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Apple Adding “plug and play support” for Vive Pro in MacOS Mojave

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At Apple’s WWDC conference this week, the company announced that the Vive Pro will be fully supported on the newest version of MacOS, ‘Mojave’, soon to launch in public beta and available widely later this year. ski speaks on stage at WWDC 2018 | Image courtesy Apple. High Sierra. Karol Gasi?ski A preview of MacOS 10.4

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Apple and Valve Have Worked Together for Nearly a Year to Bring VR to MacOS

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Apple’s broad embrace of VR this week shows that the company has had virtual reality support on its roadmap for quite some time. During a session at WWDC , Apple and Valve confirmed they’ve been working together for nearly a year to bring SteamVR and OpenVR to MacOS. SEE ALSO Apple Announces First VR-Ready Computers.

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

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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? The fresh funding round brings the company’s overall outside investment to more than $4.5

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Report: Apple Nearly Acquired Leap Motion but the Deal Fell Through

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According to a report from Business Insider , earlier this year Apple was on the verge of acquiring Leap Motion, but the deal fell through days before it was expected to close. According to the report, this is the second time in some six years that Apple had conversations with the company about an acquisition.

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Two Classic VR Games From Google’s VR Studio Coming Soon to Vision Pro

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Owlchemy Labs, the Google-owned VR studio, announced it’s bringing the chart-topping VR games Job Simulator (2016) and its sequel Vacation Simulator (2019) to Apple Vision Pro.

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XR Talks: What’s AR’s Fate in 2021?

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The question on everybody’s mind is AR glasses…, particularly what Apple will end up doing. Many signals indicate that we won’t see Apple AR glasses in 2021, but we’ll see the ball moved forward from other companies like Vuzix which just unveiled its MicroLED smart glasses at CES. Let’s dive in… 1.

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Well-funded AR Headset Startup DAQRI is Shutting Down

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Since its founding in 2010, the company has garnered a total of $275 million in investment funds, the most recent of which brought in $260 million in 2017. SEE ALSO iOS 13 Code Suggests Apple is Testing Its AR Headset Internally.

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