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Google Axes Hundreds of AR Hardware Jobs amidst Qualcomm, Samsung Partnership

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. Notably, the reshuffle is occurring following a partnership with Qualcomm and Samsung to leverage the newly announced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset for empowering smart glasses.

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Vision Pro Has Apps and Quest Has Games, What Can Samsung Bring to XR to Compete?

Road to VR

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn’t tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. That’s a patently Apple recipe though that Samsung may not be able to easily replicate. The answer may be Google, but only if it can commit.

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Qualcomm’s New 4K XR Chipset to Empower AI Smart Glasses

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The chipset also helps boost consumer and enterprise-grade XR use cases on headsets and smartglasses by leveraging partnerships with Samsung, Google, Tobii, and Goertek to provide visual clarity for gaming and productivity applications. Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2: What’s New? Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2: What’s New?

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

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. Qualcomm is positioning the XR2+ Gen 2 as a tipping point in XR hardware design and innovation due to its breakthrough features and specs combined with its launch partners.

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5 things the rumored Pixel Buds Pro could do to catch up to AirPods

Mashable VR

If the rumors are true, Google may give wireless earbuds the old college try once again. The search giant and Android maker has slowly but surely found its footing as a hardware company in recent years thanks to a series of fantastic Pixel phones. Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 delivered quality ANC at a low price. Do it, Google.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.02.15): Facebook keeps working on its masterplan, WebXR arrives on iOS, and more!

The Ghost Howls

If you remember well, there’s a scary leaked letter of Mark Zuckerberg where he claims that he doesn’t want to just make programs that run on Android, because they’re subject to the rules of another company (Google). Let’s see what will be the ripple effects of it when the development will be completed. (Thanks Eloi Gerard for the tip!).

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.06): Upload VR Showcase, Apple headset rumors, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The price is $599, but to work the glasses should be tethered to a smartphone from Samsung or OnePlus, so the overall price of the whole system is well beyond $1000. Thanks to Tom Ffiske for the tip!). Google details Project Starline. Honestly, I think it will be the next project abandoned by Google.

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