Road to VR

MAY 4, 2017

By the end of 2016, the company says they began shipping the first Meta 2 dev kits, and by the end of 2017 they expect to ship some 10,000 headsets. While Meta has raised a considerable $73 million in venture capital to fund their ongoing development, giants like Microsoft, Magic Leap, and perhaps even Apple loom.

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Road to VR

JULY 29, 2019

The standard has been in development since April 2017 and is presently supported by virtually every major hardware, platform, and engine company in the VR industry, including key AR players like Magic Leap. A reference guide published by Khronos Group gives a high-level technical overview of the API’s structure.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Microsoft initially launched HoloLens as a dev kit in early 2016 and later that year made it available in a ‘Commercial Suite’ edition that was positioned toward enterprises. And to top it all off, Microsoft recently landed a $480 million defense contract to provide the US Army with AR headsets.

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2018

Through cooperation with Microsoft, Taobao Buy’s AR content will be accessible through the HoloLens headset. Is it a coincidence that this announcement comes straight off of the heels of Magic Leap announcing their partnership with the online home goods store, Wayfair, to bring an AR shopping experience to their users?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Meta 2 was an augmented reality headset released in 2016-2017 as an evolution of the original Meta 1 , which was a headset hacked from other existing commercial hardware (Epson Moverio and Intel Realsense). It is decent for a devkit, but not comparable at all with today’s standards of Magic leap One and HoloLens 2.

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Road to VR

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. The company’s Smart Glasses, which initially launched in late 2017 for $5,000, connected to a discrete body-worn miniature computer and featured a 44-degree field of view.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2019

And as a consumer-oriented company, Apple doesn’t typically launch expensive developer hardware like how Microsoft and Magic Leap have done with their respective headsets, the HoloLens 1 & 2 and Magic Leap One. SEE ALSO Apple Offers Impressive Web-based AR Previews of New Mac Pro.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Resultant ‘glasshole’ neologism notwithstanding, Google went on to revive Glass back in 2017 in its first Enterprise Edition headset, which targets a multitude of businesses including logistics, manufacturing, and field services. SEE ALSO The Difference Between Smartglasses & AR Glasses, and Why Everyone is Confused.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2017

” As of November last year, WaveOptics reported a maximum field of view of 40°, saying the road map for 2017 would promise a larger field of view to come. WaveOptics says its technology provides an “unsurpassed field of view.”

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. These are the projections for VR by Mr. Riccitiello in 2017: the purple line is the one of the analysts, while the white one is the one forecasted by him. Why can’t it be Facebook, or Magic Leap ?

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Following a bout of skeptical press, Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz claims the company is already doing production test runs of their first AR “system,” which is said to be “small, sleek, cool.” ” Magic Leap has raised a staggering $1.4 ” Magic Leap has raised a staggering $1.4

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2019

“Independent studios like MAP Design Lab are having major impact on shaping the future of mixed reality,” adds Alex Kipman, Technical Fellow of Mixed Reality & AI Perception at Microsoft. Embody is an inspirational example of this. Image Credit: MAP Design Lab.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Microsoft Word won’t be text flying around you in 3D space. The company isn’t offering many details on how native apps will be implemented just yet, but say that they’re on the roadmap for development in 2017, along with the launch of Bigscreen 1.0.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 7, 2020

The company intended to work with partners to bring products based on Alloy to market, but Intel cancelled the project in 2017 due to what it said was a lack of partner interest. Intel also supplied the processor in the first HoloLens, but Microsoft made a decisive jump to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon for HoloLens 2.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This is a simpler mechanism than the waveguides employed by Microsoft HoloLens 2 or by Magic Leap, and while it may provide a bit less immersive holograms, it is the only way to provide affordable wide-FOV glasses at the moment. Realmax has an SDK that is compatible with Unity 2017 and Unity 2019.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The only headset that has such kind of strange thing on one side is the Magic Leap One , that uses it to track the controllers with magnetical fields… but we all know that Oculus actually uses optical tracking to track the controllers. attaching Leap Motion through an adapter).

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

Oculus Go, the company’s low-end standalone VR headset, was announced back in October, 2017, and is said to be launching in “early 2018.” Continued on Page 2: Sony, Magic Leap, LG & Microsoft ». SEE ALSO Hands-on: Oculus Santa Cruz Prototype II & Controllers. Image courtesy Oculus.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

or later you can use the Gear 360 app (unfortunately, this is not a retrograde compatibility– it only affects the new 2017 version). Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS.

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VRWorld

APRIL 28, 2017

Since Magic Leap’s inception in 2011, there has been great innovation in the technology sector focused in the virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR)/mixed reality (MR) space with Magic Leap trying to create a new hardware interface designs. Enter Magic Leap. Kinect version 2.0

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2016

Not to be outdone, Microsoft finally confirmed that the not-so-secret Project Scorpio (an excellent codename decision) is bringing high fidelity VR to Xbox. Starting price is $299 and it will launch in holiday season 2017. While “VRSE” seemed to be a challenge for some to pronounce, “Within” could be a challenge to Google.

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ARVR

JANUARY 13, 2022

It involves AR that doesn’t have the rich UX and graphical intensity of a Magic Leap One or Microsoft Hololens 2, but instead prioritizes style and wearability. Magic Leap One). That’s where Apple will have to work its magic and set the “lite AR” standard. Ray-Ban Stories ) and graphical UX (e.g.,

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Next month at CES 2017, ODG plans to reveal their latest product offering, though it isn’t clear yet if it will be a new consumer focused device or a continued iteration of the enterprise focused smart glasses the company has touted up to this point. SEE ALSO Facebook CEO: 'In Five to Ten Years AR Will Be Where VR is Today'.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 24, 2016

The technology is also being applied to consumer products in the development stage, with the current DK-50 development kit being provided to leading consumer electronics and smart eye-wear manufacturers, sporting a 40 degree field of view – larger than Microsoft’s HoloLens.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2019

When Apple first released ARKit in 2017, it was the beginning of a long journey to familiarize developers with augmented reality and get them playing with the possibilities. Kuang traces the current StarBoard testing mode to the 2017 acquisition of a company called Vrvana. “It’s more than Microsoft can be said to be doing.”

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Peter Graham

JANUARY 21, 2020

While Apple has yet to enter the AR headset market to compete against Microsoft HoloLens 2 or Magic Leap 1 , the company has made great software inroads thanks to the launch of ARKit back in 2017 – which is now in its third iteration.

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VRWorld

JULY 5, 2017

Now, there’s a Finnish startup emerging from stealth mode offering 70 times higher resolution than offered (or promised) by HTC, Oculus or even Magic Leap, with its 1-2K floating display. The company aims to ship “Varjo-branded products specifically for professional users and applications starting in late Q4, 2017.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Meta is working on an AR headset, which puts them in the same league as Microsoft and Magic Leap. While 2016 witnessed great strides in visual immersion, 2017 needs a revolution in user interaction – otherwise mixed reality will remain on society’s fringes for some time.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

We're going to dig into using Magic Leap and Hololens and mixed reality headsets as a tool for business. It was one of the 2017 games of the year. And so we got-- our main first break as Extality was leveraging some of our game connections and things like that, to get close to Magic Leap. Well, there we go.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

We're going to dig into using Magic Leap and Hololens and mixed reality headsets as a tool for business. It was one of the 2017 games of the year. And so we got-- our main first break as Extality was leveraging some of our game connections and things like that, to get close to Magic Leap. Well, there we go.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Magic Leap. Me, wearing a Magic Leap One. The most important news has been for sure the launch of the Magic Leap One. Rear view of the Magic Leap One. Magic Leap. Augmented Reality in 2018.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 21, 2020

We're going to dig into using Magic Leap and Hololens and mixed reality headsets as a tool for business. It was one of the 2017 games of the year. And so we got-- our main first break as Extality was leveraging some of our game connections and things like that, to get close to Magic Leap. Well, there we go.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

In 2017, more than double that number – 79.8 In IATA’s 2017 Global Passenger Survey, 85% of those surveyed indicated they would be willing to give up more personal data in exchange for faster process checks and more personalized service at the airport. Late 2017 saw larger and more ambitious trials of wearable technologies at airports.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 14, 2017

CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas last week, was loaded with augmented reality smartglasses, which layer digital animations and information on top of the real world. GB: Magic Leap is a big presence in the AR discussion. Above: ODG augmented reality smartglasses at CES 2017. Above: ODG’s booth at CES 2017.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

He’s designed and developed Paint Space AR, named by Apple as one of the best apps of 2017 and currently works full time at Google as an AR Interaction designer. This could be for something like a Magic Leap or an Oculus or something like that. Magic Leap just raised another $280-million.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 21, 2019

He’s designed and developed Paint Space AR, named by Apple as one of the best apps of 2017 and currently works full time at Google as an AR Interaction designer. This could be for something like a Magic Leap or an Oculus or something like that. Magic Leap just raised another $280-million.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Graeme Devine, Chief Game Wizard at Magic Leap, took the stage today at the DICE Summit 2017 in Las Vegas to talk about the future of mixed reality. Tagged with: DICE , Ghost Girl , Graeme Devine , Magic Leap. Graeme imagines an experience where you have a set of real wooden cubes that you place on a table.

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