ARVR

JUNE 27, 2022

We’re getting better on hardware and high quality content, but how do we actually distribute the fabulous 360 degrees pieces? Shared, synchronised immersive reality experience. Hardware ?—?you You really get to millions even if watching VR on a desktop computer is not very immersive. It will not sell if it creates them.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 14, 2022

At the connect event last year, Facebook officially rebranded as Meta, diverting the company’s vision from the social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to the Oculus brand of virtual reality (VR) hardware. Refocusing Hardware Ambitions. Instead, Meta is preserving the hardware for developers only.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The hardware will be us,” he said. A Google spokeswoman, Kaori Miyake, said, “We’re excited to work with our partners to build a new generation of immersive computing experiences that will further elevate what users can do with Google.” ” Google and Qualcomm separately confirmed the partnership on XR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The company later joined responsible metaverse alliances such as the Washington, DC-based XR Association and the Metaverse Standards Forum. Meta plans to build inclusive products catering to diverse demographics and design hardware suited for growing accessibility needs. Putting People First.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Jaunt has become a leading provider of software and integrated hardware to the industry since they were founded in 2013, yet their main drive is pushing the boundaries of VR as a creative storytelling medium.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Over the past year, Microsoft, its Hololens, and its mixed reality toolkit (MRTK) stood on uncertain ground while the firm’s immersive research and development (R&D) branches faced cutbacks amidst general company reductions. Moreover, Microsoft is laying off roughly 10,000 jobs and dropping several hardware projects by March 2023.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Reality Labs division is crucial for Meta’s immersive roadmap. The space is where Meta commits critical research and development into XR hardware and software, including a recently teased secret pair of smart glasses. Meta’s price reductions make its 128GB Quest 2 available for $249.99

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 8, 2022

But beyond it being a term for the digital, persistent, and highly immersive virtual worlds we will become used to, what it actually is – or will be – is up for debate! A computer science degree will teach you programming, as well as the fundamentals of data and database management, how hardware works, and networking. MS, or Ph.D.)

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Along with the efforts of multinational firms, leadership has begun rallying enthusiasts and seasoned professionals in the sector to discuss the future of the immersive tech industry. Microsoft wants to bring people in and discuss what can happen in computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and immersive technology.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 21, 2022

Ihsan Anabtawi, COO and CMO for Microsoft UAE , said that the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant had demonstrated its commitment to the UAE. He continued, stating, “HoloLens 2 is a cutting-edge device that’s ahead of its time, with AI-powered holograms that respond to commands and interact with real-world surfaces in real time.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 16, 2017

With VR shooters rising in popularity and prevalence a question must be asked: is it time to start considering the moral and psychological ramifications of shooting, attacking, and ultimately killing other humans inside a hyper-immersive VR headset? The entire point of the technology is to make you feel immersed in your environment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Several companies launched devices in past three months, leading to a competitive space for immersive solutions that is set to grow not just for the providers themselves, but for the enterprises that depend on them. This will help deliver, manage, and deploy immersive solutions to achieve real-world results.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 18, 2022

The extended reality (XR) industry unveiled news on multiple fronts, from shocking shakeups to big reveals in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) hardware and software. ” Magic Leap 2 to Release on Sept 30th.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It will also “foster a vibrant AI hardware accelerator ecosystem” by increasing the number of contributions and adoptions of key software technologies. Meta has also joined the Metaverse Standards Forum , which works on building interoperability, standard file formats and hardware.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 20, 2017

” The successful candidate will work at a special Oculus research office in Redmond, Washington. However, for a virtual reality team like Facebook’s Oculus, the hiring of a psychophysicist indicates an interest in developing more immersive experiences, haptics and hardware.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

While there’s more to XR than just the potential for amazing games, the novel and fun experiences offered by immersive technologies allows all kinds of companies to reach their audience on new levels. Now, in a world empowered by immersive technology, we can experience baseball like never before.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Attendees can pick their favourite avatar for their special occasion, whether in a casual, regular, or professional setting, the Redmond, Washington-based firm explained. Mesh integrates seamlessly across Microsoft’s suite of applications and hardware options, including its flagship mixed reality (MR) headset, the HoloLens 2.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The enterprise firm aims to enter the immersive tech market as a premier provider of XR solutions. The measures also indicate more secure supply chains between the United States and China, despite the ongoing trade war between Washington and Beijing. This comes amid growing rivalry with Meta Platforms, HTC VIVE, Lenovo, and others.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 16, 2023

RealWear’s Tradition of Excellence, Innovation RealWear’s achievement at the XR Today Awards 2023 comes after the Vancouver, Washington-based company launched three novel services for its devices in April. The acclaimed device has become a mainstay in the immersive solutions industry.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2023

Several companies launched devices in past three months, leading to a competitive space for immersive solutions that is set to grow not just for the providers themselves, but for the enterprises that depend on them. This will help deliver, manage, and deploy immersive solutions to achieve real-world results.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 12, 2016

HTC recently collaborated with TIME-LIFE on “Remembering Pearl Harbor,” a VR experience commemorating the 75th anniversary of the attack with exhibitions at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City and the Newsuem in Washington D.C. The HTC Vive experiences include TheBlu and content from The Lab.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Developers from around the world will have the rare chance to step inside Valve’s offices next week when Steam Dev Days gets underway in Bellevue, Washington. SteamVR Tracking Hardware. Interestingly, this is a talk more aimed at hardware developers than software creators, though both are welcome. 1:30 pm, 12th October.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Meta’s initiative to boost the production of its metaverse hardware is expected to tap into new markets as the company pushes towards building the next iteration of the internet. The flagship headset is expected to compete with Apple’s Vision Quest Pro, leading to renewed rivalry in the immersive space.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The final demo at a day-long visit to Meta’s research offices in Washington state was easily the most memorable — true telepresence. Realizing true telepresence in consumer hardware may be one of the hardest ideas to prepare for consumers. It may also be the key to unlock VR’s killer use case.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

and I’m a Japanese national, born in Washington D.C., What are the software and hardware platform used by HADO? Go on reading, I bet you will enjoy this journey into the present and the future of location-based augmented reality entertainment. Hello Eido, introduce yourself to my readers! My name is “Eido Inoue” (in Japanese: ?????),

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 14, 2016

A less-immersive lite version is also available on mobile and tablet. The hardware will get better in next 12 to 16 months.”. STRIVR’s enterprise-focused product is a performance training platform that uses VR and AR to help educate and train in areas like sales, operations, customer service, safety, and human resources.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

VR, AR, MR, XR — those are just a few of the acronyms used to talk about exciting new immersive technologies. IMMERSION AR is largely limited to mobile phones now, with some AR headsets also in use. Unfortunately, some of the AR hardware companies like Daqri have already shut down. So why is immersion important?

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

Oculus has done a quick 180 on their position on Digital Rights Management: after repeatedly blocking patches that would enable users to access non-Oculus content, Oculus quietly updated its hardware-specific runtime and removed all evidence of that controversial DRM – and did not mention the change in its runtime notes.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 18, 2023

This allows decision-makers to work on immersive visualizations as part of their daily operations, such as reviewing iterations of a product or viewing a digitized urban area to simulate smart city initiatives. Visualization : Fundamentally, XR displays allow users to visualize digital twins in immersive environments.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

And as the cost of the hardware continues to drop , headsets could eventually be as integral to gaming consoles in the home as motion sensors were a few years ago. Immersive Testing. Where VR testing differs most from testing 2D games is that it’s immersive. Army to customize development for its HoloLens headset.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

Addressing an audience of over five thousand developers in Seattle’s Washington Convention Center, Nadella struck a soberly optimistic note; on the one hand insisting on the message he delivered last year about the great transformative power of technology, but also highlighting the monumental challenges that come with its rapid development.

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TechCrunch VR

JULY 18, 2019

By the middle of next year, we’ll have over a million Tesla cars on the road with full self-driving hardware, feature complete, at a reliability level that we would consider that no one needs to pay attention.” For instance, many companies, such as Ikea , are using augmented and virtual reality to make the shopping experience more immersive.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Alan: Hey, everyone, I'm Alan Smithson, and today we're speaking with John Martin, the CEO and co-founder of BUNDLR, an augmented reality platform company empowering training, learning, and development innovators with on-demand and mobile immersive experiences. They want immersive tools. Remember when we used to have those?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Alan: Hey, everyone, I'm Alan Smithson, and today we're speaking with John Martin, the CEO and co-founder of BUNDLR, an augmented reality platform company empowering training, learning, and development innovators with on-demand and mobile immersive experiences. They want immersive tools. Remember when we used to have those?

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” How quickly and easily you can become immersed. It has to be real-time.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 7, 2019

As I’m thinking back to it now, this was actually on HTC VIVE — first gen, which was only maybe 3, 4 years ago now — and I was so impressed with the first generation of hardware that I was like, “well, this is ready for prime time.” How quickly and easily you can become immersed. It has to be real-time.

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