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Report: Meta in Talks with Magic Leap for Multiyear AR Headset Tech Deal

Road to VR

The AR unicorn is said to possess valuable IP regarding custom components, including its optics, waveguides, and software. ” Since it exited stealth in 2014, Magic Leap has released two AR headsets, Magic Leap 1 and Magic Leap 2, which have been compared in functionality to Microsoft’s HoloLens AR headsets.

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Magic Leap And Google Announce AR Partnership

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Samsung is also building a headset with Google powering the software, but Samsung's device is expected to be a VR-style headset with passthrough cameras like Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3. If you're unfamiliar, Magic Leap is an AR headset company, majority owned by Saudi Arabia since last year. Why Magic Leap?

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Boeing, Microsoft Back Australia’s Air Force with HoloLens M&O Tool

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

USAF engineers used Microsoft’s mixed reality headset, the HoloLens 2, to conduct the field test. Lockheed planes such as the T-50 will receive enhancements with Prepar3D software simulator suite to support training programmes for the fighter jet. How do we help deployed forces stay mission ready?

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Can the Industrial Metaverse, XR Build Future Smart Cities?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Digit Group , a New York City-based firm, has developed smart city planning solutions and technological integrations, leading to the development of massive infrastructure projects like Saudi Arabia’s NEOM megacity. For software, they were working with startup companies like Microsoft and Adobe.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.23): Apple Vision Pro preorders have been opened, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

But we still learned something new, like the fact that there are 3 possible storage options (from 128GB to 1TB), that it has 16GB RAM, and that it uses the M2 chipset with 10 GPU cores. On the software side, it supports AirPlay , so you can make other people see what you are doing in the headset if you want. There is even Microsoft Word!

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What is the Influence of Major Corporations in XR and Spatial Computing?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Microsoft and Zoom have also released their respective apps into the Vision Pro this week. Magic Leap has also secured roughly $590 million through Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund this year, launching the firm’s valuation to more than $4.5 It’s still more or less the game of of Microsoft.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

But there’s gonna be the makers of the of the actual hardware, but then there’s going to be solutions providers, like companies like Upscale, where they’re actually providing kind of the software back-end and other companies– Charlie: They are Reflect. ” Alan: Got it. Alan: That’s very important.

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