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MARCH 13, 2017

Google introduced Cardboard, their inexpensive VR solution to the world in 2014, producing a VR viewer enclosure for smartphones made from Cardboard. SEE ALSO Google Job Listings Point to New "Mass Production" AR/VR Hardware in the Pipeline.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

It’s been over a year since Google launched its Glass Enterprise Edition , something the company called “a new chapter” for the device. ” Image courtesy Google. SEE ALSO Google Appears to Be Ramping Up R&D Efforts for "New and novel" AR/VR Lenses.

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JULY 25, 2017

In March 2014 Facebook bought Oculus and the current wave of interest in VR and AR was reborn. Of the 25+ venture-backed VR/AR education companies that launched since 2014, over ten cater to K-12 teachers, providing interactive tools, learning software, augmented books, and lesson plans aligned to Common Core standards.

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MAY 19, 2017

Among fans of the device (myself included), there was hope that after the Project Glass had “Graduated” from within Google’s secretive Google[x] in 2015 (also the origin of Tango, Google Watch, and more) the Glass team would be moving ahead with development of new and improved versions of the device.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Today marks the launch of Google’s high-end Android VR platform, Daydream , a major step beyond Cardboard and a serious competitor to Gear VR. ‘Daydream’ isn’t a single product, it’s Google’s umbrella ecosystem for high-end mobile VR, under which falls Daydream ready phones, headsets, and apps.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Google, who has now has several major VR initiatives underway, notes major gains in interest in virtual reality and 360 degree video capture and sharing. Google was one of the earliest major companies to jump into the modern virtual reality space, announcing their now well known Cardboard project back in June of 2014.

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

Device support for the all-new ZapBox will include all iPhones from the iPhone 6S and newer and also recent Samsung S-series and Google Pixel smartphones. Inspired by Google’s cardboard headset, ZapBox was conceived in 2014 as a way to meet consumers where they were at.

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MAY 22, 2023

” Since it exited stealth in 2014, Magic Leap has released two AR headsets, Magic Leap 1 and Magic Leap 2, which have been compared in functionality to Microsoft’s HoloLens AR headsets. The company has raised over $4 billion, with minority investors including Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, AT&T, and Axel Springer.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

Google first started its venture into virtual reality with Google Cardboard back in 2014. A look at the company’s job listings so far this year reveals Google’s expanding commitment and investment in VR and AR. Google is continuing to grow its AR and VR teams and shows no signs of stopping any time soon.

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MAY 26, 2017

Last week at Google’s I/O 2017 developer conference the company made a number of new announcements which are very exciting for VR consumers. Oculus was first to market in the ‘high-end’ mobile VR space when they launched Gear VR in conjunction with Samsung in 2014. image courtesy Google. image courtesy Google.

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MAY 21, 2021

Founded in 2014, WaveOptics makes waveguide optics, micro projectors, and full AR modules. It’s setting itself up to be in direct competition with Google and Facebook as those companies reveal further working on their own respective consumer AR headsets. 4th Generation Spectacles | Image courtesy Snap.

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MAY 30, 2024

Magic Leap has entered a "multi-faceted, strategic technology partnership" with Google. The companies say the partnership will combine Magic Leap's "leadership in optics and manufacturing" with Google's "technology platforms". Google was an initial investor in Magic Leap, leading a $542 million funding round back in 2014.

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JULY 20, 2020

Back in 2014, Pepsi went viral with its bus stop AR campaign, with the video alone gathering over 8 million views on YouTube. Another good example is Google’s AR animals. Ask yourself this: when buying a new smartphone, do you check in advance if it supports AR? Probably not. Is the App-Based Approach to Blame?

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MAY 17, 2017

Google today confirmed what we’ve long suspected; Samsung’s new Galaxy S8 smartphone will soon support Google’s Daydream mobile VR ecosystem. The news was announced on-stage at the Google I/O developer conference today. Both the S8 and S8 Plus will get a software update this summer that adds Daydream support.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Founded in 2010 by Rony Abovitz, the Plantation, Florida-based company kicked off its consumer ambitions with a long and ambitious tease of its first AR headset, Magic Leap 1 (previously styled ‘One’), starting its marketing campaign as it emerged from stealth in 2014.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Google is celebrating some new milestones this week with an announcement at Mobile World Congress that more than 10 million Cardboard viewers have shipped worldwide. First launched in 2014, the mobile VR viewer has been a simple and affordable way for everyone to dip their toes into the world of VR. Daydream Sees New Content.

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MARCH 21, 2020

The Verge has also retrieved information from a Google cache of developer portal pages which add additional details. . Facebook has since scrubbed the information from the site, though screenshots taken by several developers can be found on Twitter. Looks like a new Oculus headset is in the works?

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APRIL 12, 2018

But Google Chrome and the WebVR developer community has been waiting for the official launch of what was being referred to as the WebVR 2.0 It’s been a long journey to the official launch of WebVR, and here’s some of the previous conversations about WebVR since the beginning of the podcast in May 2014. #13:

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Notably, Luxottica partnered with Google in 2014 to design and distribute additional frames for Google Glass in effort to make the smartglasses a high fashion item. The report mixes both terminologies, so it’s unclear exactly which end of the spectrum the proposed device should fall on.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Google Earth is now available for the HTC Vive. If you have access to a Vive, try Google Earth VR for yourself before reading any further. Toward the end of the three minute introduction to Google Earth, you move slowly away from the surface until you’re out in space, standing face to face with with the world and a message appears.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

After buying Nest back in 2014, Google has been repositioning all of its smart home products under the brand, and that includes its smart speakers. One of the last holdouts to be upgraded as a Nest was one of the company’s first smart speakers, the 4-year-old Google Home.

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MARCH 16, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including Just as Google began indexing the web 20 years ago, the next evolution could be for someone to index the physical world in potentially more valuable ways. The AR Location Wars, Part I: Google. The Plurality.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

The headset, which holds the user’s smartphone, is little more than a plastic shell with lenses which undoubtedly hooks into the massive, but decidedly low-ish quality Google Cardboard content store.

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JANUARY 27, 2025

The trailer for Darknet is embedded below and you'll want to take particular note of the timestamp on its publication of October 6, 2014. In the three years following, it launched on the Oculus Rift Store, the original PlayStation VR, Steam, and Google Daydream, an early pioneer of cross-platform VR availability.

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MAY 29, 2019

When Facebook acquired Oculus in 2014, many were curious as to why a social media company, whose track record with hardware included a phone that failed just a year prior to the Oculus purchase, would be interested in buying the plucky VR startup for over $2 billion dollars. That’s where Facebook comes in.

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MARCH 30, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement….including Google is meanwhile motivated toward wearables to maintain direct touchpoints to users. This was the same strategy that drove Google’s Android OS years ago. Who’s Waging the Wearables Wars?

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AUGUST 7, 2020

This projection is informed by several inputs and market signals such as the adoption pace of brands and retailers, and investment from tech giants like Google to accelerate it. We’re also tracking Apple and Google moves that signal AR commerce’s likely web-based orientation. appeared first on AR Insider.

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JUNE 20, 2018

The company is currently valued at more than $6 billion and has raised money from the likes of Google and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Google also has been in development of AR contact lenses since 2014 that can do the same by monitoring the composition of the wearers tears.

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MAY 26, 2017

Google’s overarching mission is to organize all of the world’s information, and so it’s a natural fit for the company to be one of the leading innovators for using VR for immersive education. SEE ALSO For Google, the Future of VR Is on the Open Web with WebVR & WebAR. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

You can control your glasses by swiping and tapping your fingers on the frames , as you could do with Google Glass back in the days. A full charge of Ray-Ban Stories will let you capture and sync up to 50 videos, or up to 200 photos. These glasses must be connected to a nearby phone via Bluetooth to work.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

This projection is informed by several inputs and market signals such as the adoption pace of brands and retailers, and investment from tech giants like Google to accelerate it. We’re also tracking Apple and Google moves that signal AR commerce’s likely web-based orientation. Covid-Advantaged.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Meta's CTO says Google declined a request to bring its Play Store to Quest. We would love for Google to bring their Play Store of apps to VR. The Google Play Store is Google's Android app store that comes with most Android phones and tablets, with the notable exception of Amazon's Fire tablets and some Chinese brands.

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JULY 9, 2019

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. Featured Image Credit: FORM.

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MARCH 12, 2020

billion since its initial Series A financing in 2014, garnering cash from the likes of Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, and Andreessen Horowitz over the years. Other options reportedly under consideration are potential partnerships and a stake sale. The Plantation, Florida-based company has raised $2.6

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Rubin joined Oculus in 2014 as was a key spokesperson for the company’s VR before his role expanded into Facebook’s broader gaming initiatives | Image courtesy Jason Rubin. As the only company in the consumer space with a complete tech stack for VR cloud streaming, the strategy seems sound.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The company was founded in 2014 by a group composed of both motorcycle enthusiasts and members of the former Advance Technology Division (ATD) team at Foxconn. That’s exactly what Jarvish has set about doing with a new line of advanced motorcycle helmets, one of which even featuring augmented reality integration. Image Credit: Jarvish.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

According to a Homido representative, the company has collectively sold approximately 557,000 HMDs since 2014. Homido isn’t a household name around the world like Facebook, Google, Sony, or Samsung, but it has carved out a niche in the mobile HMD market over the past two years. Regardless, this does paint an interesting picture.

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