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MARCH 16, 2023

Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2, the company’s work-focused version of its iconic but once maligned smartglasses, is being discontinued. Google says in a device support FAQ that, starting March 15th, it will no longer sell Glass Enterprise 2, adding that it will only support the device until September 15th, 2023.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Google seems to be preparing the Play Store to support the Android XR platform it's working on. If you're not familiar with it, the Play Store is Google's app store for Android phones, tablets, TVs, and smart watches, as well as supported Chromebooks. That new reported delay is far from the first.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2025

Google has acquired a number of HTC’s XR engineers, something the company says will “accelerate the development of the Android XR platform across the headsets and glasses ecosystem.” ” Strangely enough, this isn’t the first time Google paid top dollar for HTC engineers.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Like seemingly all big tech firms these days, it appears to be working on AR glasses.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2024

This week Samsung and Google confirmed their forthcoming “XR platform” will be announced this year, though it’s unclear if it will actually launch before the end of 2024. It was early 2023 when Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm first announced their collaboration on an “XR platform” based on Android.

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MAY 2, 2024

Despite not receiving updates in years, Google Earth VR (2016) on Steam is still one of the most useful and immersive ways to interact with the company’s 3D version of planet Earth, Street View and all. The post ‘EarthQuest’ is What ‘Google Earth VR’ Should Have Been on Quest appeared first on Road to VR.

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Road to VR

JUNE 19, 2024

Hugo Swart, previous head of Qualcomm’s XR division, announced he’s joined Google where he’ll lead the company’s XR Ecosystem Strategy and Technology efforts. Google is also rumored to be developing a “Micro XR” platform for XR glasses, which is said to use a prototyping platform internally known as “Betty.”

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Samsung and Google announced in early 2023 that, along with Qualcomm, they’d be releasing an “XR platform” based on Android , which could also see the release of a high-end mixed reality headset. It was said Google created several smartglasses prototypes in a bid to interest manufacturing partners, such as Samsung.

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ARPost

APRIL 11, 2023

Statista reports that by 2023, there will be 1.4 Source: Statista What should we expect from AR and VR in 2023 and beyond? Looking ahead to 2023, there are six exciting trends in the AR shopping space to keep an eye on. And in 2023, we can expect more brands to utilize AR innovatively. billion by 2024. They are: 1.

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Road to VR

MAY 16, 2023

It’s been nearly two years since Google first introduced Project Starline, a telepresence platform designed to facilitate natural-feeling remote communication between two people. Google says that makes the latest prototype “more practical,” and says that select companies are trialing the new version.

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MARCH 20, 2023

More info (Official statement by Mark Zuckerberg) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Road To VR) More info (Meta to lay off 10,000 people — Upload VR) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — Yahoo Finance) More info (Meta focusing more on AI — CNN) Other relevant news Google is discontinuing Glass It’s the end of an era.

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JUNE 1, 2023

The opening Ori Inbar kickstarted AWE 2023 with a great keynote. awe23 #virtual pic.twitter.com/3zsGx1TNEA — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) May 31, 2023 After that, Ori had a fireside chat with Neal Stephenson , the guy that invented that word that we saw on Linkedin too many times last year.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

Photo by XR Expo on Unsplash We are only a couple of months away from 2023 and the tech world is already buzzing with technological trends that are most likely to dominate the upcoming year. VR Targeted Content Creation Another VR trend of 2023 would be the content created specifically for this technology. You sure can.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2024

Meta CTO Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth says the company would “love” to have some sort of Discord integration on Quest in the future, pending interest from Discord, that is—once again highlighting the fact that Quest really just needs Google Play. It may be getting ready to compete with the help of Samsung.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. While Vision Pro has yet to launch, it has certainly been the most talked about story in 2023.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

So get ready to read some interesting XR news… Top news of the week (Image from Brad Lynch) Meta to launch Quest 3 in 2023, despite the layoffs During the latest earning calls, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Meta is going to launch a new device, the Quest 3, in 2023. But now some data about it is starting to be found.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

StatusPRO , the studio behind NFL Pro Era (2022) , announced it has secured $20 million in Series A funding, led by Google Ventures. The post ‘NFL Pro Era’ Studio Raises $20M From Google to Grow VR Sport Game Catalog appeared first on Road to VR.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The Chinese tech giant hyped a widely reported AR glasses prototype at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in 2023. Much like the now defunct Google Glass, the device featured a single heads-up display. Xiaomi has dabbled in XR hardware in the past, although it really hasn’t entered full force. All of that is changing though, it seems.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

billion in 2023. billion in 2023, an 81 percent compound annual growth rate. Visual search, a la Google Lens , identifies objects using the smartphone camera or AR glasses. billion in products to be purchased through AR interfaces by 2023 (not counted as “AR revenue”)*. Billion by 2023 appeared first on AR Insider.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The popular VR social platform VRChat is launching the VRChat Entertainment Network in celebration of New Year’s 2023. Exclusively for #VRChat New Years 2023: Introducing the VRChat Entertainment Network! Submit it, and we'll play it during the New Years 2023 stream! (as Wanna make it on the BIG SCREEN?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2024

A VPS system detecting visual features in the surrounding environment (Image by Google) VPS stands for Visual Positioning System. GPS together with the sensors on the phone is all that we need to orient ourselves on a 2D map like Google Maps that we use every day. What is VPS? How do you develop an application using VPS?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Augmented World Expo , AWE for short, returns to Santa Clara this year from May 31 to June 2, 2023. It’s hard to find an XR organization that Peck isn’t or hasn’t been involved with, and Bar-Zeev co-created Google Earth and HoloLens. The agenda is still coming together but there’s already a lot to be excited about. Let’s take a look.

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APRIL 3, 2025

There was also a rumor in late 2023 that Nintendo was partnering with Google to create a standalone headset, although we’ve heard nothing since. Instead, Google seems to be focusing on developing its Android XR operating system for the upcoming Samsung Project Moohan mixed reality headset.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

First of all, Google has to keep the work on the headset very secret also internally , because Samsung is afraid that Google will steal its expertise to build a competing product. Google is working in parallel to build the Android XR operating system for this headset and a Micro XR operating system for AR glasses.

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ARPost

MARCH 16, 2023

Meta unveiled its Infinite Display system for VR Optics and the Meta Quest Pro with full-color mixed reality, while Google announced the launch of Immersive View for Maps and other updates aimed to make search and maps more immersive.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Google) AI models to generate 3D scenes start to surface This week we had the announcement of two AI models dedicated to the generation of 3D worlds. These glasses should be built in partnership with Google and Qualcomm and have a similar form factor to the successful Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

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JULY 27, 2023

Immediately following the panel discussion, Google’s Toshihiro Ohnuma takes the stage to discuss “Connecting Both Worlds – Google Maps and AR Core.” First, Infocomm Assistant Director of Innovation Joanne Teh, Deloitte Center for the Edge Southeast Asia Leader Michelle Khoo, Serl.io

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Road to VR

MAY 11, 2023

Google has announced an upcoming AR game, Space Invaders: World Defense , which is built as a showcase of the company’s latest AR tool. Over the last few years Google has been steadily working on its AR developer toolset, ARCore.

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JULY 17, 2023

More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Road To VR) More info (Roblox is coming to Quest — Upload VR) More info (Roblox on Quest may increase scrutiny on the platform) Other relevant news (Image by WIRED) Mark Lucovsky has left Google Mark Lucovsky has just left Google. More info iVRy makes the PSVR2 work with SteamVR!

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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. billion by 2023 , growing at a CAGR of 9.98% from 2017 to 2023. Thanks to GPS-based location support, users are now able to receive directions or traffic updates from Google Maps. Sponsored content.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

The time has finally come: on the last day of 2023, Praydog has released to the world his first version of UEVR, a universal VR mod for all games made with Unreal Engine. And this week I got to read that the device may use Google Soli for finger tracking. And another hug to whoever supported me on Patreon.

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MAY 22, 2024

In late 2023 however, Microsoft deprecated support for WMR. Meanwhile, Google and Samsung are releasing an XR headset at some point, which not only promises to return Samsung to the XR headset space, but also allow Google its first opportunity since Daydream to release its own first-party Android-based XR operating system.

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JANUARY 1, 2023

Let’s start this 2023 with a leak! I asked him some more proof and he pointed me to the Google cache of the website showing the same thing, so the image has not been manipulated. pic.twitter.com/e0uUx38Qm3 — Inscothen (@inscothen) January 1, 2023. The headset is so really called Vive XR Elite.

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MARCH 18, 2025

The approach chosen by Meta is similar to the one that Google promised to take with Android XR. When Android XR was announced, Google showed how it was easy to port Unity content from other headsets to Android XR and the compatibility with controllers is another good step in this sense.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

These accolades include being named a CES® 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree , one of TIME’s Best Innovations of 2022 , and winning the Fast Company 2022 Innovation by Design Award. The VITURE One, together with its Mobile Dock, was available for demos at CES 2023. Redefining the Future of Wearable Tech. What’s next for VITURE?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Still, it’s a good bet Meta will put Horizon OS in the spotlight as it seeks to compete with Google’s forthcoming Android XR. The gen 2 version of Ray-Ban Meta released in October 2023, so it stands to reason the companies are looking to launch a new generation to capitalize on the thus far successful segment.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Looking at the cached page on Google of its Quest 3 listing, it is possible to see that they have written all the specs on their website. Alex From CHN (@ZGFTECH) August 23, 2023 As you can see, the packaging has nothing fancy, but it is effective. Preorders most probably will start on the day of the Connect, so on September, 27th.

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