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HTC VIVE Debuts Mars CamTrack at SIGGRAPH 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Developers have also included support for the FreeD protocol , which provides camera positional data for XR providers, in a bid to expand the availability of solutions to users. The new solution allows extended reality (XR) studios to create virtual production content while cutting costs and boosting ease of use.

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Inside The First IMAX VR Arcade

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If VR arcades in the United States are going to find success, it is looking like IMAX VR is going to give it the best try. It remains to be seen whether similar arcades in the United States and elsewhere will find success, but IMAX is looking to make a strong go of it. “This will be a breakthrough for the U.S.

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The best AR and VR news from CES 2022

The Ghost Howls

PlayStation VR 2 Logo (Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Of course, the object must be in the FOV of the cameras of the headset to be tracked, even if HTC says that the tracking can somewhat continue also when this condition is not true (i guess using just IMU data). Click to read the thread on Twitter… it is worth it.

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Facebook steps into cloud gaming — and another feud with Apple

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Their approach is different than what Microsoft or Google has built but Facebook highlights a shared central challenge: dealing with Apple. Apple was initially slow to provide a path forward for cloud gaming apps from Google and Microsoft, which had previously been outlawed on the App Store. ” Facebook VP of Play Jason Rubin.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.23): StarWars: Squadron is a new AAA VR game, Apple announces ARKit4 and more!

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Content is the king, and Facebook knows it needs great content of its own to fight Microsoft, Sony, and the other big brands for the domination of the VR sector. Google experiments on Lightfields streaming. Google is working on the compression and streaming of light fields. News worth a mention. Image by Nreal).

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.03): Google shuts down Project Iris, Meta launches gaming subscription service, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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How Are US Regulators Affecting Big Tech’s XR Plans?

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The United States (US) Justice Department launched a lawsuit against Google’s parent company Alphabet on Tuesday, reports revealed. According to the lawsuit, Google earns roughly 80 percent of its earnings from advertising. According to the lawsuit, Google earns roughly 80 percent of its earnings from advertising.

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