GizModo VR

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Oil-producing heavyweight Saudi Arabia recently unveiled a new tactic: making oil rigs look cool. It seems that the world’s largest oil producing countries will stop at nothing to keep drilling, despite the fact that doing so aggravates climate change and its devastating effects. Read more.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2022

The company also revealed the official specs of the device which you’ll find below: The Magic Leap 2 will be available for purchase on September 30th through select partners in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with plans for release in Japan and Singapore by the end of the year.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2023

Its majority stakeholder is Saudi Arabia’s state-owned sovereign wealth fund. .” 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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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2023

The well-funded company, which has amassed $4 billion in funds to date, has recently taken on $450 million from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund , giving the country a majority share in the US-based augmented reality company. It has since released Magic Leap 2 , which is largely targeted at enterprise.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It’s not clear how many regions this is available in, but beyond the US we’ve also spotted the deal on Amazon in Australia, Mexico, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Oculus Quest 2 (256GB) ‘Renewed Premium’ – $350 (13% discount). Image courtesy Facebook.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Live Garment Transfer” Lenses also allow AR try-ons of the official team kit for five teams – USMNT, France, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, and Qatar. There are also new World Cup-themed Cameos that help to put you in the action as well. Other Experiences Across the Snap Universe.

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GizModo VR

JULY 29, 2021

Scientists investigating a dried-up lava tube in northwestern Saudi Arabia were stunned to find a huge assemblage of bones belonging to horses, asses, and even humans. It was a feast to last a lifetime, and then many lifetimes after that, and the researchers who excavated the site believe they know the identity of the… Read more.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2022

On September 30th Magic Leap 2 will release first in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Saudi Arabia. The company expects the headset to launch in Japan and Singapore by the end of the year. Magic Leap 2 Specs. Image courtesy Magic Leap. 70 degrees.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2022

Trademark applications were filed earlier this month in the US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and Uruguay for three names: Reality One, Reality Pro, and Reality Processor, Bloomberg reports.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The augmented reality (AR) headset manufacturer gained $450 million from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF).

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Internet service in Yemen has been taken completely offline after an airstrike by military forces led by Saudi Arabia on a telecommunications building early Friday, according to the web monitoring group NetBlocks. Read more.

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Next Reality AR

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Speaking at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Magic Leap's chief product officer, Omar Khan, revealed that the Magicverse SDK 1.0 release is scheduled to drop in the first quarter of 2020. Don't Miss: The Future of the AR Cloud — a Thousand Walled Gardens Bloom A slide.

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GizModo VR

JULY 27, 2022

An Egyptian TikToker living in Saudi Arabia was arrested this week by capital police in Riyadh, who claimed she made sexually suggestive comments to another woman in a live video and accused her of negatively affecting public morality. Read more.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson took the stage at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this past week to talk a bit about her time as the company’s new leader.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 10, 2022

A former Twitter employee was convicted on six of his original 11 counts of operating as an agent for Saudi Arabia. What does it cost to sell out and hand over the private information of the critics for a despotic regime? Apparently $300,000 and a nice watch. The verdict came down late Tuesday, and all that’s left is… Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It snowed in the Middle East on Wednesday, covering parts of Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, and Israel in rare white blanket. The region is known more for being dry and hot than snowstorms. But a huge dip in the jet stream similar to what’s happening in Texas allowed polar air to plunge from… Read more.

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Next Reality AR

APRIL 3, 2018

It turns out that the government of Saudi Arabia has managed to do something last month's Game Developers Conference couldn't — give us a few new glimpses of the Magic Leap One being worn by someone other than Shaq.

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Road to VR

JULY 7, 2020

A recent $350 million funding round has ensured the company more runway as it no doubt strives to justify its already massive $3 billion funding, which has arrived from sources including Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, AT&T, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and Axel Springer. Image courtesy Microsoft.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered seven well-preserved footprints belonging to humans. Dated to around 120,000 years ago, these appear to be the oldest evidence of our species in the region. Read more.

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Voices of VR

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I also wanted to learn a bit more about what’s happening with VR in Saudi Arabia, as she was one of five selected projects amongst a tout of 231 in a competition there. I had a chance to briefly catch up with Karim at IDFA DocLab 2022 to hear more about her journey into VR & immersive storytelling.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 5, 2023

Countries such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have led the charge in adopting and developing immersive solutions. Turkey’s growing immersive technology community has led to a rise in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 3, 2021

Oil-producing heavyweights like Russia and Saudi Arabia will not go quietly into the night. This week, ministers from those and other countries slammed the latest report from the International Energy Agency calling for all new oil and gas development to stop by next year, using some pretty heated (and funny) rhetoric. Read more.

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2019

With Lens Studios 2.1, So far, creators have used Landmarkers to cover NYC’s Flatiron Building in an enormous pepperoni pizza, turn LA’s Chinese Theater into a junk food paradise, and bring Paris’ Eiffel Tower to life as a wiggling cartoon character who vomits rainbows.

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Road to VR

MARCH 7, 2018

The post Magic Leap Raises $461M in New Funding Led by Saudi Arabia’s Investment Arm appeared first on Road to VR. .” Magic Leap says they’re on track to release Magic Leap One sometime in 2018 , the company’s AR headset unveiled in December last year.

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AR Insider

JULY 19, 2021

France and Saudi Arabia. . –– 61 percent say that the ability to share a branded AR experience is important to them. As for the report details and methodology, Snap and Publicis commissioned market research firm Alter Agents to conduct a three-part survey in the U.S., The survey sample includes 1000 consumers, aged 13-49.

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Road to VR

MAY 2, 2019

The company’s penultimate investment round netted the AR startup $461 million in March 2018, led by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign investment arm. With Docomo’s $280 million investment, Magic Leap’s total investment comes to a cool $2.6 billion, according to Crunchbase.

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Road to VR

MAY 31, 2018

The VR app is said hit the respective app stores closer to the first match, which starts on June 14th with the Russia vs. Saudi Arabia match to kick it off. . “Users will be transported to a fully immersive stadium experience, through headsets, as if they are sitting in their own hospitality box,” reports BBC Sports.

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EON Reality

MAY 25, 2020

Saudi Students have developed this Virtual and Augmented Reality Homework consisting of The Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Is Virtual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca a solution during Pandemic time?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 10, 2023

The news comes after Magic Leap’s leadership faced a huge restructuring after major investments from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). People can annotate their physical settings with schematics, labels, and other collaborative assets. Magic Leap Headset Updates.

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Road to VR

MAY 29, 2020

Since its founding in 2011, Magic Leap has amassed over $3 billion in capital from investors such as Google, Saudi Arabia’s Venture Capital Fund, Alibaba, and Axel Springer, making it one of the most well-funded startups in tech history.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 29, 2022

Snapchat Plus is rolling out next week in the following markets: United States, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 5, 2022

But what about Saudi Arabia ? These Russian state-run accounts will no longer be promoted by Twitter's algorithm in users' home timelines, explore tabs, or in search. Twitter's new rules are pretty vague. Russia clearly checks the boxes outlined by the new policy. The United States ?

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TechCrunch VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Australia, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and Uruguay. Immersive Health Solutions was incorporated in February 2022 and was registered by the Corporation Trust Co., another shell company, it’s assumed, based on ties to a lawyer with ties to Apple and the company’s past filing processes.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 8, 2022

The news comes amid a series of fresh extended reality (XR) solutions, including a massive breakthrough from AR training firm Red 6, who supplied their immersive solution to Saudi Arabia’s fleet of BAE Hawk Mk 165 fighter jets, which are set to roll out in the spring next year.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 29, 2023

Also, Saudi Arabia’s Air Force has received Red 6’s solution to empower its fighters with next-generation immersive trainer technologies.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 17, 2022

The funding hopes to allow Shanghai to compete with other cities and regions such as Dubai , the United States , European Union, Saudi Arabia , and many others amid the global virtual space race.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 13, 2022

Hardware distributor Insight is handling the release of the Magic Leap 2 and in September, the device will drop globally in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Saudi Arabia. Magic Leap will also debut the device in Japan and Singapore later this year.

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