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The Apple Effect: Magic Leap Founder’s Previous Company Launches App on Vision Pro

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Apple’s significant impact on the market tends to draw attention from companies that might not have otherwise entered a specific product category—aka “The Apple Effect.” Abovitz founded Mako Surgical in 2004, and left the medical robot company when it was acquired by Stryker for $1.65 So why Apple, and why now?

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FORM’s Premium Goggles Introduce AR To The Swimming Pool

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Since the introduction of devices such as the Fitbit back in 2009 and the Apple Watch in 2014, the smart wearables market has gone from fantasy to reality, offering consumers a brand new, more convenient method for connecting with their digital lives. Image Credit: FORM. “I

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Facebook’s Quest to Kill the Smartphone

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Apple and Google beat the billionaire social media magnate to creating the smartphone — the dominant platform underpinning the Facebook network. When Zuckerberg founded Facebook in 2004, we didn’t have Android or iOS, but the mobile phone market was well established — think Blackberry, Motorola, and Nokia.

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Meta Cuts Costs As Report Suggests Layoffs For ‘Many Thousands’

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The layoffs would mark the end to an era of unprecedented growth at the company-formerly-known-as-Facebook that’s continued since its founding in 2004. Of course, Meta also faces renewed competition with Pico , Sony , and Apple among the companies developing VR headsets targeting different markets and regions.

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Five Universal Tasks of 3D User Interfaces with Doug Bowman

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Doug Bowman has been one of the leading researchers in 3DUI as the Director of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction at Virginia Tech , and the co-author of the 2004 book titled “ 3D User Interfaces: Theory and Practice.” As of early 2016, he’s reportedly now working with Apple on AR/VR research.

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Visit the Ancient Rome in VR with Rome Reborn

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I gave a presentation of the first idea of a videodisc of the “ Plastico ” at a private conference held at Apple Computer in 1986 (my talk was published in 1998 here ). The digitization was accomplished in 2004 with generous support from the Andrew W. So the apps can be purchased in the stores of Apple and Microsoft.

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14 of the best time travel movies you can watch right now

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When I first saw this 2004 film, I finished it without the faintest idea of what I'd just watched, and it was only after viewing a 23-minute animated YouTube explainer that I came even close to understanding how it all worked. How to watch: Primer is now available to rent or buy on Prime Video , Apple TV , or Google Play. Interstellar.

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