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The XR Week Peek (2020.06.13): Magic Leap exploring a sale, events are going virtual and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap is on sale. A report on Bloomberg informed us all that Magic Leap is exploring a sale of the company. The sales never skyrocketed and now Magic Leap is in desperate need of cash , after many layoffs, disappointing sales, and having put its IP as collaterals to a bank.

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The Most Important Upcoming AR/VR Events This Year

ARPost

The event aims to discuss the impact and opportunities for XR across a number of industries including architecture, design, medicine, education, training, science, art, and entertainment. Back for its fifth edition, the event activities include talks, panels, various AR and VR experiences, workshops, a trade floor, and exhibition.

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IDC Predicts Surge in AR and VR Headset Shipments

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

VR sales are also being pushed up by its use cases expanding from gaming into design, training, and more. Take the HUSH team, for example, which recently used Magic Leap Workshop to view installation plans for a building development in 3D that gave them, for the first time, a true sense of scale. percent CAGR.

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XR Training Offers Major Boost to Learner Outcomes, CWRU Exec Says

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

IGS and the Future of XR Training. Several of the world’s biggest tech giants, including Meta Platforms, Sony, Agora, HTC VIVE, Unity Technologies, Qualcomm, Magic Leap, Lenovo, and many others joined the event.

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Snapdragon AR2 to Empower AR Devices, Qualcomm Says

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Brian Vogelsang : Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen tremendous adoption of VR for commercial use cases in verticals like health and wellness, training and immersive learning, and others. Other devices from Magic Leap and Microsoft’s HoloLens headsets offer deeper levels of immersion.

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How Mozilla is working on the (privacy-safe) immersive web of the future

The Ghost Howls

We also have an older build for Magic Leap, but currently there are technical limitations preventing third party browsers on that platform. The dream of moving games, video, training and social experiences from flat screens to the 3D world around us is finally becoming possible on a wide scale. Mozilla Hubs.

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XRA Appoints Magic Leap Chief to Board of Directors

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

These now include Magic Leap , VoxelSensors, XR Village, and Kaper. For Magic Leap, Daniel Diez, Chief Transformation Officer, Magic Leap will represent the Plantation, Florida-based firm on the XRA’s Board of Directors.