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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

The Ghost Howls

Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. During its keynote, the CEO Sundar Pichai announced many new products of the company. During the last years, XR has never been relevant at Google I/O, but this year it has been relevant inside the keynote, again.

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Google Rebrands AR Stickers as Playground; Introduces 3D AR Animation

VRScout

While there wasn’t much news on the VR front from Google at today’s New York hardware event except from learning that the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3XL are compatible with Daydream View VR headsets, Google did introduce a new slate augmented reality (AR) stickers that will have you taking selfies with Iron Man.

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Google Unveils $79 Daydream VR Headset

VRScout

During a press event on Tuesday, Google finally revealed their Daydream View VR headset, a lightweight VR headset that will be compatible with Daydream Ready phones. The Daydream View headset was announced along with Google’s new Pixel phone in San Francisco, which is the first phone to be Daydream Ready.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

ARPost

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. As of November 2020, they’re hiring for both New York and San Francisco positions. The New York Times (Research & Development).

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Report: Meta is Considering Physical Stores to Sell Its Vision of the Metaverse

Road to VR

A New York Times report maintains that Meta has been planning its own retail stores that aim to eventually span the world. The report cites people with knowledge of the project in addition to internal company documents shared with The New York Times.

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MeetKai’s Take on the Metaverse

ARPost

In this capacity, a number of readers have already used AI services from MeetKai, though behind the label of hardware companies and app developers. If that sounds familiar, earlier this month ARPost spoke to the team from Inworld AI – largely a team of Google AI veterans building virtually embodied conversational AI.

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Spatial Beats: Facebook, Rec Room & Looking Glass

AR Insider

This week, we look at Looking Glass’ latest hardware, New avatars at Rec Room and lots of new funding. The new new game studio pulled in an astonishing $113M Series C to produce what the company calls “massive interactive live events,” or MILEs. Two New Harry Potter VR Experiences Coming to New York Store.

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