The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2023

More info (Official statement by Mark Zuckerberg) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Road To VR) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Upload VR) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — Yahoo Finance) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — CNN) Other relevant news Google is discontinuing Glass It’s the end of an era.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 4, 2022

Microsoft is suspending all new sales of its products and services in Russia amidst the invasion of Ukraine by Putin's forces. In a blog post , Microsoft's president & vice chair Brad Smith also said the company's stopping "many aspects" of its business in Russia "in compliance with governmental sanctions decisions."

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

More info (RealityOS trademark) More info (Robert Scoble’s take on Apple’s reveal strategy). The reasons are always the same: the not favorable moment in the economy, the War In Ukraine, and the new Apple privacy policies, which are killing the revenues of all ad-based companies. Snap shares lose -30% of its stock value. Other news.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2022

Launching so many devices (smartwatches, VR glasses, AR glasses) in so small time may be confusing for users, so I’m not so sure that this will be the actual strategy by Meta. Google acquires Raxium. The news about Google being willing to acquire Raxium had been leaked a few weeks ago, but now it has become official.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

It has basically created a whole ecosystem of its own through strategic investments : I’m very curious to see what is the final goal of this strategy. The purpose of the group is of course the one of fighting the duopoly of Apple Maps/Google Maps. Please donate to the Red Cross to handle the current humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

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