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AR Content is Coming to Google Maps, But It Won’t Matter Until There’s a Headset to See it Through

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Google today announced it’s starting a pilot program that will soon allow select partners to create AR content and display it within Google Maps. Because compared to Meta and Apple, Google still seems unable to commit to a coherent XR strategy.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announces important AI and XR news at Google I/O This Google I/O has seen immersive realities back to the menu. But to summarize, the most important XR-related tidbits have been: Google confirmed that is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung to build an XR headset.

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Google All But Confirms It's No Longer Working On Its Own AR Glasses

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Google is eliminating hundreds of roles in its hardware division, mostly from its first-party AR hardware team. Here's the statement Google provided to news outlet 9to5Google : "A few hundred roles are being eliminated in [Devices & Services] with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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Apple Shows Off New AR Demos on iPhone 8

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Today we all got a look at a handful of new augmented reality demos that show how ARKit can seriously change the way we interact with our mobile devices in the future. The Sky Guide demo showed constellations and other information overlaid on night sky. The post Apple Shows Off New AR Demos on iPhone 8 appeared first on VRScout.

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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. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR! Kudos to him.

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Nreal Launches $600 ‘Light’ AR Glasses in United States via Verizon

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As for apps, the AR glasses play bespoke content in pre-defined playspaces, all of which you can download from Google Play, such as Table Trenches , a 1v1 tabletop strategy game. That’s the value proposition at least, as Nreal Light goes on sale in the US today for $599. Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G.

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Job Simulator Devs Say They Feel 'Vindicated' By Apple Vision Pro's Approach To VR

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While Apple Vision Pro validated much of what Meta (formerly Facebook) did in VR over the last decade, the headset also echoes work under Google's umbrella at Job Simulator development studio Owlchemy Labs. In 2022, the studio teased its next project is a multiplayer game with hand tracking, later followed by a hand tracking tech demo.