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New Quest 3 Mixed Reality Features Leak, amidst Allegations of Biometric Data Misuse

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Seattle’s Department of Labor & Industries Targets Meta Reality Labs The Seattle Department of Labor & Industries is also working on a citation it issued against Meta’s Reality Labs division to draw attention to health and safety hazards at its Matrix testing facility.

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Big XR News from Apple, Google, XREAL, and Meta Reality Labs

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Xu also added: Having secured a major foothold in the global wearable display market, XREAL is now in a stronger position to embrace market momentum and reaffirm its position as the leading, best-selling AR glasses and spatial computing brand in the world today, who’s trajectory is outpacing the rest of the industry combined.

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Foursquare Enters the Audio AR Game

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Wearables: Paving the Way for AR Glasses. — It’ll work anywhere in the world, but you’ll probably find the most pre-loaded content in big cities like NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle or Los Angeles (aka: places Foursquare has offices — ps: we’re hiring!). Secret Service. That brings us back to Marsbot for Airpods.

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Facebook buys game studio BigBox VR

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Facebook has bought several virtual reality game studios over the past couple years, and they added one more to their portfolio Friday with the acquisition of Seattle-based BigBox VR.

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How Much is Facebook Investing in Spatial Computing?

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Where it gets more interesting is panning back to a longer time period in which R&D efforts had time to gear up, including Oculus Reality Labs in Seattle, led by Michael Abrash. Plus they spent a billion dollars to acquire CTRL Labs, a company making a wearable sensor and software to interpret your gestures.” This is a $9.8

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Microsoft Reveals XR Dynamics 365 Upgrades at Ignite 2023 Event

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This provides AR smart glasses, HoloLens 2 headsets, and other immersive wearables with repair guidances, service data, and best practices with real-time visuals. Microsoft Ignite 2023 Background The Microsoft Ignite 2023 event kicked off on 15 November at 08:00 Pacific Time in Seattle.

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HaptX Announces Partnership with Advanced Input Systems and $12 Million Series A Funding

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SEATTLE, WA – HaptX, the leading provider of realistic haptic technology, announced a strategic partnership with Advanced Input Systems along with a Series A financing round of $12 million. The financing will fund the production of the next generation of HaptX Gloves, the world’s most realistic haptic gloves for virtual reality and robotics.

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