XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The tech giant has certainly seen some success in this era, producing some of the most affordable and popular devices for gaming and entertainment. This offering could be the key to helping the tech giant preserve its market share, as innovators like Apple , Microsoft, and Magic Leap all increase their focus in the business world.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This won’t be the year of AR : exactly as I said for virtual reality, let’s not hype the technology and think that this is the year when mainstream adoption of wearable AR glasses is going to happen. AR will be implemented in everything that can be able to connect a brand to a person at home. Sounded good.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Nreal, Meta, Magic Leap, and RealWear produce AR devices that suit consumer, enterprise, or industrial environments. The lite-smart glasses solution provides consumer-grade features like voice assistance, AR games, and video calling via a lite-weight, designer frame. The firm is also exploring new healthcare-related usage.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

The Oculus Quest 2 continues its march towards mainstream adoption. It wouldn’t be a normal week without some news about Facebook and/or the Oculus Quest. Bigger content requires longer development cycles, and so it is already necessary to work now for the AAA VR games of the future. Other relevant news.

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Analog Concerns Oculus Rift prototype demo with Xbox controller, 2012. For the existing fans of VR gaming, whether you're spending time in a PC-based headset, PSVR, or Quest, I know you've probably got some notions about Apple and its (lack of) commitment to what you like to spend your money on most. This is happening.

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XROM

JUNE 27, 2022

Oculus Rift to Quest 2 & now the sneak preview of Project Cambria clearly shows the commitment, investment plus work put in by Meta to move from being a social media to a #Metaverse-first company. While Mark has been developing for the future & draining capital, Apple on the other side has been playing a wait & watch game.

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TechCrunch VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Five years ago, Facebook acquired VR pioneers Oculus for $2 billion. Oculus became (somewhat creepily named) Facebook Reality Labs , headed by Andrew Bosworth , one of the company’s first 15 engineers, who also headed the company’s transition from desktop to mobile advertising. Let us connect some dots.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by Magic Leap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

For years, the company has been delivering some of the most powerful and accessible XR experiences around, with tools like the Oculus Quest. Tools like the Oculus already come with hand tracking functionality, to help users interact with some software on a hands-free basis. Unity and Magic Leap.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

The idea of Leap Motion is going against the current trend of augmented reality glasses, that is mostly based on expensive devices that have closed ecosystems (e.g. HoloLens or Magic Leap One ), but to create a headset that is: Affordable; Completely open, both from a software and hardware standpoint. Meet Noah Zerkin.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 11, 2019

Everyone of us already knew that Gear VR was a platform almost abandoned when Oculus announced the Oculus Go. Anyway, officially, both Samsung and Oculus have continued at least to support it. But at the same time, I know that this is part of the game. Original image by Oculus). Gear VR is dead.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Meta has not officially answered this report, but Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of the company, has indirectly commented on it: “ We’re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech?—?like The Upload Summer Showcase brought news about VR games. like EMG?—?to Meta launches its Roblox competitor.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The headset overall hosts a lightweight design more akin to the Magic Leap One than existing standalone headsets. Without robust gaming support, HTC is pitching the Flow as a wellness and mindfulness device, detailing the headset’s support for VR meditation apps including MyndVR and Tripp.

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Robert Scoble

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future of VR and AR at Facebook’s recent Oculus Connect conference. It isn’t alone, we know of many companies that are spending billions on same, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Sony, Magic Leap, Huawei, and others. The tech industry is gearing up for a new paradigm shift.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The first time I tried the HoloLens I knew I was experiencing the first generation of a game-changing technology. Like the first HoloLens the device also enables glasses wearers to simply slot the device in front of their spectacles (distinct advantage compared to Magic Leap). Commitment to openness. .

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

” He explained that XR had become a thriving industry , transforming verticals such as healthcare, entertainment, education, and gaming. ” The Year of AR and VR The real-life speaker then explained that new headsets would offer a wider range of options, including “smaller, better, [and] cooler” headsets and wearables.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

They promise us wonderful connections between the digital and physical worlds, and games where we can chase cartoon characters through our own furniture. Above: CastAR wants you to play tabletop games in mixed reality. GB: When it comes to games, it seems like the mad rush has been straight into VR instead of AR.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

With all the phone and watch and TV and game and chip and other chip news coming out of Apple’s big event, it was easy to forget the company’s longest-running background process: an augmented-reality wearable. Apple’s AR Glasses are Hiding in Plain Sight. by Peter Rubin, WIRED. PHOTOGRAPH: CARSTEN KOALL/GETTY IMAGES.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it’s tracking you with cameras. We’ve also started putting them in every wearable we made. Michael: Well that’s an option. That’s an option.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it’s tracking you with cameras. We’ve also started putting them in every wearable we made. Michael: Well that’s an option. That’s an option.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

A new OS for wearable, on face, computers. A new, portable, gaming device that will interact with this 3D world. Just this week Niantic , the largest AR company who did the Pokemon-Go game, announced such a map/platform. Well, let’s say you have a new kind of volumetric game, or a screen on your table in front of you.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

Alan: I don't know if you've tried to Magic Leap. The advantage that something like a Magic Leap or even an Oculus Quest has is that it's tracking you with cameras. We've also started putting them in every wearable we made. The three wearables are the three most recent wearables we came out with.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

Unity has one of the world’s largest mobile ad serving businesses and at the end of last year they partnered with Fossil to pilot this new ad format in mobile games. AR and VR is a game changer in customer support. The third major change came from Unity which recently announced that it will now be serving AR ads on mobile.

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