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Big XR News from Qualcomm, Meta, Microsoft, and Sony

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This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. Shahram Izadi, Vice President of AR at Google , notes how Android ecosystem support will enable developers to collaborate with Samsung and Qualcomm to drive the future of immersive and spatial XR.

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TapID Uses Bone Conduction To Deliver A Better Typing Experience In VR

VRScout

Could this wearable device solve the headache that is typing in VR? Developers have explored potential solutions in the past, such as Google Daydream’s ultra-fun Drum Keys or Logitech’s VR compatible keyboards. This is a simple keyboard that allows you to create documents using tools such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.

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Mojo Vision Raises an Additional $51M to Fund Smart Contact Lens Development

Road to VR

Although it’s not an augmented reality system as such, the company seems to be making serious inroads to creating a truly wearable heads-up display (HUD), similar to Google Glass in function as opposed to an AR headset such as Microsoft’s HoloLens.

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XR Goes Mainstream at MWC 2024 – Event Roundup

XR Today - VR Headsets tag

Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Additionally, as Samsung and Google have partnered with Qualcomm, it is reasonable to assume that the device will use the Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, which supports AI-ready wearables.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). Offloading Guidelines for Augmented Reality Applications on Wearable Devices. Elsevier Science, 2013.

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Snapdragon AR2 to Empower AR Devices, Qualcomm Says

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The tech industry responded by rallying as a community and a group. We wanted to help facilitate lightweight, wearable glasses with comfortable form factors, allowing people to use them for longer periods of time. Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion.

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Intel Dismisses IoT for Augmented and Virtual Reality

VRWorld

However, Intel terminated the business division that was developing wearable devices such as fitness trackers, digital clothing, baby monitors, etc. All of these shifts have one common thing – Intel’s upcoming silicon for AR/VR headsets, which is rumored to power the commercial version of Google Glass. While Glass 2.0