UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

However, while rivals like Google , Microsoft and Sony are already well on their immersive way, Apple remains silent on what its immersive projects may be. The patent is for a “wearable information system having at least one camera.” The patent is for a “wearable information system having at least one camera.”

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Part 1 : The two biggest barriers holding wearable displays back are visual quality and device comfort, which hinge on the display and optics technology. Microsoft Hololens 2 attempts to use a laser scanner paired to a diffractive waveguide with disappointing results to the visual quality. Image Source: Microsoft.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Advancements in Hardware and Wearables Spatial computing solutions rely on a combination of intuitive hardware and powerful software. It’s not just wearable hardware that’s evolving, either.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’re already seeing aspects of spatial computing emerge in everything from collaborative platforms like Microsoft Teams to smartphones. Advancements in Hardware and Wearables Spatial computing solutions rely on a combination of intuitive hardware and powerful software. It’s not just wearable hardware that’s evolving, either.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What’s Holding Wearable Displays Back? Here we use the term “AR glasses” broadly to reference head-worn devices that allow you to directly see the real world as well as digital content, whether basic 2D content or more immersive 3D experiences tied to the real world, sometimes called Mixed Reality. by Jason McDowall.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Army’s $22 billion 10-year contract with Microsoft to supply battle-grade Hololens units. Always see chart date for context, and refer to newer projections if applicable. Always see chart date for context, and refer to newer projections if applicable. Figures reflect market factors at the time of creation. Starting Point.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It’s an umbrella term referring to various technologies influencing how we interact with computer systems. Sensors use IoT technology and can be built into everything from standalone systems to wearable headsets and smartphones. Spatial computing isn’t just another word for an XR headset or experience.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 28, 2020

We also highlighted some of the multi-layered challenges in making truly wearable displays viable for everyday use. The challenge of redirecting light within see-through wearable displays gets harder from here. Image source: Microsoft. You’re One in a Million. For the vast majority of us, our eyes are spaced about 6.4

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

While wearable technologies, including wearable XR, didn’t exactly “blow up” this year, the technology did further entrench itself in enterprise—the number of companies in the evaluation stage rose significantly, several large deployments made headlines, and solution providers continued to partner and expand their products to more platforms.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With the debut of Vision Pro and spatial computing hitting the mainstream, audiences could reasonably assume that firms with established XR projects and products, such as Microsoft or Snap, would re-establish their investments in XR. Profoundly suggesting that Microsoft is dropping support for the product.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

With the debut of Vision Pro and spatial computing hitting the mainstream, audiences could reasonably assume that firms with established XR projects and products, such as Microsoft or Snap, would re-establish their investments in XR. Profoundly suggesting that Microsoft is dropping support for the two products.

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ARVR

JUNE 9, 2021

Microsoft Microsoft is one of the few companies that has approached augmented reality wearables more successfully. We expect to see Microsoft still at work for a long time in this area and we think it can succeed where it has failed with mobile devices.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Facebook came with the Oculus Quest 1 & 2 , then Microsoft with the Hololens2 with hand tracking capabilities; but there are limitations in dealing with occlusions and in tracking outside the camera’s field of view on the headset. VRFree System by Sensoryx Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How AR/VR Are Transforming the Real Estate Industry 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week, VR and MR device vendor Goertek partnered with hand-tracking experts Ultraleap to announce a VR/MR headset reference design that follows from Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 chipset revealment yesterday – where Qualcomm also revealed the new reference design.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

this year the AR industry is forced to take its head out of the “AR Cloud” and come to terms with just how hard it is really is to usher in our wearable AR future. Reference designs from Flex, Qualcomm and Microsoft offer the enterprise the resources they need to create AR headworn devices that meet the specific needs of their industry.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 5, 2021

confirmed with the company that it may not be a Niantic-branded pair of glasses, but a reference design that Niantic is building with Qualcomm since 2019. This pairs well with a piece of news from mid-2020, where Niantic said that it intended to build a reference design, but not its own Pokemon Go glasses. Well played, Microsoft.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

With all the phone and watch and TV and game and chip and other chip news coming out of Apple’s big event, it was easy to forget the company’s longest-running background process: an augmented-reality wearable. A third codename, Garta, seems to refer to a testing mode rather than a specific device.). That’s by design.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The camera uses the patterns on the actual book as a reference to display the AR content, a technology that is often used today on Snapchat and Instagram. From a software engineering standpoint, Microsoft Hololence’s development is based on the Microsoft technology stack and Azure Cloud.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Qualcomm recognises this trend alongside Meta, Microsoft, and others. Moreover, to assist partnering firms with developing AR wearables leading into 2024, the firm is debuting a smart glasses reference platform which gives partners a starting point in developing AR headsets.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Meta has not officially answered this report, but Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of the company, has indirectly commented on it: “ We’re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech?—?like Microsoft will for sure keep pushing for immersive realities and “the metaverse”, but in a completely different way.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 8, 2024

As companies continue to discover new methods for producing lightweight, wearable devices, the number of immersive tools in this landscape is growing. Read up on Goertek news here. → Explore Goertek XReal Focusing on the augmented reality landscape, XReal produces lightweight, wearable devices for consumers and businesses alike.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

References found in Quest 2 firmware hint to Quest Pro features. References found in the Oculus Quest 2 firmware by users Reggy04 and Basti564 highlight how the Quest 2 Pro should have: Eyes tracking Facial expressions tracking Eye relief knob Granular IPD adjustment External charging station. Top news of the week. Image by Facebook).

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

According to the Post, that last point on the ecosystem refers to a “new, previously unannounced version of the Android operating system meant specifically to power devices such as wearable displays.”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

To further enhance the user experience, Apple is launching an accompanying App Store for the Vision Pro solely for XR software, allowing users to quickly download productivity solutions for working, peer-to-peer collaboration, and viewing reference material.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Smartglasses are to glasses as smartwatches are to watches—that is, they’re a wearable device capable of presenting useful information to the user. Image courtesy Microsoft. Examples of AR Headsets: Microsoft HoloLens. What Are Smartglasses? Image courtesy Google. Examples of Smartglasses: Everysight Raptor. Intel Vaunt.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Many major tech organizations such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are currently working on different types of smart glasses or headsets which are more affordable and widely available to consumers, which will eventually change how we view and interact with the world around us.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). Augmented Reality References Helen Papagiannis. Offloading Guidelines for Augmented Reality Applications on Wearable Devices. 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake. Here is the link. Ronald Azuma.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 8, 2024

Moreover, with the device’s debut, Apple will also launch an accompanying App Store, allowing Vision Pro users to quickly download immersive solutions catering to productivity, notably for working, peer-to-peer collaboration, and viewing reference material.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 24, 2020

Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Snap and Qualcomm are all making significant investments.” In the interest of time and brevity, we’ll refer you to McDowall’s calculations which we separately examined recently. Lots of that is likely going to AR & VR. Then there’s Magic Leap.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

Over the last two years, metaverse technologies have matured due to investments from firms such as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Epic Games, and many others. This refers to the plethora of design tools and applications used by developers and content creators to produce digital resources, immersive experiences, and other assets.

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ARVR

JULY 7, 2020

User experience for wearables in general, and for VR headsets in particular, is a two-fold concept. In this article, I refer to VR UX design with regard to the soft side of the experience. Weak user experience is one of the key barriers to the mass adoption of VR applications. The First No-Headset Virtual Monitor 3.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 4, 2023

As companies continue to discover new methods for producing lightweight, wearable devices, the number of immersive tools in this landscape is growing. Today, the market for smart glasses is growing at a CAGR of 10.3%, expected to reach a value of around $12.76 Microsoft has said it will be continuing it’s MR strategy going forward.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

To further enhance the user experience, Apple is launching an accompanying App Store for the Vision Pro solely for XR software, allowing users to quickly download productivity solutions for working, peer-to-peer collaboration, and viewing reference material.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Though mixed reality is evolving at a slightly slower rate than augmented and virtual reality, market leaders like Microsoft are beginning to introduce the world to what the future of MR could really look like. Microsoft is perhaps one of the companies most effective at defining MR today. million – a CAGR of 41.8%. MR Definition.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 3, 2023

The new hands-free wearable device is a step up from the prior generation with its enhanced viewability. aR is the technology that underpins industrial wearables. In January of this year, RealWear announced the launch of the RealWear Navigator 520 to empower and engage frontline workers to achieve more in an increasingly complex world.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

As companies continue to discover new methods for producing lightweight, wearable devices, the number of immersive tools in this landscape is growing. Today, the market for smart glasses is growing at a CAGR of 10.3%, expected to reach a value of around $12.76 billion by 2030.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications (FIT) together with various partners from industry including Apple, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Son y has confirmed the release and official adoption of H.266/Versatile Not a great evolution from Microsoft. Read about Google experiments with AR and wearables.

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