AR Insider

APRIL 15, 2020

Why is Apple Buying NextVR. Two such companies apparently found ports in the storm last week: NextVR reportedly is being acquired by Apple, and 6D.ai Apple and NextVR. The obvious question is: what does NextVR have that could be worth $100m to Apple? Find out more or contact us to participate here. by Devon Copley.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Meta today announced it’s opening its operating system to third-parties , and has named three heavy weights that have pledged support for its newly renamed Meta Horizon OS: Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft’s Xbox. Microsoft subsequently shut down the Windows Mixed Reality platform in late 2023.

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MAY 7, 2017

F8 2017 was held on April 18th and 19th 2017. Other technology giants with strong consumer brands have their developer conferences in the coming weeks, let’s see how they in turn contribute to stimulating the mass market adoption of immersive technologies: Microsoft Build : May 10-12, 2017. Google I/O : May 17-19, 2017.

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MAY 7, 2022

In the case of VR, we all remember the competition between HTC and Oculus in 2016, with HTC clearly winning the market until Oculus used Facebook’s money to slash the price of the Rift around 2017. Render of the possible upcoming Apple device (Image by Antonio DeRosa). Apple is proposing itself to be the next competitor of Meta.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. I also compare and contrast the recent AR announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook in my wrap-up.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

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. Image courtesy Daqri.

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JULY 11, 2017

In a recent tweet, the group shows what at first appears to be another fun video demonstrating the potential of creating apps with Apple’s recently released ARkit. — Normal (@normalvr) July 10, 2017. But this is more than just a dancing hotdog-guy. Why is this so important?

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Notably, Demeo is also playable in mixed reality on Quest 2/3/Pro, and is slated to arrive on Apple Vision Pro at some point too, which could equally explain the “beyond.” It was only on the platform for a few years however, and was gone long before Microsoft shut down Altspace VR in March 2023.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

billion by 2023 , growing at a CAGR of 9.98% from 2017 to 2023. At the same time, personal voice assistants developed by tech giants — Alexa from Amazon, Siri from Apple, and Google Assistant — are standing at the forefront of the audio augmented reality market. The spread of AR-featured hearables and their opportunities are extending.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

Apple CEO Tim Cook said last year that “AR will change everything” and make the iPhone “even more essential,” while Microsoft has been revamping its computing around VR and AR, or what it calls “mixed reality.” billion in revenue in 2017, is seizing on the opportunity to provide the tools. “We

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MARCH 1, 2019

Funkatronic Labs produced the popular VR real-time strategy game Cosmic Trip (2017) as well as the undeniably cute (and difficult) VR game Starbear: Taxi (2018). SEE ALSO Microsoft Significantly Misrepresented HoloLens 2's Field of View at Reveal. Entertainment. The prolific VR film studio Felix & Paul also got in. Enterprise.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

A WebVR Community Group to decide on WebVR standards was formed by Mozilla, Google, Samsung, Facebook, Intel, Microsoft and other major tech players, with Apple recently joining the community in July this year. Diego (@dmarcos) July 6, 2017. Diego (@dmarcos) August 9, 2017. David Lyons (@davidscottlyons) July 28, 2017.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 20, 2024

Microsoft Shuts Down AltspaceVR Last year, Microsoft shut down AltspaceVR in favour of its Teams-integrated Mesh virtual collaboration service. Microsoft acquired the service in 2017 after its debut in May 2015. What is Next for the Metaverse?

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OCTOBER 28, 2017

I had a chance to catch up with Blau at Google I/O on May 17th, 2017 where we talk about the state of the VR & AR industries and what some of the potential catalysts for consumer adoption might be. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 30, 2020

This traces back to the principle’s origin in a 2017 landmark editorial by AR veteran and thought leader Ori Inbar. ” Google could be the knowledge layer , Facebook the social layer , Microsoft the enterprise productivity layer , and Amazon the commerce layer. Speakers’ opinions are their own.

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VRScout

APRIL 18, 2019

Microsoft HoloLens 2 patent. Regarding inclusivity, on April 4, 2019, the USPTO published a new patent for Sony that was filed in December 2017. Microsoft, Intel, and Sony are the three strongest VR and AR-related patent owners. Image Credit: The United States Patent and Trademark Office. WHAT IS A PATENT?

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ARVR

JANUARY 29, 2021

© Apple, Inc. While Apple fans have long been waiting for Apple to launch its own augmented and virtual reality ( AR/VR ) wearables, and despite many competitors already presenting market-ready AR glasses and VR headsets , there are still more questions than answers around what Apple’s AR/VR first product will look like.

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Hypergrid Business

JANUARY 25, 2023

Plus, it was a proprietary system, owned by Microsoft, and didn’t play well with other metaverse platforms. In its blog post, the company said that it will be focusing on other metaverse-related efforts, such as the launch of Microsoft Mesh , an enterprise-focused metaverse platform. What about Meta, Google and Apple?

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The organizers of VR’s biggest awards ceremony, The Proto Awards, say they won’t be hosting an event in 2017. They aim to bring the awards back in 2018, skipping the 2017 season “in order to assess the changing landscape of immersive technology and entertainment,” according to a prepared statement.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2016

Microsoft has announced plans to bring support for WebVR to Edge, which succeeds Internet Explorer as the default web browser in Windows 10. See Also: Microsoft ‘Holographic Shell’ Aims to Immerse You in Windows by 2017. See Also: Google Shows HTC Vive Running at 90 FPS in Chrome with WebVR.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

HoloLens 2 AR glasses (Image by Microsoft). Early Kickstarter backers from 2017 received their pairs in summer of 2019. The operating system is based on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and most apps from your car transfer over nicely into the display. What Are AR Glasses? Solos retails for $499. EyeRide HUD.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. But Apple’s not the only company working on these products.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 6, 2017

After #AWE2017 we are back to work to solve the last bugs and yes, we will use #ARkit for the iOS version of DIAMONST AR RPG #wwdc2017 pic.twitter.com/RkkvF3bOAX — ZenkoGames (@_ZenkoGames_) June 6, 2017. Could DIAMONST by Zenko Games be the killer app to showcase Apple's AR Kit?

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

This offering could be the key to helping the tech giant preserve its market share, as innovators like Apple , Microsoft, and Magic Leap all increase their focus in the business world. Back in 2017, Meta introduced “ Oculus for Business ”. Here’s everything you need to know about Meta Quest for Business.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I myself switched from Apple to Samsung in 2015 specifically for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. But if Apple beats them to it, I’ll switch back to Apple. ” Roh also mentioned that Samsung’s XR venture will involve service partnerships with Meta and Microsoft, but declined to provide specific details.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

CES 2017 will have around 2 million square feet of exhibit space. John Curran, managing director for communications, media, and tech at Accenture, has come up with his annual predictions of the prevailing themes at CES 2017. Back in the day Windows and Microsoft had a very open platform that did extremely well.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In these early months of 2017 just about every major tech company has some sort of virtual or augmented reality product either on store shelves or coming in the future. Apple is a tough nut to crack when it comes to future projects. Tagged with: apple , ar , industry news , patent. Every company except one.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Texas’ business incentives have attracted the attention of IBM, Motorola, Apple, and Indeed. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google. After scoring a partnership with Microsoft, they’ve talked at length about relocating to San Francisco. Michael Dell relocated Dell’s headquarters to North Austin in 1984.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

’… So if we count from the June 2017 launch of ARkit, three years from there is June 2020. Boland and McDowall run through each of these players — Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — to compare and contrast their AR ambitions. And a constellation of wearables fits another key Apple M.O.:

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Apple’s AR Glasses are Hiding in Plain Sight. With all the phone and watch and TV and game and chip and other chip news coming out of Apple’s big event, it was easy to forget the company’s longest-running background process: an augmented-reality wearable. by Peter Rubin, WIRED. PHOTOGRAPH: CARSTEN KOALL/GETTY IMAGES.

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VRScout

JANUARY 16, 2017

“The adoption of VR technology by tech giants such as Sony and Microsoft and the presence of companies such as Apple and Google that have a large user base in the mobile gaming segment will fuel the growth of the market in this region,” the report summary said.

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AR Insider

JULY 31, 2019

’… So if we count from the June 2017 launch of ARkit, three years from there is June 2020. Boland and McDowall run through each of these players — Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft — to compare and contrast their AR ambitions. And a constelation of wearables fits another key Apple M.O.:

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 25, 2019

The excitement and expectations that consumed 2016 and 2017 were followed by a bad hangover in 2018 and 2019. Apple , Google , Facebook and Microsoft are all on that list. Adding to all of the above, the ultimate confidence signal is Apple’s indications that it’s working on AR glasses. Training Wheels.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Augmented Reality Definition Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that overlays digital content (graphics, text, audio, and video) on real-world images using mobile devices, PCs, or glasses, which have an integrated camera and specialized software (Papagiannis, 2017). Read more here: AR 101?—?Augmented Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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TechPrior

APRIL 10, 2020

Apple has always been at the forefront for all kinds of augmented reality innovations and has always had ambitious plans for the future of AR and VR. As a part of its next promising venture, Apple is in the process of acquiring NextVR; a California based VR company. Apple is expected to acquire NextVR for around $100 million.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 23, 2018

Although 2017 has come and gone, its impact on the augmented/virtual reality industry will undoubtedly be felt for decades to come. After substantial contemplation, we have picked what we at VRWorld believe to be the Top Ten VR/AR Stories of 2017. HTC, on the other hand, struggled financially in 2017. #4

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JUNE 30, 2021

He referenced products like Microsoft Powerpoint and Canva , which make it easy for the average user to create presentations and graphics that communicate their ideas. After launching in 2017, the JigSpace platform now has over 4 million users with a 4.8 . “Right at the center of it is knowledge transfer.

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