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Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney Partnership

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The partnership aims to integrate the Cupertino-based firm’s Apple TV+ product lineup on the new head-mounted displays (HMDs). It read that Apple designed the device jointly with Sony Group Corp, which will feature high-resolution displays and augmented reality (AR) full-colour passthrough.

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What F8 2017 Means for Mass Market Adoption of Immersive Technologies

VRScout

Now that the dust has settled on F8, Facebook’s annual developer conference, it’s time to look back and ask ourselves: what do those announcements actually mean for the end consumers? Leading up to F8, I wrote a piece highlighting five key predictions about what we’d discover at the conference. Augmented Reality. 360 ° Content.

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A Brief History of VR

VeeR VR

It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

And about a year before it came out, they hired me and they said, "Stefan, we think that the control of smart glasses and the control of head mounted displays is really important. Would it be-- is it a film or is it a--? Stefan: It's a special film called a holographic film. But that's now a feature, right?

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

And about a year before it came out, they hired me and they said, "Stefan, we think that the control of smart glasses and the control of head mounted displays is really important. Would it be-- is it a film or is it a--? Stefan: It's a special film called a holographic film. But that's now a feature, right?

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

VR also dominated the pop culture, featuring prominently in films like “Johnny Mnemonic,” “Lawnmower Man” and “Virtuosity.” It’s easy to see how, in the early 1960s, such a system could be viewed as a logical next step beyond the film and television of the day.

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Making AR Focals Functional and Fashionable, with North’s Stefan Alexander

XR for Business Podcast

And about a year before it came out, they hired me and they said, "Stefan, we think that the control of smart glasses and the control of head mounted displays is really important. Would it be-- is it a film or is it a--? Stefan: It's a special film called a holographic film. But that's now a feature, right?

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