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AWE 2022 Day Two: The Floor Opens. Talks on Interoperability, Hardware, and Software

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” Even more was revealed by Jared Ficklin, Chief Creative Technologist at argodesign , who helped develop the Magic Leap 2 hardware. The idea is that it’s a garment, not a piece of hardware. You can’t just have hardware, you can’t just have software, it’s the whole ecosystem that’s necessary,” said Kling.

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Apple Sets Stage For VR; Shows Off Star Wars Vive Demo

VRScout

.” SteamVR will also be joined on Mac systems by the Unreal and Unity video game engines, all tying directly into today’s newly announced Metal 2 video-processing API. Also continuing the theme of VR support for Mac, Industrial Light and Magic staffers demonstrated the first-ever native HTC Vive demo on a Mac system.

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Will Meta Be The Android Of Spatial Computing, Or The Blackberry?

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Its strategy is more akin to wanting to be a second Apple than what Google did with Android. Barring an unprecedented revenue-sharing deal that would eat heavily into Google's profits, hardware companies like Samsung likely won't want to compete directly with mainline Quests any time soon, especially the rumored Quest 3 Lite.

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Trends and predictions for XR in 2024

The Ghost Howls

I don’t know how many of them will prove to be true, but for sure they all can be something that can inspire you to define your XR strategy for this year. with Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, etc…) to convince hardware manufacturers to create headsets powered by Android XR. And they are entering it to dominate it.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.04): Big tech companies perform budget cuts, Mojo tests its smart contact lens in-eye, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The same luck has not happened to employees at Niantic at Unity. Unity, instead, is firing 4% of its employees, and this may seem weird considering that in the last months it has proceeded to hundred-millions-dollars acquisitions. A thing I have appreciated about Meta is that it has canceled projects, but it has not fired anyone.

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Spatial Beats: Apple, Epic & Tom Brady

AR Insider

Apple believes this lawsuit is Epic’s “project liberty” media strategy, despite Epic’s claim regarding the App Store raising prices due to Apple’s share of profit. The integration allows TechSee’s computer vision AI to be integrated into Vuzix’s hardware and will eventually be available in the App Store. That’s right, baby.

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OpenXR 1.0 Released, Microsoft Supports on HoloLens & WMR, Oculus Plans Rift & Quest Support

Road to VR

OpenXR is a royalty-free standard that aims to unify the underlying connections between VR and AR hardware, game engines, and content, making for a more interoperable ecosystem. Simply put, OpenXR is a technical foundation for interoperability, but business decisions still dictate content, device, and platform strategy. OpenXR 1.0

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