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Spatial Beats: 2020’s Top Ten

AR Insider

This week, we dive into the top-ten tech stories of 2020. Now what’s going to happen to the malls Amazon doesn’t want as warehouses? 350 million came in at the last minute to allow a new CEO, Peggy Johnson, from Microsoft, to focus on enterprise business. 2020 showed us a future still arriving, and unevenly distributed.

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The Best VR Headsets in 2020

Road to VR

With big game launches and more VR headsets on that market than ever, 2020 is shaping up to be a huge year for VR, and an excellent time for first-timers to jump in. The Best PC VR Headsets in 2020. Fortunately a free and official plugin from Microsoft also makes it compatible with SteamVR content.

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Mozilla is Shutting Down Development on WebXR Social App ‘Hubs’

Road to VR

Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, shuttered most of its web-focused XR development back in 2020. At the time, the company’s web-based social VR app Hubs was spared from the chopping block. Now, after a new organization-wide restructuring, all development on Hubs is set to be wound down in May.

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Power and Responsibility: Highlights from Microsoft Build

Tech Trends VR

We need to ask ourselves not only what computers can do, but what they should do,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in his opening keynote at Build. By 2020, the average person will generate 1.5GB of data a day, a smart home 50GB and a smart city, a whopping 250 petabytes of data per day. Ethical AI.

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Magic Leap is Selling Its First AR Headset for Just $550

Road to VR

As first reported by GMW3 , Magic Leap appears to be flushing excess stock of the 2018-era AR headset via the Amazon-owned online retailer Woot. . Amazon US Prime members qualify for free shipping, which ought to arrive to those of you in the lower 48 in early June. Image courtesy Magic Leapgic leap.

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Unicorn AR Startup Magic Leap is Killing Its First Headset Next Year

Road to VR

Brand new units, including the headset’s hip-worn compute unit and single controller, were being liquidated for the barn burner deal of $550 via Amazon subsidiary Woot. While no longer sold by Magic Leap, the company was selling ML 1 up until mid-2022.

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Save $150 on the Microsoft Surface Pro X at Amazon today

Digital Trends

The Microsoft Surface Pro X is only $850 right now at Amazon, making it a great deal for those looking for a high-end tablet.