Road to VR

APRIL 25, 2024

Meta announced it’s licensing its XR operating system to select OEMs in a bid to become a more open alternative to Vision Pro, marking a monumental shift in the company’s XR strategy. This puts Meta in an entirely new position as a platform holder, as it now seems the company is trying to beat Google at its own game.

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Upload VR

APRIL 22, 2024

A headset "designed for exercise that's extra-light with sweat-wicking materials". Today's news comes just under two months after it was revealed that Google tried to convince Meta to abandon the Quest platform (now Horizon OS) and switch to its upcoming Android XR platform, expected to be announced at Google I/O in three weeks.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Alan: Today’s guest is Jacob Lowenstein, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Spatial. Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Alan: Today’s guest is Jacob Lowenstein, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Spatial. Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Jacob Lowenstein, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Spatial. Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop -- a 3D physics multi-touch desktop -- to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

He’s currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Media X program at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the Director of Technology Strategy at the University of Colorado National Mental Health Institute Center. Alan: I couldn’t agree more, to be honest.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

He's currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford University's Media X program at Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the Director of Technology Strategy at the University of Colorado National Mental Health Institute Center. I think it is in the process taking off now, and it's going to move really fast.

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