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Post-Pandemic, Augmented Reality Serves Entertainment With Its Re-Emergence

ARPost

Incredibly secular and in need of the right software and hardware components to get off the ground, AR as we know it wouldn’t see major leaps in the public sector until the mid 2010s. In 2014, Google Glass launched–to much fanfare, and nascent jokes online–quickly followed by the original Microsoft HoloLens.

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Rumor: Apple Reportedly Suspends Work on Consumer AR Headset

Road to VR

Apple continuously advertises a number of job positions dealing with AR software and hardware. At three successive WWDC dev conferences, the company has also showcased iterative versions of ARKit, the iOS-based augmented reality developer tool. SEE ALSO Apple Offers Impressive Web-based AR Previews of New Mac Pro.

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‘Driver4VR’ Emulates Vive Trackers With Kinect for Cheap VR Body Tracking

Road to VR

Since the launch of the Vive Tracker earlier this year, impressive full-body motion capture has been demonstrated through the use of three Tracker units , in combination with the two tracked controllers and headset.

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What’s ‘Nex’ for the Immersive Gaming Industry?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Commonly used for creating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, motion capturing (mocap) has rapidly become a mainstay in the extended reality (XR) market, employed on the latest headsets. In our discussion, we explore the rise of immersive motion-capturing technologies for the gaming industry.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.12). Quest 3 fully leaked, new Rumors on Valve, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The piece of news that made people hope for a close release is the recent radio certification that Valve has obtained in Korea for its new unknown hardware device. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses.

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LG, Oorbit Partner for Smart TV Metaverse Solution

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Pooya Koosha, Oorbit’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder , said that his company had been building hardware, software, and networking layers for the Metaverse for over ten years. Microsoft explained at the Immerse Global Summit’s Metaverse 2.0 Oorbit, LG Explore Metaverse Infrastructure.

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Apple Teases Reality Pro Specs, Disney Partnership

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

It also debuted numerous creator tools, including a motion capture (mocap) system for small content creators. Walt Disney-Snap AR Partnership Recently, the Walt Disney Company partnered with several AR enterprises, including Snap for immersive tools for its product lineups.

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