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Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

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Samsung has partnered with EarthX to debut a dozen immersive short films on the Samsung XR video platform from environmentally-focused filmmakers. Samsung XR is Samsung’s immersive video platform, and home to more than 10,000 videos. Image courtesy Samsung, EarthXR. The Hydrous Presents: IMMERSE.

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Sony Reveals VR Headset Prototype with Display Tech That Could Wind Up in PSVR 2

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During the event the Sony Group R&D Center revealed a VR headset prototype which employs a 4K OLED microdisplay. Doing so could lead to a rather compact headset, though the presentation doesn’t offer a clear sense of the headset’s fundamental size, nor what kind of optics are used. Image courtesy Sony.

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The Apple Effect: Magic Leap Founder’s Previous Company Launches App on Vision Pro

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” With the entrance of Apple Vision Pro, one such entity to follow suit is Stryker’s Mako , a robotic surgery group initially founded as a standalone company by Rony Abovitz, the founder and first CEO of AR unicorn Magic Leap. billion in 2013, or just around three years after Magic Leap was founded by Abovitz in stealth mode.

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Pixar, Lucasfilm and Disney Veterans Launch VR Entertainment Company Cryworks

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The new VR entertainment company launches with funding from Michael Bay’s 451 Media Group, 500 Mobile Collective and China’s WI Harper Group. CryWorks collaboration with 451 Media and Chef Daniel Boulud for Samsung. In April, CryWorks partnered up with 451 Media to produce a VR experience for Samsung.

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Report: Public VR Awareness Almost Doubling Annually with PSVR & Gear VR Leading the Way

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We know that Samsung has confirmed more than 5 million Gear VR units are now in the wild for example, and of course the headlines of Sony surprising themselves with PlayStation VR’s early sales figures – approaching 1 Million going in to 2017. Of that group, 69% were men, 31% were women. Nielsen’s ‘ U.S

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2021 NAND Flash Updates from ISSCC: The Leaning Towers of TLC and QLC

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At the conference we get more information than these companies are usually willing to share in press briefings, and the presentations are usually about technology that will be hitting the market during the coming year. Samsung, SK hynix, and Kioxia/WD presented information about their upcoming generations of 3D TLC. 40 µs.

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How Transportation Sectors are Leading in Scalable XR Training

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million units, and firms like LG and Samsung are also entering the market, with the XR headset space now looking to boom. In classroom learning environments, mentors can display crucial learning information that is usually restricted to PowerPoint presentations as engaging immersive visualisations. per cent, reaching 9.7