Upload VR

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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Upload VR

JULY 6, 2023

Samsung is reportedly redesigning its in-development headset. In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android. Google is handling the software for Samsung's hardware. A year later Facebook formally abandoned Gear VR.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung, in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, has announced plans to develop a new extended reality product. I myself switched from Apple to Samsung in 2015 specifically for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. And now, both Gear VR and Google’s platform are gone. (Image by Maria Korolov via Midjourney.)

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2019

Yesterday, I have dressed as a fortune teller and I have given you my predictions for augmented reality in 2019. And how it will be in 2019? Samsung has also teased to be interested in releasing a new AR/VR standalone device. It’s 2019. Now, it is the turn of virtual reality. How has VR performed in 2018?

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Upload VR

MARCH 1, 2024

Google reportedly asked Meta to partner and "contribute to" its upcoming XR platform, but Meta said no. That same year, Lenovo launched a standalone headset running Daydream, Google's own VR OS that included its Google Play Services, Play Store, Google apps, and VR core technology on top of AOSP.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 6, 2021

Earlier this summer, Google shut down yet another virtual reality app , the 3D objects library called Poly. Google Expeditions also had five virtual tours of major league baseball stadiums and a tour of the International Space Station. Another major Google virtual reality app is the 3D painting tool Tilt Brush.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Nreal, the Chinese startup behind the Nreal Light AR glasses which made a splash back at CES 2019, has now expanded to the United States, making the smartphone-tethered device available through select Verizon stores starting today. Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G. Samsung Galaxy S21 5G. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3 5G. OnePlus 8 5G UW.

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Next Reality AR

MARCH 5, 2019

Last week at Mobile World Congress 2019, Google put an augmented reality twist on its annual Android Partner Walk via its ARCore toolkit. This year, instead of giving away physical pins, Google challenged attendees with ARCore-compatible devices to use the Android.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Most notably, her production studio ( Double Eye ) won the jury award for ‘ Best Interactive Experience ‘ at SXSW 2019. Her first VR creation, Cardboard City , earned an award at the Samsung Gear Indie Milk VR contest in 2016. But that wasn’t her first rodeo by a long shot.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

As I said a few months ago , we are in the middle of a paradigm change: the cycle that started with the Quest is arriving at an end, and a new cycle driven by new technologies (mixed reality headsets) and new players (Apple, Google) is starting. Google and Samsung Prototype of the Samsung XR headset.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Provided previous reports are true, even Samsung may be shooting for the high-end with its upcoming XR headset , built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. The social media empire-owning regularly operates its Reality Labs XR division at a heavy loss, which is handily subsidized by advertising across Facebook and Instagram.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 7, 2023

Google joined forces with Samsung (and Qualcomm) to release a new headset soon. Apple has already announced its App Store for the Vision Pro , and I can bet my ass that when Google and Samsung will announce the new headset, it will be associated with a new Android For XR operating system and an XR Play Store store.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 30, 2023

XR2 Gen 2 is the successor to the original XR2 from 2020, and it's based on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip used in high-end Android phones like Samsung's Galaxy S23 series. Oryon is a result of Qualcomm's 2021 acquisition of Nuvia, a startup founded in 2019 by former Apple and Google custom CPU engineers.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to Google Trends, Quest dominated search interest in the US over Black Friday weekend which marks the start of the holiday shopping season. US search volume, Black Friday weekend 2019 | Data courtesy Google. Worldwide search volume, Black Friday weekend 2019 | Data courtesy Google.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This comes alongside an alleged partnership with Samsung that would see the development of a wholly new consumer AR device that is rumored to tether to a Samsung smartphone. In any case, Samsung’s reported partnership with Microsoft sounds like very familiar territory for the South Korean tech powerhouse.

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Next Reality AR

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Magic Leap One owners, start your virtual engines, as automotive virtual reality developer RelayCars has published an app to Magic Leap World that lets users customize and test drive a 2019 Kia Stinger.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

ARPost has been covering Nreal since the spring of 2019 – with the full understanding that the company wasn’t operating in the US and the full expectation that one day they would. The glasses are currently retailing for $599, and are fully compatible with 5G phones including Samsung Galaxy and OnePlus UW lines.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The YouTube VR app originally debuted on Google's own Daydream VR platform (which it killed back in 2019 ) in 2017. In the years since, Google also brought YouTube VR to the Oculus Store on Samsung Gear VR in 2018 , then Oculus Go later that year , and was a launch title for the Quest Store.

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InstaVR

OCTOBER 17, 2019

First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. Google is discontinuing Daydream (more on that below), Apple seems to be focusing most of its efforts on AR, and Samsung is doing very little promotion of Gear VR despite launching a new phone line.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 12, 2019

That includes Google (11 percent) Samsung (5 percent) and others (6 percent). Google saw the biggest YoY drop from 21 percent to 11 percent. But the proof will be in the next 12 months of sales, including the 2019 holiday period. And its projected $2.02

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MAY 4, 2021

That includes Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Snap and others. Starting with Google, it acquired Fitbit to accelerate its lingering WearOS platform by having its own hardware. Speaking of direct consumer touchpoints, Amazon blitzed the wearables market in 2019 as a delivery system for Alexa. Samsung has its own wearables play.

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Delight XR

MAY 14, 2019

Complete List of VR Headsets 2019 Updated: 05/2019 Virtual Reality (VR) invites you to explore alternative worlds as if you’re actually there. Google Cardboard. visit website Google Daydream View. visit website Google Daydream View 2. visit website Samsung Gear VR. Field of view. Max Resolution (combined).

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. 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.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Samsung Gear VR. Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Samsung Smartphone. Apple and Samsung Smartphones. Google Play / iOS Appstore. Google Play / iOS Appstore. Oculus Rift.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

At the time Nepveu left Apple, the headset was “supposed to ship in 2019.” ” When 2019, 2021, and 2022 came and went with no announcement, he wasn’t sure Vision Pro would ever ship. The company also didn’t want to back off of cornerstone materials like aluminum and glass.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 15, 2019

This week, XR is taking us everywhere, from the surface of Mars, to ritzy Audi showrooms, to the svelte form of Bobby, a teddy bear 3D-scanned in real-time by Samsung's new feature on the Note 10. Google has revived its Google Glass project for enterprise applications. So does Airbus.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 7, 2019

At its CES 2019 unveiling, a trailer (linked below) prominently showed Cosmos beside the outline of what appears to be an HTC U12+, pointing to the company’s intentions to eventually support mobile devices in addition to PCs. We’re hoping to learn more about Vive Cosmos in the coming months before dev kits head out in early 2019.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

By the end of 2019, it had been expected to reach $15.1 As virtual reality technology gained prominence, the use of VR devices like the Samsung Gear VR, Oculus VR, and HTC Vive, have also become popular. The leading producers of VR headsets like Sony, Oculus, Google, HTC, and Samsung, mainly focus on creating cost-effective devices.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Today, NBA Digital – co-managed by the NBA and Turner Sports – and NextVR have announced the live VR game schedule for the 2019-20 regular season.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Launching on International Women’s Day 2019, Iskwew Air will be Canada’s first 100% indigenous woman-owned airline. The films will be screened in VR through a variety of systems such as the Oculus Go, Google Daydream, or Samsung Gear VR. Iskwew” is a Cree word that means “woman.”

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. Date: March 11-13, 2019. One of the most intriguing for 2019 is the event about Creating an Ethical Immersive World, and it’s definitely worth attending!

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

Mario Kart comes to VR, E3’s VR news, Intel’s new VR eSports league AND wireless VR solution, Samsung buys their way into social, the investment & funding wrapup, and more…. OK, OK, it’s not open until 2019 but we’re still too tickled. SAMSUNG BUYS A SOCIAL VR CARD. INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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Road to VR

JULY 24, 2019

HBO meanwhile had launched its first VR apps, HBO NOW VR and HBO GO VR , on Google’s Daydream back in late 2016, but ultimately pulled those services from the platform in January 2019, likely relating to Google’s fading interest in their Android VR initiative.

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Mashable VR

MAY 10, 2022

If the rumors are true, Google may give wireless earbuds the old college try once again. But while Google can at least claim some parity with Apple in terms of phone quality, there’s no competition when it comes to earbuds. But according to tech leaker Jon Prosser, Google is going to launch something called Pixel Buds Pro soon.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

So, here we are, entering 2019 with me fulfilling my promise to Lenovo and closing this series of “should you buy it?” On the left side, there is the Daydream logo, that reminds the user that this is a product whose software has been offered by Google, and the Lenovo logo, because this hardware has been manufactured by Lenovo.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Alice Bonasio (@alicebonasio) February 2, 2019. Microsoft has this great patent portfolio and it would be great to take that amazing secret sauce of the HoloLens and license it out to their existing OEM partners like Dell or Samsung.”. UploadVR (@UploadVR) February 20, 2019. pic.twitter.com/UMhQbxgH1g.

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Peter Graham

AUGUST 30, 2019

AltspaceVR was one of the earliest social apps available for headsets like Samsung Gear VR, a virtual space where people could not only hangout but also create events and more. Oculus Quest support will be added on 12th September 2019. The app has had a few ups and downs over the years but seems to be growing stronger of late.

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