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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Takes Control of Magic Leap

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The investment by Saudi’s PIF division allows the region to own over 50 percent of Magic Leap’s ownership stake. Head pose and eye-tracking.

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Magic Leap 2 to Release on Sept 30th

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Magic Leap has announced on Tuesday the release window for its sophomore augmented reality (AR) headset. The firm is making the Magic Leap 2 product commercially available on September 30 this year. Magic Leap will also debut the device in Japan and Singapore later this year.

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7Invensun will provide eye-tracking for many worldwide XR devices

The Ghost Howls

One of the best of them is when in Beijing I visited the company 7Invensun , a worldwide excellence in eye tracking. For sure you remember the name 7Invensun: I have already interviewed them when they announced that their eye tracking module aGlass DK II was able to provide eye tracking not only for the Vive, but even for the Vive Pro.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.04): Meta may be working on the next Quest Pro with LG, Meta Avatars get legs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Meta plans to fight Apple thanks to the help of LG, a company that has deep expertise in manufacturing hardware and displays. This seems a smart decision to me: Meta needs this kind of partner to be able to improve its hardware manufacturing capabilities, and LG is a solid one. It’s the end of an era.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.01.02): HTC’s new headset is the Vive XR Elite, Meta buys Luxecel, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The Quest as a piece of hardware is not new, the pandemic is less relevant, and the economic conditions are not positive, so a decline in sales had to be expected. Two interesting XR accessories announced from Japan. At CES it should be possible to find two interesting XR accessories coming directly from Japan. Learn more.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.03): Quest 3 leaks, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX launch, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It’s relevant that the device wouldn’t feature any kind of face and eye tracking, but would have RGB passthrough and a depth sensor, so that to be able to offer detailed mixed reality and high-precision environment understanding. Bytedance is trying to expand also in Japan , launching the Pico 4 with the support of many influencers.

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All you need to know on the Facebook Connect (OC7)

The Ghost Howls

It is the console business model: selling the hardware undercost so that subsidize it with exclusive software, and your data in this case. Thanks to all these hardware, Aria can see and hear the surroundings, but can also see and hear the user. You’re part of the product being sold. Accessories. Privacy in AR. Image by Facebook).

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