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MAY 8, 2017

The best examples of this are the Magic Leap prototypes, Microsoft Hololens and Qualcomm’s VR reference design. Companies like Microsoft completely missed the smartphone market, even after trying to buy into it with their acquisition of Nokia, which was too little too late.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years by producing solutions such as Microsoft Mesh and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams. The company’s flagship mixed reality headset offering is the HoloLens series.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 19, 2020

Microsoft admits display problems on HoloLens 2. Microsoft negated the issue, but now, after continuous reporting from users, it has been forced to admit it. That’s a great win for the XR community, also because after having acknowledged the issue, Microsoft will have to work in actively solving it. News worth a mention.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! Image by Microsoft). So many memories… who was there already in VR with me?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Also keep in mind that there are plenty of private companies worth investing in, and some public companies listed below have invested in them like Magic Leap who has investments to the tune of $1.39 Samsung – KRX: 005930 – GearVR (partnership with Oculus VR) and 360 Camera. Public Companies involved in VR. Unconfirmed.

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Upload VR

JUNE 9, 2023

Google chickened out , Microsoft got distracted , and it's totally understandable if you lost interest in VR when they did. Yes, Google might still be resurgent with Android, powered by Owlchemy's insights and Samsung's hardware , and other companies might surprise with a novel strategy too. Vision Pro did AR in VR that well.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2018

This business strategy of selling to few people for a high price has completely sense , considering that all the device has been conceived to add all the features that could make it compelling mostly for professionals. Magic Leap releases its SDK. It is so possible to start creating your Magic Leap application.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me. What about Magic Leap ?

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

When I worked at Microsoft I got in trouble with the lawyers over patents so they made me sleep with a lawyer (true story, that was my punishment). I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Why am I so confident? Disclaimer.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Obviously they do microtargeting and use Facebook and Twitter and Instagram to try and find people in context, but they also use different strategies for getting people to make content for them. But I think the companies that Microsoft included in the survey were those large companies that have innovation offices.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

Obviously they do microtargeting and use Facebook and Twitter and Instagram to try and find people in context, but they also use different strategies for getting people to make content for them. But I think the companies that Microsoft included in the survey were those large companies that have innovation offices.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2024

Saudi Arabia-owned Magic Leap took $500+ million more from the "sovereign" investment arm of the state to continue developing its technologies for transparent optical AR. Microsoft formally killed its PC VR platform.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

GB: Magic Leap is a big presence in the AR discussion. Outside of the sort of people in this room and in the games press, I don’t think most people know what Magic Leap is. When you talk about investment, certainly Magic Leap has garnered the most, but ODG just closed a big round. Image Credit: Microsoft.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Alan: Today’s guest is Jacob Lowenstein, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Spatial. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Alan: Today’s guest is Jacob Lowenstein, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Spatial. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 26, 2019

Alan: Today's guest is Jacob Lowenstein, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Spatial. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. Jacob, welcome to the show.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 24, 2022

Google is also hiring high-profile people for it, like Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, and Paul Greco, the previous CTO of Magic Leap. Image by Microsoft). Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7B. Other relevant news. News worth a mention. Image by Varjo).

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. So Microsoft said, “hey, let’s make it out-of-the-box useful. He also helped form Super Ventures, which is a platform and V.C. firm investing in AR solutions.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. So Microsoft said, “hey, let’s make it out-of-the-box useful. He also helped form Super Ventures, which is a platform and V.C. firm investing in AR solutions.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

To get some insight into those numbers, I moderated a panel on investing in virtual reality and augmented reality at Greenlight Insights’ recent Virtual Reality Strategy conference in San Francisco. It needs to have a strategy to survive. Above: Samsung’s Gear 360 and Gear VR headset. It focuses on media, AR/VR, and A.I.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 24, 2019

He’s built AR system prototypes for Samsung, and had long executive and technical careers in mobile software infrastructure before jumping into AR back in 2009. So Microsoft said, “hey, let’s make it out-of-the-box useful. He also helped form Super Ventures, which is a platform and V.C. firm investing in AR solutions.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. I think the three-degrees-of-freedom [3Dof] sets — like the Go and the Samsung Gear VR before it — are very well-suited for video viewing, that sort of thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

I'd say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and Magic Leap. Alan: Although Magic Leap did publish some photos of a model wearing the Magic Leap glasses the other day. So they're. We have a number of reports available.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Billion & mind you i haven't added the overall population of #asia.Ignore us at your own risk #facebook #microsoft & the curators of those lists. Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. However, in June 2020, a U.S. 16- Vinay Narayan. 17- Helen Situ. 23- Kathryn Yu.

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