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Report: Pico to Layoff “hundreds” as Company Shifts Focus to Hardware

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While the company dismissed those rumors , a new Reuters report maintains Pico is soon set to lay off teams focused on sales, videos and platform operations, which could affect “hundreds” of employees. The post Report: Pico to Layoff “hundreds” as Company Shifts Focus to Hardware appeared first on Road to VR.

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Metaverse and Investing – Opportunities for Retail Investors Part 1: Hardware

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What I will discuss here are the investment possibilities of these new technologies. Microsoft, which apparently produces one of the best-performing augmented reality headsets on the market (HoloLens), is buying a video game production company Blizzard for a frightening amount of money: 68 billion dollars. Or of the NFT market.

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Metaverse – Expectations vs Reality, Part 1: Technological Possibilities

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So when I say metaverse, what I mean is immersive technologies + blockchain-related digital assets ( NTFs and crypto). The unrealistic expectations of the public are such because of two large series of problems: The actual technological possibilities, and. The example that Ball makes in the video above is that of a photo on Facebook.

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TikTok Parent ByteDance Partners with Qualcomm on XR Hardware and Software

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As competition with Meta grows, Qualcomm is no doubt looking to make sure it has plenty of hardware partners moving forward who will integrate those Snapdragon chips into the next generation of XR headsets.

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Is Google’s ‘Magic Window’ The Future Of Video Calls?

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It was back in 2021 that we first learned about Project Starline, an ambitious technology project from Google aimed at improving remote teleconferencing through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and light field display technology. Google’s Project Starline is back and looking better than ever. appeared first on VRScout.

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Light Field Lab Unveils Modular Holographic Video Wall

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Once considered science fiction, holographic technology has evolved at a rapid pace over the last several years. The system is powered by a combination of the company’s proprietary WaveTracer hardware and software. The post Light Field Lab Unveils Modular Holographic Video Wall appeared first on VRScout.

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Niantic And Sony Are Partnering On Audio AR Technology

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Ingress Prime is now getting a serious update thanks to an amazing new partnership with Niantic and Sony that will blend Niantic’s real-world AR technology with Sony’s latest audio hardware, a wireless headphone called “LinkBuds,” to immerse players even deeper into a game that uses both the real world and a virtual world as a playing field.

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