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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.28): Quest 3 unboxing leaked, Samsung+Google headset situation is blurry, and more!

The Ghost Howls

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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The 10 Best Google Maps Street View Photos Of All Time

Slashgear

Google Street View has captured the world since 2007 -- and a fair amount of hardy shenanigans have taken place along the way. Here are the 10 best.

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How to blur your house on Google Street View (and why you should)

Mashable VR

Google Street View offers up a window to the world in all its bizarre , intimate , and often raw glory. Specifically, you can ask Google to permanently blur your house out — leaving only a smeared suggestion of a building in its place. Google pulled the images down. Go to Google Maps and enter your home address 2.

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Former Salesforce exec Bret Taylor is teaming up with Google AR/VR vet Clay Bavor on mystery startup

TechCrunch VR

He wanted to go build again — and today he and long time Google engineering veteran Clay Bavor announced they were teaming up on a new mystery project. Until then, I’ll be focusing on transitioning my teams and projects, and wrapping things up properly at Google.” Well, guess what?

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Apple's First Vision Pro Ad Tells The World To 'Get Ready' To Put On A Headset

Upload VR

It's important to remember that a significant portion of the population, even in the US, have never even worn an XR headset, and many who have only briefly tried a phone holder like Samsung Gear VR or a plastic version of Google Cardboard. 0:00 / 0:30 1× The original iPhone "Hello" ad.

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Can AR Transform Indoor Navigation?

ARVR

Google has begun to innovate in this area as a new feature of its Live View AR navigation. When Apple launched ARkit in 2007, several concept videos emerged on YouTube showing AR’s potential to guide customers through airports and shopping malls. And Google naturally is keen on owning a piece of this, given tools like Google Lens.

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Apple Should Be Very Worried About Google’s Pixel

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

These facts have me considering jumping ship from Apple seriously for the first time since 2007. Google is claiming Pixel has a better camera than the iPhone 7 (though they didn’t mention the 7+) and it is pairing that camera with unlimited full resolution storage of photos and videos shot with the device.

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