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Facebook is Unlocking AR Capabilities for Developers on Quest 2

Road to VR

With a device like Quest 2 loaded full of cameras, it’s definitely worth thinking about privacy, especially now that third-party apps can make use of AR capabilities.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.23): Apple Vision Pro preorders have been opened, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Plus Apple is proposing some special content in its Immersive Video format, which is a high-definition version of the usual 180 3D. So even if we zero the network time, there is still a lot of latency because of decoding, and Wi-Fi 7 can do nothing about that. So at launch, there will be 150 3D videos on Apple TV.

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Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

TechCrunch VR

” He also pointed out the development over at Amazon, where last month the company announced AWS Wavelength for ultra-low latency 5G computing at the edge, something that will have a direct impact on using and building the next generation of AR and VR headgear. “The industry is firing up 5G and that will also be a big push.”

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Augmented reality is reaching a mature state according to Gartner

The Ghost Howls

Gartner has been very kind with me and has also provided a very long statement about the AR Cloud, extracted from its paper: Definition: The augmented reality (AR) cloud is the underlying, persistent, digital content layer mapped to objects and locations in the physical world. Considering that companies like 6d.ai

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The MR Headsets Market Map for 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.

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Our pick of AR Remote Collaboration and Support Services

ARPost

AR remote collaboration with IoT devices as well as low-latency calling in less-than-ideal locations and conditions are only likely to improve as the company is one of the most active groups in exploring 5G. However, the highly anticipated MR/VR/AR remote platform launched at Microsoft Ignite 2021 is definitely worth talking about.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.13): Zuckerberg shows his vision for the next decade, Vive Pro discounted to $600 and more!

The Ghost Howls

According to popular YouTubers Cas&Chary, though, this cable doesn’t offer at the moment any noticeable improvement in the quality of the streaming , since the bandwidth of the Link solution is already limited via software to keep latency low. It also puts in the right context the $3B investment got by Magic Leap.

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