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Report Casts Doubt on HoloLens 3, Microsoft Says AR Headset is “doing great”

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This comes alongside an alleged partnership with Samsung that would see the development of a wholly new consumer AR device that is rumored to tether to a Samsung smartphone. In any case, Samsung’s reported partnership with Microsoft sounds like very familiar territory for the South Korean tech powerhouse.

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Job Simulator Devs Say They Feel 'Vindicated' By Apple Vision Pro's Approach To VR

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Asked about the studio's hand tracking focus and how Apple Vision Pro uses hand tracking as its primary control method, Eiche believes Apple's system feels like "huge vindication" for Owlchemy's strategy. "We Owlchemy Labs has a prominent history when it comes to hand-tracking controls.

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Which XR-Ready Network Carriers Are Preparing for 6G?

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Most experts agree 5G connections can help to reduce latency, and boost the realism of immersive experiences. Samsung even launched its new “6G Research Group” in October 2022, based on Seung’s belief that the mobile devices of tomorrow would be fundamentally changed by the benefits of 6G. What Will 6G Really Do for XR?

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Qualcomm’s New VR Headset Could the Reference Platform We’ve Been Waiting For

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Anshel is currently Associate Analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy where he has multiple areas of coverage including a heavy coverage of VR. The Adreno 530 GPU, which is already part of the Snapdragon 820, is capable of running Vulkan and other APIs that can squeeze the most performance and lowest latency out of the hardware.

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Big XR News from NATO, Google, Adobe, and Apple

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In the wake of MR headsets and software coming soon, Google and Samsung quickly reacted – internally – in a bid to create a competing device with an apparent lack of direction. The insiders noted how the partnership led to Samsung taking over product feature design decisions, creating a standstill in development.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.31): Roblox released on Quest, Apple bringing back investments in VR, and more!

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I think that the upcoming release of Quest 3, and the increasing rumors about Samsung are going to improve our situation even more. It has basically created a whole ecosystem of its own through strategic investments : I’m very curious to see what is the final goal of this strategy. Let’s all hope so. More info (Somnium Space 3.0

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The MR Headsets Market Map for 2023

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Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.