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Magic Leap Gets Half-billion Dollar Boost Ahead of Vision Pro Launch

Road to VR

Saudi Arabia has recently injected more than half a billion dollars into augmented reality company Magic Leap, which it hopes will rival Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset. Will Magic Leap 2 be able to compete with Apple? It’s certainly worth watching.

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#1168: “The Anticipation of Rain” Combines Open Brush Landscape VR Painting of a Monsoon with Custom Scents

Voices of VR

A painter by trade, she took up virtual reality painting with Open Brush, and created a romantic and poetic sim tribute to Monsoons with a multi-sensory piece called “The Anticipation of Rain.” 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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No-Code VR Training Backing Future of Turkish Healthcare, RoT Studios Says

XR Today - Virtual Reality

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

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Apple may have given us a hint at its AR/VR headset’s name

TechCrunch VR

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

The Ghost Howls

In the video, he shows various inventions of Disney Research and one of them is a sort of magic floorpad that acts as an omnidirectional treadmill that can also be used for Virtual Reality. It’s kinda cool stuff, even if I’m pretty sure it will never be released to the general public as a product. Another success story in the VR space!

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EON Reality and NEST Expand XR Partnership Around Gulf Cooperation Council

EON Reality

The latest expansion makes EON Reality’s Kuwaiti partner its GCC headquarters. The XR Center and existing collaboration with NEST will now see EON Reality’s Kuwait location serve as the global company’s base of operations for the GCC — an area which also includes Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Saudi Aramco Leads $6.5m PIXO XR Tech Fundraiser

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The news comes after the XR firm launched the virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) workplace training platform, the PIXO Apex, to boost the availability of its cutting-edge software products.