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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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Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap is on sale. A report on Bloomberg informed us all that Magic Leap is exploring a sale of the company. The sales never skyrocketed and now Magic Leap is in desperate need of cash , after many layoffs, disappointing sales, and having put its IP as collaterals to a bank.

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Virtual Reality in Healthcare and Compliance Meets Enterprise Training

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Extended reality (XR) is making a substantial impact on how companies train and upskill their employees. Virtual reality (VR) in healthcare, training, and remote guidance provides enterprises with impressive tools needed to reach clear targets. This can provide better training, collaboration, and engagement for learners.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

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Doing that will disable the controllers, and you will be able to navigate in the menus just using your hands. Some developers have anyway already stated they plan to implement a controller-free interface in the next version of their applications. Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise. fast replacement of a broken unit).

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Magic Leap to Launch in 19 Countries, Exec Says

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AR tech firm Magic Leap is set to launch in 19 countries across the world, Lisa Watts, Vice President of Product Marketing and Developer Programs for Magic Leap announced at the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 Europe on Madeira Island, Portugal. Magic Leap 2 stands on the shoulders of giants and the force.

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Ecuador Is Launching A VR Training Program Supported By The World Bank

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Immersive training has the potential to make a huge impact on Ecuador’s education system. “ActiVaR,” one of the first technical training programs in Latin America, was launched at an event in Quito, Ecuador where 150 participants experienced VR and AR training techniques–many of them for the first time.

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A Tech Investor’s Take on the Apple Vision Pro

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The real pioneers of this are definitely Magic Leap and their waveguide lens is the future that I was expecting Apple to actually achieve some kind of breakthrough on,” said Almeida. Controller-Free Design While the Apple Vision Pro has more screens than most VR headsets, it has fewer controllers.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

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Vive Flow is a 6DOF headset that works with your Android phone as a 3DOF controller (hands tracking is coming in the future). Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased. The headset looks like an improved Magic Leap 1, lighted, slimmer and more elegant, and with a single cable on the back.