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Samsung and partners tease new XR headset

Hypergrid Business

Samsung, in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, has announced plans to develop a new extended reality product. I myself switched from Apple to Samsung in 2015 specifically for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. But when Samsung cancelled the project, I switched to the Google Pixel to stay close to Google’s VR platform.

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Samsung To Develop New XR Hardware In Partnership With Qualcomm, Google

Upload VR

During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. This new XR platform was far from the main focus of the event, which centered around the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone and other hardware announcements.

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Microsoft’s ‘DreamWalker’ Turns Everyday Commutes Into VR Walking Experiences

VRScout

Earlier this week during the ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology in New Orleans, Microsoft unveiled a prototype system that uses a combination of VR, GPS-based inside-out tracking, and pre-authored digital worlds to create dynamic VR experiences layered over actual walking routes located throughout the real-world. “To

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VR makes Checking Behind the Scene of Swimsuit Sports Illustrated possible

VRWorld

Courtesy of the LIFE VR app in the Microsoft Store, Swimsuit Editor MJ Day will offer viewers a behind-the-scenes look at how the issue was created. The experience is also available on LIFE VR’s channel on Samsung VR for the Gear VR headset and in the LIFE VR Windows MR app. For more information visit time.com/lifevr.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.05): HP and Canon reveal new XR enterprise headsets, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

But after some initial growth, the platform never took off, and Gear VR , thanks to the push from Samsung (one of the best brands of Android phones) and its great catalog of content (funded by Facebook), won the battle. News from partners (and friends).

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Bundling the Best of AR with Ease of Use, with BundlAR’s John Martin

XR for Business Podcast

Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. And he, with the new phones -- the iPhone 12, and the iPad, and the Samsung Galaxy S20 and up -- they all have infrared scanners on them now. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University.

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Bundling the Best of AR with Ease of Use, with BundlAR’s John Martin

XR for Business Podcast

Google gave a grant to the DuSable Museum in Chicago, so they wanted to reboot the Mayor Harold Washington exhibit. And he, with the new phones -- the iPhone 12, and the iPad, and the Samsung Galaxy S20 and up -- they all have infrared scanners on them now. It could have been a prospective student tour at Arizona State University.

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