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Saudi Arabia to Boost Tourism Sector with AR Navigation Technology

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

announced a partnership with AI Safer to enhance customer experiences for visitors to Saudi Arabian museums and tourist attractions. The region is undergoing Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030 “, an initiative to boost its cultural and tourism sector. Today, ARway.ai

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Magic Leap Gets Half-billion Dollar Boost Ahead of Vision Pro Launch

Road to VR

Saudi Arabia has recently injected more than half a billion dollars into augmented reality company Magic Leap, which it hopes will rival Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset.

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Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund Takes Control of Magic Leap

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The augmented reality (AR) headset manufacturer gained $450 million from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF).

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No-Code VR Training Backing Future of Turkish Healthcare, RoT Studios Says

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have led the charge in adopting and developing immersive solutions. Selda Bagdat Bahadir : For us, it’s a win-win relationship, and we typically consider it an obstacle to the development of ecosystems to separate content and hardware.

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RealWear Unveil Thermal Imaging Smart Glasses at MWC ’24

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

This week at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona, leaders in immersive frontline hardware and wearables, RealWear, will reveal its new XR headset with an integrated thermal camera to support health and safety expectations in challenging production environments. The Navigator Z1 is RealWear’s most innovative.

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Apple may have given us a hint at its AR/VR headset’s name

TechCrunch VR

The filings asked for the rights related to the use of health assessment and monitoring using VR/AR, designs and development in computer hardware, providing access to databases, educational provisions, photographic and optical instruments and more. Australia, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Magic Leap 2 to Release on Sept 30th

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Hardware distributor Insight is handling the release of the Magic Leap 2 and in September, the device will drop globally in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Saudi Arabia. The firm is making the Magic Leap 2 product commercially available on September 30 this year.