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Xiaomi Unveils Low-Cost, Low-Latency VR Headset with Controller

Road to VR

Much like Samsung Gear VR, Mi VR features a built-in dedicated motion sensor for low latency head-tracking and only works with a select number of the company’s phones. Youku has since integrated 360 video support for both their desktop and smartphone platform.

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Google Tango’s Engineering Director on AR Capabilities Enabled by Depth Sensors

Road to VR

Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. I also compare and contrast the recent AR announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook in my wrap-up. Support Voices of VR.

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Google Announces New Tools to Develop High-performance Daydream Apps

Road to VR

During the opening presentation at today’s Unity Vision Summit, Nathan Martz, Developer Platforms Product Manager at Google, took to the stage to talk about new tools that the company is releasing to help developers create high-performance apps for Daydream, Google’s high-end Android VR platform. GAPID & PerfHUD.

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XR Talks: How Will 5G Unlock the Metaverse?

AR Insider

Tackling definitions and strategic implications, it’s the topic of this week’s XR Talks (video and takeaways below). That’s everything from low-latency to millimeter-wave precision. The most commonly known advantage is greater network speeds and low latency. The AR Location Wars, Part I: Google.

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NVIDIA CloudXR 3.0 Update Brings Bidirectional Audio Support for Remote Collaboration

Road to VR

Rendering immersive XR experiences in the cloud, compressing the video and audio streams, and serving that up to VR and AR devices for interactive experiences over 5G and WiFi networks—all at a low enough latency to make it feel like you’re tethered to powerful PC—is no small feat. That’s XR cloud streaming in a nutshell.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.10.03): Quest 3 leaks, Lenovo ThinkReality VRX launch, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info (Leak announcement video by Brad Lynch) More info (Summary of leak on Road To VR) More info (Summary of leak on Upload VR). More info (Lenovo Thinkreality VRX) More info (CloudXR on ThinkReality VRX) More info (Headset launch video). Other relevant news. Image by Lenovo). Lenovo announces ThinkReality VRX headset.

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Facebook Acquires FacioMetrics To Add ‘Fun Effects’ To Photos and Videos

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Facebook acquired face recognition technology provider FacioMetrics to beef up the social network giant’s photo and video capabilities. The company produced facial behavior and demographic tools for developers, using video. The battle for influencers and content creators around live video is heating up.

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