UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 4, 2017

Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Magic Leap. For a secretive company, we can learn a lot about Magic Leap from their patent filings and acquisitions, namely that they launched without a clear path to executing their vision. Near-eye Optics Basics.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap has sold units of its first device for $550. Google Imagen is an impressive AI system able to create images just from text descriptions. News worth a mention. Other news. Learn more.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 27, 2020

Millions of us now own some sort of room-based voice device such as Google Home or Amazon Echo and the global voice and speech recognition market size is estimated to reach USD 31.82 Millions of us now own some sort of room-based voice device such as Google Home or Amazon Echo Click To Tweet. billion by 2025.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

To make matters murkier, there’s also the recently-announced partnership between Google and HTC Vive to create new standalone mobile headsets for all Google Daydream-ready Android phones. After quietly settling a gender discrimination lawsuit recently, it turns out that Magic Leap is back on the fundraising trail.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

VR is being used to correct conditions like amblyopia (sometimes called “lazy eye”) by San Francisco-based company Vivid Vision; instead of a childhood-scarring eyepatch or invasive surgery, virtual reality is the prescribed treatment. The covert product still has not been publicly shown, and the well-funded Magic Leap ($1.3B

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2023

With our smart glasses, they can get an expert from New York City, San Francisco, or [Baltimore-based] Johns Hopkins to join the theatre experience. Compared to Google Glass, Microsoft’s HoloLens 2, and the Magic Leap 1 and 2, Vuzix’s products operated with an eight-hour charge, compared to rivals.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 11, 2016

That year saw San Francisco hosting not just the hippies and free love, but a very significant presentation was held. Certainly Magic Leap won big by attracting Google, Qualcomm, Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, among other investors.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Upload VR has been able to visit Kura offices in San Francisco and try the technology behind the Kura Gallium glasses, the AR devices that promise a 150° FOV, a resolution that goes up to 8K, variable focus, and brightness that allows for outdoor usage. Google updates ARCore with Persistent Cloud Anchors.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. With over 40 member companies in San Francisco, The Upload Collective has quickly grown both in size and in scope. November 2015.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. Thanks for having me.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. You’ve done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Alan: I don’t know if you’ve tried to Magic Leap. Thanks for having me.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 18, 2016

Speaking at the recent VRX virtual reality event in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, Riccitiello wasn’t gleeful about it, but he noted he was right about the “ gap of disappointment ” at our GamesBeat Summit event in May. That’s pretty scary for the AR industry because Magic Leap raised $793.5

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 10, 2020

I was flying from Toronto to San Francisco, and I just happened to sit beside a guy who we started talking about AR and I pulled out the North Glasses. You've done everything from IBM Watson, to Google, to HTC, Samsung. Alan: I don't know if you've tried to Magic Leap. Thanks for having me. I'm super excited.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

That allows devices which don’t have the compute capabilities today — lightweight AR headset devices — to have the kind of capability that a higher-end device like a Hololens 2 or Magic Leap might have, or even better in some cases. Google, about a month ago, announced their AR navigation system. Terry: Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 8, 2019

That allows devices which don’t have the compute capabilities today — lightweight AR headset devices — to have the kind of capability that a higher-end device like a Hololens 2 or Magic Leap might have, or even better in some cases. Google, about a month ago, announced their AR navigation system. Terry: Right.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

He has creatively led over 150,000 hours of development in mixed reality, including as a Snap Lens Studio partner, preferred developer for Facebook, and showcase developer for Euphoria and Google, as well as an early adopter and early developer for Magic Leap. You’ve done work with Snapchat, and Facebook, and Google.”

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

He has creatively led over 150,000 hours of development in mixed reality, including as a Snap Lens Studio partner, preferred developer for Facebook, and showcase developer for Euphoria and Google, as well as an early adopter and early developer for Magic Leap. You've done work with Snapchat, and Facebook, and Google."

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in San Francisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. You also have North being acquired by Google, so Google's making some strides there.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in San Francisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. You also have North being acquired by Google, so Google's making some strides there.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. They are a passionate team of 3D designers, VR and AR experts based in New York and San Francisco. And so we have our Magic Leap build coming out very soon.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. They are a passionate team of 3D designers, VR and AR experts based in New York and San Francisco. And so we have our Magic Leap build coming out very soon.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

He has creatively led over 150,000 hours of development in mixed reality, including as a Snap Lens Studio partner, preferred developer for Facebook, and showcase developer for Euphoria and Google, as well as an early adopter and early developer for Magic Leap. You’ve done work with Snapchat, and Facebook, and Google.”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop -- a 3D physics multi-touch desktop -- to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. They are a passionate team of 3D designers, VR and AR experts based in New York and San Francisco. And so we have our Magic Leap build coming out very soon.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you're living in, let's say, Toronto and you're pitching somebody in San Francisco and you make VR, how do you put their head in there and make sure they're in there? They work on Oculus Quest, they work on the Magic Leap. You also have North being acquired by Google, so Google's making some strides there.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Anne-Marie: Magic Leap’s doing a workshop. But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. And the Global Summit is kind of like taking both of those. A lot of local companies, a lot of really interesting startups. And then we’ve got workshops too.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Anne-Marie: Magic Leap’s doing a workshop. But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. And the Global Summit is kind of like taking both of those. A lot of local companies, a lot of really interesting startups. And then we’ve got workshops too.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

To get some insight into those numbers, I moderated a panel on investing in virtual reality and augmented reality at Greenlight Insights’ recent Virtual Reality Strategy conference in San Francisco. Toby Zhang: I’m a partner with Youku Global Media Fund and CRCM in San Francisco. It focuses on media, AR/VR, and A.I.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 25, 2019

So you can go on and you can Google the building plans for the CANDU reactor, if you choose. Vice: I totally Googled it, just to make sure that it’s public knowledge. What we have now, the Hololens and even the Hololens 2, and the Magic Leap. Google Glass? Alan: It’s all public knowledge. Alan: Cool.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 25, 2019

So you can go on and you can Google the building plans for the CANDU reactor, if you choose. Vice: I totally Googled it, just to make sure that it’s public knowledge. What we have now, the Hololens and even the Hololens 2, and the Magic Leap. Google Glass? Alan: It’s all public knowledge. Alan: Cool.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Anne-Marie: Magic Leap’s doing a workshop. But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. And the Global Summit is kind of like taking both of those. A lot of local companies, a lot of really interesting startups. And then we’ve got workshops too.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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Robert Scoble

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Irena Cronin and I are seeing huge shifts coming as autonomous vehicles get to the point where they are driving around San Francisco without humans. It brings with it a bunch of new technologies that could disrupt even Apple, Google, or Amazon, but soon will start bringing service after service to your home.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 25, 2019

So you can go on and you can Google the building plans for the CANDU reactor, if you choose. Vice: I totally Googled it, just to make sure that it's public knowledge. And we've seen several cases already just in a small, very small pilot that we've done in a few locations in Toronto, in Stanford, in San Francisco and soon in Israel.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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Augmented Reality Virtual Reality Technology Training 60

XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Are they building stuff for Magic Leap? When you talk about XR AR, it's virtual/augmented/mixed reality, computer vision, spatial audio, just kind of everything wrapped into this spatial computing package. What are people leaning towards when they're building stuff? Are they building stuff for Hololens?

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