XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Qualcomm’s extended reality (XR) software development ecosystem, Snapdragon Spaces, is gaining significant traction as a tool for professional-grade immersive content creation. A key point of investment and energy for Qualcomm is its Snapdragon Spaces XR software development kit (SDK).

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VRScout

AUGUST 11, 2022

Those in Europe can download the app for free via the Apple Store and Google Play. CUSTOMCAST is now available free in Europe via the Apple Store and Google Play in the following languages: English, Japanese, and Chinese (Traditional/Simplified). We’ve talked about different types of VTuber software in the past.

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GizModo VR

MAY 19, 2021

It’s a new banking trojan currently sweeping through Europe and large parts of South America, attempting to pilfer consumer financial information and mobile crypto wallets as it goes. Meet “Bizarro.” Read more.

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Road to VR

MARCH 14, 2018

After a debilitating software error that occurred last week, which ostensibly rendered every Rift on Earth useless (there’s a fix now), the company has recently carried out with its plan to add $15 Oculus Store credit as recompense to anyone who so much as turned on their Rift since February 1st, 2018.

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VRScout

JULY 4, 2022

The 109th edition of the Tour de France is officially underway in Europe, marking the start of three weeks of competitive cycling featuring the world’s best athletes. This year event organizers are offering fans a new way to experience the action using a combination of augmented reality (AR) technology and volumetric holograms.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

At the time of this writing, Meta officially supports the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and most countries in Europe. ByteDance allegedly won a fierce bidding war against Tencent in early 2021 to acquire Pico, which then went on to release Pico 4 to consumers in Europe and Asia.

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 8, 2023

Yet, mature process technologies are required not only for automotive and industrial sectors, but also for various emerging applications that fall under the Internet-of-Things umbrella.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 3, 2017

Today, HTC is appointing a new General Manager for Vive in Europe in former Disney executive Paul Brown. Working for VR isn’t just a hardware role, though; HTC has various other services like its software storefront, Viveport, which recently launched a unique VR content subscription service.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 21, 2022

We have a few enterprise software [programmes] on the headset, which gives you access to all software development needs. In this session, we discuss the following: 1) The latest on the Pico 4 Enterprise headset for professionals. 2) How the headset will impact the enterprise space and build future use cases.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Citing three people with direct knowledge of the matter, the report maintains the information comes from an internal meeting from earlier this morning wherein it was allegedly revealed Pico is keeping its VR hardware team whilst folding much of its software team back into ByteDance’s own product development team.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 13, 2024

The software is seamless and has improved efficiency within the Complex Spine team. “It’s It’s a real privilege to be the first team in the UK and Europe to use this software within surgery and I’m looking forward to seeing how this technology advances and the impact it can have across hospitals in the UK.”

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ARPost

DECEMBER 21, 2019

With a solution-driven agenda focused on enhancing the consumer experience of XR and driving its adoption, the XR Europe Conference & Expo will return to London, taking place April 28-29 at the Park Plaza Victoria Hotel.

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Road to VR

JUNE 23, 2022

As reported by Reuters , Tencent allegedly told staff on Monday about the official formation of a unit tasked with building up its XR business, which is said to include both software and hardware projects. The internal XR unit was supposedly launched in secrecy earlier this year.

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GizModo VR

APRIL 29, 2022

If you’re among the throng of Twitter-die hards that are more than a bit bummed about a certain South African billionaire’s plans to buy out the social network, you might have flocked to its open-source alternative, Mastodon. As it turns out, the European Union is right there with you; the European Data Protection… Read more.

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Peter Graham

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Originally starting out in motion capture (mocap), hardware and software solution specialist then turned its attention to virtual reality (VR) and location-based entertainment (LBE). At the recent VR Days Europe event in Amsterdam, Vicon was in attendance to showcase its latest top-of-the-line camera, the ViperX.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2022

“What started as playing around with a projector light and a blank wall could take lighting technologies to a whole new level,” said Lars Junker, Features and Software, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, Ford of Europe. The driver could get essential information without ever needing to take their eyes off the road.”.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The European Parliament has called for EU lawmakers to institute a ban on law enforcement’s use of facial recognition, as well as other surveillance tools commonly used in the course of algorithm-driven predictive policing. Read more.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2021

November 22nd : Early Bird Shipments begin for Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand & SE Asia. Here’s the current shipping estimates from the company: November 10th : Early Bird Shipments begin for Americas Region. November 29th through December 31st : Regular Backer Shipments.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Stereopsia Europe. Ideal for software engineers, architects, and team leaders learning more about the latest trends in extended reality, QCon draws creatives from all over the world into engaging event experience. VRDays Europe. October 17-19, 2022, Masion De La Poste, Belgium. October 24-28, 2022, Hyatt Regency, San Francisco.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

So far, 75,000 users have been able to test out the capabilities of the HTC VIVE Focus 3 headset across various The Park Playground venues in Europe. Their input helps tremendously to drive the technology and also our LBE software.”. HTC VIVE and The Park Playground have partnered to bring mobile-led VR experiences to the public.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

HTC has now opened applications to its latest Vive X accelerator, the company’s $100 million program which aims to help grow the global AR/VR ecosystem by providing both software and hardware developers the right tools, expertise, and investment. Applications are now open through the Vive X website , and end on September 30th.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

PhotonLens will be focusing primarily on Europe and North America for our initial sales efforts,” PhotonLens CEO Patrick Liu said in an email to ARPost. The glasses themselves are similar to other models in the space or coming soon, though they will also be compatible with PhotonLens controllers and software.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2022

Technical roles related to VR hardware and software development and R&D are also on offer. Pico stated in October 2021 that it would put greater emphasis on its fleet of Neo 3 headsets outside of China, as they would be “built for businesses [and] be available in the West, including North America and Europe,” the company said then.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 16, 2019

Such is the case with the just-announced news that mk2 (a leading VR experience provider in Europe) is teaming up with Secret Location. mk2 has a strong background in managing traditional cinema venues, operating over 26 theaters in Europe Click To Tweet.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 10, 2024

This week, a provider of in-car AR software solutions, Basemark, announced the successful acquisition of roughly €22 to boost the firm’s service, enabling original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to create custom automotive XR applications. This shift will result in a substantial reduction of emissions.

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Upload VR

MARCH 25, 2024

Apple Vision Pro Review: A Heavy Portable Cinema & Monitor At $3500, Apple sets huge expectations with Vision Pro. But does it deliver? And what’s it really like to own and use? Meta Reportedly Cancels Plan To Bring Quest 3 Lite To China Meta has reportedly suspended its plan to bring a ‘Quest 3 Lite’ to China via a partnership with Tencent.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The funding round was led by Pi Labs, with participation from Europe’s Sugar Capital, Silicon Valley’s 7Percent Ventures, and a number of angel investors. According to Crunchbase data, this follows a pre-seed investment round closed in March 2020, the amount of which wasn’t publicly disclosed.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here, my team and I created a light pair of mixed reality glasses on the market at just 300 grams – the X2 MR Glasses, providing an all-in-one hardware and software solution for all industries, including field services, healthcare, and automotive. FCC and CE requirements are needed for selling in America or Europe.

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ARPost

JULY 26, 2023

ARCore is a software development kit (SDK) developers use to create AR applications across multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, Unity, and the Web. It seamlessly merges the digital and physical worlds, allowing users to interact with virtual objects in the AR adaptation of their natural surroundings.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Furthermore, the company’s physical UK address has been legally changed to 100 New Bridge Street in London, the very same for Apple Europe Limited. At the time of this writing, the company’s site has been reduced to support documentation for their various software products. Image courtesy Companies House.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The reasoning: Bigscreen founder and CEO Darshan Shankar says the VR software studio wanted to build “the VR headset we wanted for ourselves.” “Today’s leading VR headsets have doubled in weight compared to headsets from 2016. We built Beyond because we felt VR was too heavy, bulky, and uncomfortable,” Shankar says.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“The actual release time will depend on Apple’s software modification schedule to comply with other countries’ regulations.” . “Due to the limited demand growth in the U.S. market, advancing the global release schedule is favorable when the supply improves,” Kuo says.

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2021

“Pico is a pure manufacturer,” explained Oliver Wöhler, who heads Pico’s commercial activities in Northern Europe. Pico is not an ecosystem, so people are able to work with different software.”. The software in question: ENGAGE. The software is very stable and this is important for experiences like this.”.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2022

There has been much rework on the software and on the operational sides , instead: Pico was a headset for companies, with an enterprise store. Pico will distribute 22,000 headsets in Europe and other parts of the world through its selected resellers that already sold the Pico Neo 3 Pro to companies (e.g. Open Ecosystem. VR Expert ).

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

ARPost first met Emperia about a year ago when the company launched “Artemis”, its software-as-a-service solution for virtual storefronts. The company recently announced a $10M series A funding round led by Base10 but including a number of other funders including the Sony Innovation Fund.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Pico 4 is available in Europe, Japan, and South Korea, but is missing the United States market right now. After The Fall and Walkabout Mini Golf are tempting enough, but the additional titles should provide a good introduction to other genres in VR. It is priced £380 / €430 for 128GB /256GB storage.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Meta has significantly improved controller-free hand tracking with software updates over the years and has released tools and demos to help developers support it in controller games. Pico 4 launched in China on September 27, then in Europe in October, at just €430 despite having pancake lenses, dual 2K displays, and color passthrough.

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