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Google Discontinues Glass Enterprise Edition Smartglasses

Road to VR

Google Glass Explorer Edition | Image courtesy Alphabet Starting in 2012, the company was hoping to seed the device among prosumers with its Glass Explorer Editions, although public backlash spawned the term “glasshole,” putting a severe dent in Google’s ambitions to launch a more consumer-focused version of the device.

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The Second Coming of Augmented-Reality Glasses

ARVR

The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone. Another survey conducted mid-June 2019, 4 years since the debut of the Apple Watch, showed that roughly 1-in-5 U.S.

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Patent Pending: Progressive Reality Eyewear for Mixed Reality.

RealVision VR

I’d first thought of the concept in 2012 while researching for the hard sci-fi novel “Memories with Maya” and inspired by the stylish Vuzix eyewear’s form factor promised back then. Progressive Reality could be defined as an experience that segues between Virtual and Augmented Reality worlds on-demand.

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NVIDIA Announces CloudXR Updates at SIGGRAPH 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

” Pixar developed OpenUSD in 2012 and open-sourced the file format in 2015 to the global community. NVIDIA Alliance for OpenUSD, Additional Tools Additionally, NVIDIA launched its Alliance for OpenUSD with major industry players such as Pixar, Apple, Adobe, and Autodesk.

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IGS 2022 Miami: XR Today Expert Round Table

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Many products showcased at the conference included flagship releases of VR headsets and solutions such as the Meta Quest Pro, Magic Leap 2, Lenovo ThinkReality A3, and AT&T’s Volumetric Video Photo Booth, among many others. Khalid Al Muawad, Co-Founder and CEO, Midwam. Currently, ExplodedView is iOS exclusive.

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The YouTube of 3D Models, with Sketchfab CEO Alban Denoyel

XR for Business Podcast

Alban: Cedric started in 2011, I met him early 2012, and we officially launched in March 2012. I think people were all moving towards glTF, and then Apple decided, “hey, we got our own file format, USDZ” — how do you manage a hundred different…? Alan: Incredible. How long have you been doing that?

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Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

XR for Business Podcast

Barry: It started out of a project which we did in collaboration with IBM and Jaguar Land Rover in 2012 when Jaguar Land Rover was rebranding their whole setup. HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. Alan: Yeah? How was it? Barry: It was great.