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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.18): Roblox is coming to Quest, Google has an unclear XR vision, and more!

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More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. Now the next step is making also the controllers work with a PC.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.21): Google is building an AR OS, Nike acquires RTFKT, and more!

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Image by Google). Google is reportedly working on an AR operating system. In some of my past newsletters, I warned you that we shouldn’t forget about Google/Alphabet in the race to our mixed reality future. Now we have finally an official confirmation of the fact that Google is working on an AR device. Tilt Brush).

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NVIDIA announces Unity connector for Omniverse at GTC 2022

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The article is a summary of the most interesting information that came from our chat… including the mind blowing moment when I realized that with this technology, people in Unity and Unreal Engine could work together on the same project :O. The online collaboration works in a way similar to Google Docs. NVIDIA Omniverse.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

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And while this is anyway a good result for a startup (developing an AR headsets means spending billions in R&D), targeting the consumer market has been a suicide move , that let Microsoft get full control of the profitable enterprise market. More info (Camera Path and Google Drive backup) More info (Sketchfab exporting).

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.10): Lynx launches MR standalone headset, Facebook acquires Scape and much more!

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The headset has a very nice design and features these specifications: Standalone 6DOF headset 1600×1600 resolution per eye 90Hz refresh rate 90° FOV RGB AR passthrough Innovative lenses that make the headset more compact Integrated audio Controller-free hand-tracking Eye-tracking 6GB of RAM 128GB of storage WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0,

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Also, new more ergonomic controllers, that solve the flaws of the current design, will be part of the package. These controllers should be compatible with the current Quest. I can proudly say that we Italian have been the first in Europe to adopt a thermal scanning helmet in an Airport. Unreal Engine 4.25

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Eido Inoue tells us everything we need to know about HADO and location based augmented reality

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Between that, I worked on consumer cloud software with Google for five years… managing engineering teams for Gmail, Japanese mobile, Google Labs, and social (Blogger etc.) We also have a small office and a couple of people overseas in Europe and America. teams for Japan. Locations where you can play HADO (Image by Meleap).