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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap is on sale. A report on Bloomberg informed us all that Magic Leap is exploring a sale of the company. The sales never skyrocketed and now Magic Leap is in desperate need of cash , after many layoffs, disappointing sales, and having put its IP as collaterals to a bank.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

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Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise. At the same time, Magic Leap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands. At the same time, Magic Leap has also shipped a new runtime for its hardware , with the addition of new nice features like vocal commands.

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Can Mystical Magic Leap Lure Singapore’s Temasek into its Net?

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Magic Leap Inc. , As stated, they are thinking of taking part in a new financing round of more than $500 million, bringing Magic Leap valuation close to $6 billion. ’s Google, which invested directly in the firm and put Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai on the board. Google was one of the first to invest.

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Spatial Beats: Rec Room, Roblox & Zynga

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million to turn actual vehicles into simulators. The mixed reality company plans to boost its international profile out of Austria and try to make simulation and virtual reality more accessible to the public. Eyecandylab launches a Google exclusive AR experience with Red Bull. NXRT raises $1.5 Spatial Goes Mobile.

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How Inworld AI Is Populating the Metaverse

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Inworld AI is a company building a tool to create brains that experience creators can put into virtual bodies to populate the metaverse – whether that’s games, simulations for enterprise and education, embodied chatbots in immersive retail environments, or whatever else you can think of. What is Inworld AI ?

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.23): Leaks and rumors about Apple headset intensify, VRChat to launch Creator Economy, and more!

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More info Meta may partner soon with Magic Leap The Financial Times this week reported a very unexpected piece of news: Meta may be working on a partnership with Magic Leap for the production of AR glasses. Magic Leap has factories in the US and Mexico able to produce AR glasses.

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The Second Coming of Augmented-Reality Glasses

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Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? Source: [link] It is unclear whether this design will be kept when Google re-introduce the next generation of its AR glass but it is one that I hope they do.