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Apple Engineers Reportedly Got To Build A Headset By Promising Tim Cook Glasses

Upload VR

A new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman includes some interesting claims about the history of Apple's head mounted displays development effort. Late last month Apple announced its yearly WWDC conference will take place June 5-9, with a “special in-person experience at Apple Park on June 5.″

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

The system featured a head-mounted display with head tracking that could be used to explore virtual environments or real remote images from a camera — foreshadowing future breakthroughs in teleoperation. Magic Leap officially announced its One headset after years of speculation and rumors.

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Unity CEO: VR Will Get Huge, But Devs Need to Survive and Avoid Hype Until it Does

Road to VR

So what was he doing giving a keynote to a few hundred VR developers at VRLA 2017 last month, which, by the measure of the rest of the games conference industry, is a rather small affair? That is to say, Unity, Riccitello vision that leads it, are a very important part of the overall gaming industry. Photo courtesy VRLA.

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The Apple Privacy Wall

Robert Scoble

That became obvious to everyone today as Apple announced a ton of new things, including new AR features for its messenger, and new privacy-focused features, at its World Wide Developer’s Conference. VR ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH OR SHARP ENOUGH. The resolution of VR isn’t good enough (Oculus Quest has screens that are 1440 x 1600).

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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. We've got a Magic Leap, a Hololens, we have all the tech. But that's now a feature, right? Stefan: Yeah, it's totally working.

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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. We've got a Magic Leap, a Hololens, we have all the tech. But that's now a feature, right? Stefan: Yeah, it's totally working.

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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. We've got a Magic Leap, a Hololens, we have all the tech. But that's now a feature, right? Stefan: Yeah, it's totally working.

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