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HTC Files Trademark For ‘Vive Cosmos’

VRScout

Details include a ‘head mounted display for computer simulated reality.’. While the description itself doesn’t explicitly state that the trademark is related to VR, phrases such as “head mounted display for computer simulated reality” and “optical devices,” indicate that immersive technology is more than likely involved.

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The Headset Manufacturers Making the Best AR and VR Accessories

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Oculus sells battery packs and prescription lenses for the Quest. However, both of these models bring strengths that are likely to become a part of the future of AR wearables as we know them. Many industry analysts and experts agree that large-scale adoption will take place when Apple releases head-mounted displays.

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How Much is Facebook Investing in Spatial Computing?

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More importantly, this aligns with the timeframe that followed its 2014 Oculus acquisition. billion for a representative baseline of pre-Oculus spending. Where it gets more interesting is panning back to a longer time period in which R&D efforts had time to gear up, including Oculus Reality Labs in Seattle, led by Michael Abrash.

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The Latest Oculus Quest 2 Update Packs Some Big Upgrades for Work and Gaming

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After launching the Quest 2 last fall, Oculus has returned to give its flagship VR headset some major upgrades for both work and gaming thanks to new support for 120Hz refresh rates, updates to Infinite Office, and wireless tethering for PCs. Read more.

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VITURE Earns $10m in Series A Fundraiser

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The news comes after the company earned over $3 million USD via a Kickstarter campaign, receiving the highest level of funding for crowdfunded XR device, topping the Oculus Rift. The news comes after the head-mounted display showcased at the 2022 Material Matters Design Fair, hosted by the London Design Festival this week.

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Virtual Reality vs Augmented Reality: Understanding 6 Key Differences

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The system creates everything in the user’s environment, which may be exhibited inside a blank room via head-mounted displays (HMDs) or other equipment that helps users feel they are physically inside the virtual world. The second sort of VR headset contains uses your phone and utilizes its display as its own.

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How Brain-Computer Interfaces Can Deliver On VR’s Promises

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From Rift to Apple Watch to Snap Spectacles, the trend is toward wearable computing. While BCIs are already commonly used in medical devices, it is now, with the advent of wearable computing, that their potential could be fully realized. We all want to live our Jedi dreams, but the Oculus Touch controllers are not quite “the Force.”