VRScout

JANUARY 3, 2019

The 2019 Consumer Electronics Expo is set to kick-off this Sunday and it looks as though HTC Vive will be using the infamous Las Vegas trade show to reveal new products in its VR hardware lineup. Many believe the boxes could contain new hardware due in part to the companies use of the word “gear.”.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2024

This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. In a statement, Google announced: A few hundred roles are being eliminated in DSPA, with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2017

Now however we’re getting a little more clarity about the hardware: both will be built around Qualcomm’s VR headset reference design. Qualcomm’s VRDK reference design | Image courtesy Qualcomm. SEE ALSO How Google's Latest VR Moves Are a Major Blow to Oculus' Mobile Strategy.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Last Wednesday, augmented reality (AR) software studio Niantic partnered with Qualcomm to leverage the latter’s Snapdragon Spaces extended reality (XR) platform for geotagged immersive content and supporting hardware. Developing AR Hardware. The partnership sees Niantic integrate its Lightship Visual Positioning System (VPS)? —

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2018

Today during Magic Leap’s developer livestream the company offered the first details on the compute hardware that’s built into the device, confirming that an NVIDIA CPU/GPU module, and also showed a brief developer sample demonstrating world meshing and gesture input.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Seagate is a hardware vendor at its core, and as part of the CORTX initiative, it is also introducing the Lyve Drive Rack - a reference architecture supported by Seagate and available later this year with 20TB HAMR drives. Gallery: Seagate Unveils CORTX Object Storage Software with Lyve Drive Rack Hardware Reference Design.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

For a while now we’ve been waiting for the industry to coalesce around a standard VR hardware platform. Now Qualcomm , a leading semiconductor company which regularly releases smartphone ‘reference’ platforms from which companies build their products, aims to fill that gap in the mobile VR space.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Despite its $3,500 sticker price, Vision Pro has shown that big and expensive is okay as long as you can engage diehard fans with compelling hardware and greater ecosystem integration. Provided that carries over to Samsung hardware, it would put it somewhere north of Quest Pro in hardware features, and very likely price as well.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 30, 2023

To help Stwart highlight the benefits of Meta’s integration of Qualcomm’s XR/AR chipsets was the Head of Hardware Partnerships at Meta, Jenniffer Hom – a figure who helped bring Meta/Qualcomm devices to market. Meta takes the Snapdragon Summit 2023 Stage. Hom said: Connect was a huge success for us [Meta].

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Peter Graham

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Today, the company has taken that process by unveiling the first reference design. As with any reference design, the idea is to help foster new products using the XR2 5G platform, with OEM’s able to make use of the extra power and functionality it offers. For further updates from Qualcomm, keep reading VRFocus.

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Road to VR

MARCH 21, 2018

Qualcomm today announced their Snapdragon 845 Virtual Reality Development Kit (VRDK) reference headset will have support for Vive Wave, HTC’s open API which allows a large range of third-party headsets and peripherals access to a common platform.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. This new XR platform was far from the main focus of the event, which centered around the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone and other hardware announcements.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Product designer Eugene Nadyrshin says the ostensibly hardware agnostic controller will use custom hand-tracking models together with IMUs for sensor fusion, and include a Linear Resonant Actuators (LRA) at the back of the hand which give vibro-tactile feedback. Here’s why: Hardware is very hard, but it’s also a moat. Not happening.

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VRScout

AUGUST 25, 2022

While Zuckerberg doesn’t explicitly mention Project Cambria during the interview, it’s hard to imagine he’s talking about a different piece of hardware based on his description.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Valve’s next hardware release could be an all-in-one VR headset according to new reports circulating the web. Unlike the Valve Index, the company’s premium PC VR headset, the “Deckard,” as it’s referred to in the notes, is a wireless standalone VR headset capable of operating without the need of a dedicated PC.

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Road to VR

APRIL 6, 2017

The acclaimed VR action RPG is due to receive a large update that launches the original game out of Early Access, with brand new content and new hardware support also in the works. The post ‘Vanishing Realms’ Roadmap: New Content, Hardware Support, and 1.0 Launch on the Way appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

JULY 15, 2022

Researchers can take an image and use it as a reference point to create a virtual world, object, or person. Using various reference images, the research team of Thu Nguyen-Phuoc , Feng Liu , and Lei Xiao were able to generate stylized 3D scenes that could be used in a variety of virtual environments.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

XR hardware analyst Brad Lynch has released a new video revealing what he claims to be HTC’s next VR headset. Referred to by Lynch as the “HTC Vive Flocus,” the device supposedly features four black-and-white tracking cameras as well as one RGB passthrough camera, similar to the Pico 4.

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VRScout

JULY 1, 2021

Russian state corporation Roscosmos reveals a prototype of its new VR headset, announces additional hardware for 2021. This past February, Roscosmos, a state corporation of the Russian Federation specializing in space flight, announced that it was in production of consumer-focused VR hardware. Image Credit: Roscosmos.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Citing people familiar with the situation, the report maintains that TikTok parent ByteDance is canceling Pico’s next VR headset, or what is being referred to as ‘Pico 5’ It’s said this was in direct response to middling sales of Pico 4, the standalone released in Asia and Europe to compete with Meta Quest 2.

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VRScout

AUGUST 30, 2022

References to the Meta Quest and Meta Quest 2 were supposedly found in the latest update for the game’s third season. As for whether or not Epic can get the game up and running using Quest hardware is another matter altogether. Epic added stuff related to Oculus (Quest, Quest 2 & Mobile) in today's update.

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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2020

Along with several references to Oculus Touch and GearVR controllers, there’s also mention of an additional “Jedi” controller. We know Facebook is currently in development of their own AR headset; perhaps this “Jedi” controller is in fact a reference to onboard hand-tracking for an AR device. (Image Credit: Facebook, Oculus).

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Upload VR

APRIL 22, 2024

Quest will remain only as the hardware brand for Meta's first-party headsets. It's unclear whether any of these refer to the ASUS or Lenovo headsets, or just future potential avenues companies could take. As with Quest headsets, using them will require a Meta account. The Meta Quest Store will also be rebranded to Meta Horizon Store.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 9, 2019

This week at CES 2019 Qualcomm is showing off a new VR reference headset sporting impressive new displays that may well define the next wave of VR headsets. In many cases though, the essential foundation of the reference design can be felt in the end product. Photo by Road to VR. The similarities don’t stop there.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2020

Earlier this week Facebook’s head of AR & VR Andrew “Boz” Bosworth showed off an experimental mixed reality workspace powered via prototype Oculus hardware. Check out this next-gen office powered by Oculus’ Passthrough technology.

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Road to VR

JULY 14, 2020

It creates parts, reference designs, as well as finished white-label products for some of the biggest companies on the planet. Mainly noted for its work in acoustic components, the Weifang, China-based company reportedly played a role in the creation the optical, structural and hardware design of Microsoft’s Mixed Reality headsets.

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Upload VR

MARCH 25, 2024

Supporting the report's claims, in February a VR developer found a reference to a 'Stylus' in the Unity PolySpatial package for visionOS. Read our in-depth Apple Vision Pro hardware & software review here: UploadVR David Heaney The report doesn't however go into any specific detail on how the new device works. But does it deliver?

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Pokémon GO maker Niantic built a reference design AR headset using Qualcomm’s latest chips. Neither Niantic nor Qualcomm mentioned what device is actually running the apps on this reference design headset, but a large controller is visible in the trailer. As a reminder: this is a reference design.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

” Given the context of the document, however, it doesn’t seem that Xbox is specifically referring to XR when using the word “immersive.” ” While Xbox has mentioned XR as a future opportunity, the company’s tone is still significantly skeptical that the tech has achieved a meaningful addressable audience.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2024

Alongside the announcement of the new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip, Qualcomm also revealed its latest reference headset, a mixed reality device that’s likely the foundation of Samsung’s upcoming headset. But then there’s the parts that are usually heavily customized between the reference headset and the finished product.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The headset, which Sychov refers to as the “Somnium VR Headset”, is packed with some killer specs and designed specifically for a VR audience that doesn’t want to be tied to a specific app store or be boxed into any sort of platform restrictions. Image Credit: Somnium Space. One thing he didn’t mention, however, was pricing.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

XR hardware is on the move. So, more and more XR providers are providing cloud services in addition to their hardware and platform offerings. Generally, “the cloud” refers to remote servers that do work off of a device. Remember that Android isn’t a hardware manufacturer, but an operating system. CloudXR From NVIDIA.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2022

Since the hardware is almost ready, the company is now ramping up the development of the actual rOS (Reality OS) operating system, for the launch that may happen in 2023. Qualcomm’s new reference design is wireless. Qualcomm has released its latest reference design for AR glasses and it features an important new feature.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 2, 2020

There’s also the division of hardware and software. That last distinction is key, as global lockdowns have caused supply-chain impediments that hit hardware markets hard. Always see chart date for context, and refer to newer projections if applicable. That includes AR, VR and the enterprise and consumer subsectors of each.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The system is powered by a combination of the company’s proprietary WaveTracer hardware and software. These displays project what the company refers to as SolidLight Objects, which move, reflect, and refract realistically in physical space. billion pixels to each 3D object.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 21, 2021

As readers of this publication likely know, VR refers to technologies that immerse users in a virtual environment and cut them off from the physical world. AR refers to technologies that enhance users’ perception of reality. Therefore VR and AR terms don’t technically refer to any specific type of device.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Speaking of which, Vuzix’s new hardware represents a design target we’ll see more of. Always see chart date for context, and refer to newer projections if applicable. Always see chart date for context, and refer to newer projections if applicable. Always see chart date for context, and refer to newer data if applicable.

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