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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.24): Apple opens applications for Vision Pro devkits, Meta may stop the production of Quest Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. Now the full stack of the platform has been made opensource, and it will be easy for tech-savvy people to install it on whatever machine they want. Ah no, not even that because also Twitter is dead.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.12): Quest 2 is launching, dogs use AR, and more!

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VR people think that this may mean that Facebook may have to remove its mandatory Facebook login, also because other countries (like Germany) are raising similar concerns. You activate the machine, pay for its usage and you can have cloud rendering. Image by Google). Google and Snapchat release features that aim at the AR Cloud.

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Retrospective: How LEGO Augments Our World

VRScout

Let’s build our time machine of choice— perhaps the LEGO Back to the Future – DeLorean Time Machine , Dr. Who Phone Box , or H. Wells’s classic time machine —and reflect on how LEGO has augmented our world over the years using immersive technology. . LEGO Playgrounds (2018). Reflecting on LEGO Innovation.

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AWE EU in Munich to Showcase XR Technology of Today and Tomorrow

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The fourth annual European Augmented World Expo is set to take place on October 17 and 18 in Munich Germany. Featured XR technology companies include Oculus, Google, Facebook, HTC, and Qualcomm. ARPost is excited about any XR technology conference but as AWE’s partner, we’re particularly excited about this one. AWE EU 2018 Day 2.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.22): Sony reveals PSVR2 controllers, FRL shows the wristband of the future, and more!

The Ghost Howls

It showed what is its vision for the long-term future: AR glasses that are intelligent enough to learn about your behavior and to examine the context you are in so that to be able to already provide you suggestions about what they can do to help you. Nreal Light is on sale in Germany. Google halves its revenues on the Play Store.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.11.11): Cardboard becomes opensource, HoloLens 2 and nreal shipping and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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

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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. NVIDIA CloudXR is now available on Google Cloud. Donate to help her in this noble cause Learn more. News from partners (and friends). Some XR fun.