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HTC today announced a new Vive Tracker accessory which is the first in the industry to use inside-out tracking, meaning it doesn’t require any external beacons. Details are slim right now; HTC hasn’t announced the price or battery life, and the release date is far off in Q3 2023. for its precision and compatibility.
So here you are a collection of the best news in immersive realities from the CES 2023, with many links to go deeper! HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. Could I make an exception for this year?
Augmented World Expo , AWE for short, returns to Santa Clara this year from May 31 to June 2, 2023. Day Two Day two only has one proper keynote scheduled, this time with MagicLeap. Last year, the company’s Head of Product Management, Jade Meskill, took the stage to talk about the MagicLeap 2 and “augmented enterprise.”
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The 2023 edition of AWE USA not only lived up to its reputation but also reached new heights, reportedly marking its largest event to date. ThinkReality VRX HTC presented their modular HTC Vive XR Elite ($1,099) for which they had won a “Best Headworn Device” award.
AWE day two started off with back-to-back keynotes from mixed reality display maker MagicLeap and AR commerce solution Avataar. A Look at the MagicLeap 2. MagicLeap’s Head of Product Management, Jade Meskill, presented “MagicLeap 2 and the Augmented Enterprise.”
To close 2022, MagicLeap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The investment by Saudi’s PIF division allows the region to own over 50 percent of MagicLeap’s ownership stake. A 16GB computing pack.
Given the investment in this virtual space by companies including Meta, HTC, ByteDance’s Pico, and soon… Apple with their anticipated headset likely to be announced in 2023 , the AR/VR market is a major player in the music industry, even spawning the “Best Metaverse Performance” category in the 2022 MTV VMAs.
Audi Motors recently debuted its Activesphere concept car, which features MagicLeap’s augmented reality (AR) driving user interface (UI) technologies. With MagicLeap 2, Audi Dimensions delivered a novel UI creation to empower drivers while on the road.
While it’s difficult to imagine exactly what the XR landscape will look like 5 or 10 years from now, I do have a few predictions, based on my experience with the landscape, for 2023. 4. MagicLeap will Release More Affordable Headsets. In September 2022, the MagicLeap 2 was released as an “Augmented Reality” headset.
Last week, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 kicked off its yearly event by bringing leading firms and representatives together to discuss emerging technology trends and innovations. CES 2023 occurred between January 5 – 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES 2023: Fresh AR/VR Hardware.
Apple is ramping up development of the operating system for its headset, with a plan to launch in 2023, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports. Early prototypes in 2016 used jury-rigged HTC Vives and software running on Microsoft Windows, with one being so heavy it had to be suspended by a small crane.
XR Today spoke to Amy Peck, Founder and Chief Executive of EndeavorXR about the top tech trends in 2023 on the sidelines of her keynote speech at the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 in Miami. Keynote 2023 Tech Trends. Tech Trends for 2023. I don’t think we did a good job in 2022, and I hope we do a better job in 2023.”
It was more of a conceptual showcase at the time, the report maintains, as some prototypes ran on Windows while others were based on the original HTC Vive. “as early as 2022” launch dates for N301 have been reported in the past, however later reports suggest a delay to 2023. N301 could cost around $3,000.
The shutdown will come to effect in August 2023, and in the meanwhile, all the players will be able to get some premium addons and beautifications for free. I guess the purpose is to reassure its existing customers, to prevent them all from going to MagicLeap 2. The contest runs from January 31 to March 3, 2023.
This week, virtual production specialists Scenez entered a developer partnership with HTC VIVE to leverage its XR Elite headset for mixed reality (MR), “4D,” content creation and distribution. The news follows HTC’s announcement of its XR Elite MR headset at CES 2023 last month.
Who doesn’t want to do that can still use his/her Oculus account to log in until 2023 , but he/she won’t be able to use all the social functionalities of the device (like Venues, Horizon, etc…). After 2023, the devices won’t be guaranteed to work with an Oculus login. The same on Twitter. Other relevant news. Image by Epic Games).
Moving from hype to tangible breakthroughs, 2023 has been an exciting time for Extended Reality (XR) development in hardware and software. After the holidays, XR Today reflects on ARuVR’s top achievements in 2023 and their impacts on the spatial computing community. According to the report, these demands are set to grow significantly.
Then we have a new report from The Verge that says that the upcoming Apple visor is coming with an M2 chip (we knew that); Kuo saying that Apple will release its visor in January 2023 (we knew that); Apple AR glasses (not the headset, but the glasses) have now entered the design development stage and should release in 2024 (again, we knew).
Unveiled at the CES 2023, the Audi subsidiary’s device is similar to an Amazon Alexa. Both retrofitted and stock versions of the device also include HTC VIVE Flow headsets for lightweight and optimal functionality. Audi-MagicLeap Partnership Audi Motors also unveiled its Activesphere concept car as an additional venture into XR.
NVIDIA announced on Tuesday at the SIGGRAPH 2023 it had expanded its CloudXR software developer kit (SDK) to deliver more scalable, customisable extended reality (XR) experiences for enterprises and developers. SIGGRAPH 2023 is taking place in Los Angeles, California from 6 to 10 August.
He has also worked four years at MagicLeap to develop the firm’s user experience capabilities. XR understands Alteon will leverage Meaney’s expertise to build Apple and MagicLeap product ecosystems. Alteon has appointed meany along with Sam Miller, MagicLeap Co-Founder and NASA Technologist.
The Future of MagicLeap After Ross Rosenberg was appointed MagicLeap’s CEO in October 2023, the company has since focused on its enterprise roadmap for 2024; targeting its XR devices towards enterprise and industrial clients. MagicLeap started to understand that these walled gardens are not their future.
The report indicated that the global market for smart glasses reached approximately 678,600 units in 2023. per cent from 2023 to 2030. On a regional level, the smart glasses market in the US expanded to encompass around 432,300 units in 2023, contributing to the projected 2030 market forecast.
In 2023, Meta is working hard to promote its underperforming Quest Pro device as a serious enterprise and future of work tool. In a tweet, the industry expert noted how the Quest 3 is coming in 2023, featuring a redesign and more powerful computing framework. Lucky explained: Meta is also coming out with a new headset this year.
Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the MagicLeap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. These new tools can fulfil an increasing number of use cases across the global industry.
release, the first stage of EON Universal is available now, featuring support for Meta Quest (1 & 2), HTC Vive Pro and HoloLens (1 & 2), with MagicLeap 2 being added next in Q1 2023. EON Universal makes every experience created within EON-XR available on all supported devices, and it all begins today. With the 9.6
Varjo, Lenovo, HTC VIVE Additional hardware offerings, including the MagicLeap 2, Lenovo’s ThinkReality VRX, HTC VIVE’s Flow and Focus 3, and Varjo’s Aero and XR-3 offer a trove of specifications. These new tools can fulfil an increasing number of use cases across the global industry.
The firm’s first XR headset is due soon, and with it comes a spatial computing ambition that draws similarities and differences to Lenovo, Microsoft, Meta, HTC VIVE, and other XR headset vendors. Apple is gearing up for the Vision Pro debut. AirTag 2 with AR locational features could easily integrate into the Vision Pro MR framework.
The pinnacle of standalone performance is HTC Vive’s Focus headset that that uses "world-scale" and is similar to the HTC vive, a powerful headset tethered to a PC. Based on statistics the augmented/mixed reality industry will be MUCH larger than VR by 2023. Additionally, MagicLeap is one of the most funded startups in history.
HAPPY 2023! Image by HTC Vive). HTC’s new headset may be called Vive XR Elite. Thanks to the support of the community member Inscothen, I have discovered that the Korean website of HTC may have leaked the info about the upcoming headset that the company should unveil at this CES. Top news of the week. Pieter Siekerman.
AWE USA 2023 saw a blossoming industry defending itself from negative press and a perceived rivalry with other emerging technologies. como pic.twitter.com/Do23hjIkST — AWE (@ARealityEvent) May 31, 2023 “We industry insiders know this is not exactly true … AI is a good thing for XR. AI accelerates XR,” said Inbar.
Part of all of this is merit of Jeri (Image by HTC). At Tilt Five, we designed a really clever system that only works on tabletop experiences but it has features that are just leaps and bounds above what the big MagicLeap or HoloLens type AR systems are. That’s where I got started with augmented reality.
Zappar’s Zapbox , DigiLens’ ARGO , Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 , the MagicLeap 2 , XREAL (previously Nreal) Air , and the Varjo XR 3 Focal Edition were all in the running, but the prize went to the HTC VIVE XR Elite. We’re just so happy. We’re so excited to be recognized here.”
Apple Vision Pro I would smile that way, too, if I had $3500 to spend on an AR headset In 2023, Apple finally announced its headset, after we all spent hours in the past years watching those useless Apple events where Apple announced new phones and tablets we didn’t care about. None of them made XR to skyrocket.
Notably, XR Today celebrated the best in XR enterprise innovation this week via the XR Awards 2023. XR Awards Winners Announced The XR Awards 2023, alongside an esteemed group of industry expert judges, revealed this year’s winners across 16 categories that showcase the best and brightest the space has to offer.
Image Credits: TechCrunch When HTC began imagining life after the smartphone, it looked a lot like VR. Later that year at Mobile World Congress, HTC announced the Vive name during its official unveil. MagicLeap officially announced its One headset after years of speculation and rumors.
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Don’t forget to catch the XR Awards on 25 May, 2023, where we celebrate the victories of the global immersive industry. Meta has even begun collaborating with massive automakers like the BMW Group to compete with MagicLeap, Microsoft HoloLens 2, and HTC VIVE Flow headsets. billion in 2023 alone.
HTC, MagicLeap, and other enterprise companies tend to emphasize how long their products will last — offering either comparatively long-lasting batteries or swappable ones. The back-mounted battery isn’t easily removable like the Vive Focus 3’s, so you can’t just swap it out and keep going. The tide seems to have turned.
According to the rumor, the collaboration should end in 2023, with the first product launched in 2024, a year that is compatible with a consumer-prosumer release of an XR device. MagicLeap rebrands and kills the whale. Apple is entering the XR field, and Facebook is currently dominating the VR market. It is very cool.
In the meantime, Bloomberg published a report saying that Apple is going to launch its XR headset in the “next several months” (a timeline that goes from now to 2023, I guess), and that it is probably waiting until there could be physical events again before doing it. I suggest you exploit this opportunity, of course.
If the rumor is true, Meta by 2024 is going to basically release the Nreal glasses or a mix of Nreal Light and MagicLeap 2. Apple glasses may have been delayed to 2023. But according to some analysts, it may be delayed until 2023. HTC Vive is going to launch… a box. HTC implements OpenXR on the Vive Focus 3.
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