, a recent FCC filing indicates that the next version of the Samsung Gear VR will boast its own controller. VIVE SHOWS US SOME USER DATA FROM CHINA. …and more.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Google Daydream View plus 3DOF controller. Many mobile headsets, like the Google Daydream View and Samsung Gear VR, become fully functional as soon as you slide your compatible smartphone into them. Google Daydream Controller. Samsung Gear Controller. Xbox controller. Steam compatible controller.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Picking up where we left off with Apple , Google and Bose’s hearables strategies, what’s the revenue outlook? That process is underway as Apple, Google, Bose and others are seeding the audio AR opportunity by conditioning the user behavior. It includes some of its data and takeaways. But the hardware always comes first.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Oculus will hit 355,000; HTC Vive will be 420,000, and the Samsung Gear VR on mobile will be 2.3 She didn’t include numbers for Google Cardboard since so many of those units are simply given away for free and used for demo purposes only. You have to experiment and do research and become the best VR stakeholder.”.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. More info Samsung may be working on a smart ring There are new rumors in town about Samsung working on a smart ring that should be called Galaxy Ring. Let’s all hope so. Great job, Magnopus!

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