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We Tried Snap’s AR Glasses And Had Our Minds Blown

VRScout

Snap has opted instead to distribute hardware to a select group of creators familiar with Lens Studio , the company’s Lens-building software. Unlike existing AR headsets such as the Magic Leap 2 or Microsoft HoloLens, the Spectacles feature a discrete, light-weight design more akin to glasses than a headset.

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Metaverse Law: Unravelling the Future of Online Interactions

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Although primary, extended reality (XR) firms like Meta face ongoing hurdles with their refocused Metvaerse and immersive hardware ambitions. Some firms like Magic Leap accused Nreal of stealing technology by Magic Leap in a now thrown-out case. Metaverse and XR Investigations. Data Processing Oversight.

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Big XR News from Microsoft: AI, MR, and the Industrial Metaverse

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 to Debut in September This week, Microsoft partnered with Magic Leap and Qualcomm, which sees the firms take equal stakes in scaling Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Toolkit 3 ( MRTK3 ) for developers and enterprise partners. Magic Leap hopes to drive the scalability and flexibility of MRTK3.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.07): new Quest is coming at $299 and $399, NVIDIA RTX3070 is powerful and affordable and more!

The Ghost Howls

These new pieces of hardware are based on the new Ampere architecture , which offers a big boost in performance compared with the previous Turing one. Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap now is worth a bit more than $450M. Magic Leap and its magic drop. News worth a mention. Learn more.

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All the best AR/VR news from CES 2023

The Ghost Howls

But still, this is a pretty unique piece of hardware. I think this news is very interesting because we finally see an entrant in the XR space also from India , after so many headsets manufactured in the US, Europe, and China. SHARP is looking for tier-1 hardware manufacturers to sell them the components with which to build the devices.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

The Ghost Howls

Google can count on the acquisition of North, the experience he has matured by producing Google Glass and investing in Magic Leap, and the fact that it owns the most-used mobile operating system. Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me. What about Magic Leap ?

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Suzanne Borders says it all on being a female entrepreneur in XR

The Ghost Howls

In yesterday’s part , she detailed what BadVR does and why she’s so interested in the Magic Leap One device. From a consumer standpoint of making this technology attractive to consumers , the very most important thing and something I’m super passionate about is giving people understanding of utility of the hardware.

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