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How the Magic Leap 2 is Powering the New Mercedes Vision 111

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Magic Leap has integrated its second-generation device, the Magic Leap 2, into the futuristic Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven Concept Car (C111). As reported in recent months, the new electric vehicle (EV) combines augmented reality (AR) digital overlays from the Magic Leap 2 for an unrivalled driving experience.

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Big News from Qualcomm, Apple, Meta, and Magic Leap

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Meta’s Ouro Interactive is focusing on creating first-party VR gaming experiences. Last Friday, Ouro debuted Super Rumble, a game the Meta-owned studio built for Horizon Worlds, leveraging the platform’s Metaverse framework. Magic Leap 2 Powers New Mercedes Vision 111 Big automotive news this week.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

The Ghost Howls

HTC advertises it as a headset for relaxation and productivity because it wants to position it as a different product than a gaming machine like Oculus Quest 2. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased. Chipset : Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 Display Type : LCD Display resolution : 3.2K Other relevant news.

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

Road to VR

Relative to enterprise-focused AR headsets like Magic Leap 2 and HoloLens 2, it’s also less expensive due to the inclusion of cheaper and less complicated optics, called ‘birdbath’ optics, which project light from a microdisplay to the eye via what’s essentially a curved see-through mirror (among other things).

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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.07): new Quest is coming at $299 and $399, NVIDIA RTX3070 is powerful and affordable and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook halts the sale of Quest in Germany. Facebook is temporarily suspending the sale of Oculus Quest devices in Germany. There’s an antitrust rule in Germany that prohibits Product A to force you to use Product B , and this basically means that you can’t be forced to use the social media Facebook to use the gaming device Oculus.

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Virtual Battles on Your Coffee Table

Tech Trends VR

Mixed Reality adds a new dimension to tabletop gaming, but there’s more to this tank show-down than first meets the eye. Yes, tabletop gaming is very much still a thing. This is what video game giant Wargaming are hoping to prove when they start demoing their latest offering at Gamescom in Germany this week.

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Magic Leap Update Brings Hand Occlusion, Expanded Multiplayer Support & More

Road to VR

Despite securing $280 million from Japan’s largest telecom earlier this summer, we’ve heard surprisingly little from the multi-billion dollar AR startup of late regarding its flagship headset, Magic Leap One. Image courtesy Magic Leap, Weta Workshop. Check out Magic Leap’s full blogpost for more detail.