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According to independent tech analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has delayed the cheaper version of Vision Pro “beyond 2027” Kuo, who is a respected figure in Apple supply chain leaks, claims in an X post that “Apple’s only new head-mounted display device in 2025 will be the Vision Pro with an upgraded M5 processor.”
Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google acquires HTC Vive engineers for $250M Completely out of the blue (at least from our eyes), Google decided to acquire some XR-related engineers from HTC Vive (together with a non-exclusive license on some HTC IP) for the whopping amount of $250M.
Originally planned for release in 2027, the device, codenamed N107, was a Mac-connected pair of AR glasses which the company was positioning as a more accessible alternative to the $3,500 Vision Pro mixed reality headset. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple has shuttered an AR glasses project aimed at mainstream consumers.
For example, Meta has secured the entire output of a UK microLED startup, while Google acquired a US microLED startup. Apple Exploring Releasing Smart Glasses In 2027 Apple seems to be exploring making smart glasses, and reportedly could ship a product in 2027.
Samsung and Google confirmed in July their forthcoming “XR platform” will be announced sometime this year. The ‘platform’, which is thought to be hardware built by Samsung and an Android XR operating system built by Google, was previously reportedly delayed in effort to better compete with Vision Pro.
” Notably, these are set to be ‘true’ AR glasses, and not HUD-based smartglasses like Google Glass, or a mixed reality headset, such as the company’s Quest line. Find out more about the difference between AR and smartglasses in our handy primer.
At TED2025 Google showed off sleek smart glasses with a HUD, though the company described them as "conceptual hardware". Shahram Izadi, Google's Android XR lead, took to the TED stage earlier this month to show off both the HUD glasses and Samsung's upcoming XR headset , and the 15-minute talk is now publicly available to watch.
The category is growing so quickly that sales of AI servers are set to reach $150 billion in 2027, according to Liu Yangwei, the chairman of Foxconn, the world's largest electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider. Foxconn identified cloud service providers (CSPs) as the main clients for AI servers.
Google reportedly killed its glasses hardware project. Business Insider's Hugh Langley cites "three people familiar with the matter" as saying the hardware, which resembled standard glasses, was canceled earlier this year amid the mass layoffs at Google and the departure of Google's AR/VR chief Clay Bavor.
1, 2027 for commercial customers, Windows Mixed Reality will no longer be available for download via the Mixed Reality Portal app, Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR, and Steam VR beta, and Microsoft will discontinue support.” More info Google has to open its operating system to more stores As part of a settlement with the U.S.
Samsung reportedly plans to launch a competitor with Google's Gemini AI, later this year or early next year, while Apple is reportedly exploring releasing its own in 2027. Samsung Reportedly Plans Ray-Ban Meta Competitor With Google AI Samsung is reportedly working on a Ray-Ban Meta glasses competitor with Google Gemini AI.
Google is eliminating hundreds of roles in its hardware division, mostly from its first-party AR hardware team. Here's the statement Google provided to news outlet 9to5Google : "A few hundred roles are being eliminated in [Devices & Services] with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.
The ReachEDU app is available for free on the Appstore and Google Play. According to Change the Equation , the number of STEM jobs will grow 13 percent, compared to 9 percent for non-STEM jobs between 2017 and 2027— computing, engineering, and advanced manufacturing are leading the way. Image Credit: Reach Robotics.
Meta is also planning to release a version with two displays (one per eye) in 2027. Ndreams announced Synapse 2, but only for Google Cardboard, and Voodoo DE showed a preview of a very futuristic device. Hypernova should also get a camera upgrade, getting something similar to the iPhone 13 from 2021.
Google reportedly plans to provide AR glasses system software for hardware companies from 2025. In June Business Insider's Hugh Langley reported that Google had cancelled its own glasses hardware project amid the mass layoffs at the company and the departure of its AR/VR chief Clay Bavor.
What's also unclear is whether Kalinowski is referring to the AR glasses demonstrator hardware Meta may be planning to demo at Connect later this year, or the downgraded product it reportedly plans to bring to market in 2027. Ma reported that the goal is to ship this AR glasses product around 2027.
And in the end, the beginning of June is a good opportunity to answer whatever Google had announced mid May at Google I/O and at the same time to put pressure on Apple for the WWDC conference in mid-June. My educated guess is that the process will start in 2026-2027.
This is a period with many tech announcements: we had Meta telling about its Horizon OS, yesterday OpenAI unveiled the new GPT-4o, and today Google will hopefully unveil its Android XR operating system. It seems that most of the rumors are aligning on the launch of an Apple Vision Pro 2 in 2026–2027. What a time to be alive!
But Rapidus, a semiconductor consortium backed by the Japanese government and large conglomerates, plans to leapfrog several generations of nodes and start 2nm production in 2027. As demand from Japanese companies alone may not suffice, Rapidus is looking for orders from international corporations like Apple, Google, and Meta. "We
Ma reported that the goal is to ship this AR glasses product around 2027. Apple reportedly postponed its full AR glasses “indefinitely” earlier this year, and Google reportedly killed its internal glasses project in favor of making the software for third parties instead.
According to a leaked roadmap, the first set of Meta AR glasses for consumers could be launched sometime in 2027. Already, Meta’s biggest challengers, such as Google and Apple, seem to experimenting with their own AR specs. However, there’s a good chance a release date will be much further in the future.
Meanwhile, its first pair of full-fledged AR glasses, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg has predicted will eventually be as widely used as mobile phones, is planned for 2027. During Tuesday’s roadmap presentation, Alex Himel, the company’s vice president for AR, laid out the plan for a bevy of devices through 2027.
T he use of the Exynos chips makes me think even more that this is an old device : Samsung has recently announced that it is going to build its headset with Google and Qualcomm, so it is impossible that the to-be-released device doesn’t have a Qualcomm chip. The road toward widespread AR glasses is still very long and complicated.
Meta reportedly recently canceled even its 2027 Quest Pro 2 in favor of an ultralight headset with a tethered compute puck. Play For Dream MR doesn't run Horizon OS , or even Pico OS or Google's upcoming Android XR.
through 2027. cloud service providers, including AWS, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. They now estimate that the rise of generative AI will catalyze demand for AI servers, and this market will grow by 15.4% in 2023 and continue growing at a compound annual growth rate of 12.2% Nowadays, AI servers are used primarily by the leading U.S.
billion on a packaging fab that is rumored to come online in 2027. " It is noteworthy that compute GPUs, FPGAs, and accelerators from CSPs all use HBM memory to get the highest bandwidth possible and use TSMC's interposer-based chip-on-wafer-on-substrate packaging. For example, the company recently announced plans to s pend nearly $2.9
And the rumors talk about Meta releasing its first consumer AR glasses around 2027. Other companies have understood the potential of smartglasses, and in fact, Google tried to partner with Luxottica as well and Apple is rumored to be working on smartglasses, too. This is the reason why it just opened up the store to 2D app content.
VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. Mn by 2027 and 2019 seems to be the second wind with Sandbox VR raising $68 million from Andreessen Horowitz and other investors. Since 2015 there are 200 000 customers played these games. .
Due to these variables, the augmented reality market is set to reach a value of $502 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 62.7%, according to Research and Markets. For example, a user could point a camera at areas of their city to see what it looked like ten years ago from an archive of Google Maps. Earlier this year, ARCore v.1.31.0
These have appeared across Google’s ARCore, Niantic’s Lightship AR developer kit (ARDK), Snap Lens, Meta’s Reality system, and Apple’s ARKit platforms, namely for smartphones. billion by 2027. Additional firms such as IKEA and Walmart have also explored how to use AR for shopping experiences.
Based near some of the world’s top businesses like Google, Qualcomm, Meta Platforms, and others, Snap’s role in driving innovation in the United States and beyond has led to significant growth in extended reality (XR). The grant money Snap has received requires it to create 508 positions by the end of the 2027 fiscal year.
But Ma also makes specific claims about how the first AR glasses Meta plans to sell to the public from 2027 will actually have downgraded specs and features compared to Orion. A report today from The Information's Wayne Ma says the same about Orion as Heath.
It is behind the rise of companies like Google and Facebook, which match users to products and services using AI and analytics. The value of global e-commerce was estimated to be around $10 trillion in 2020 and is expected to grow to $27 trillion by 2027.
Amazon, Tesla, Google, Facebook, and others, including most autonomous vehicle companies, are building the same for various purposes. ” He said “I learned Google is learning faster than we are.” ” “We instrumented Google and discovered that its AI systems are learning faster than ours are.”
Billion by 2027 at a CAGR of 56.1%,” claims a report. Mobile wallets like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayTm are commonly accepted sources for a great many users. The trend is further becoming highly mainstream with decentralized apps like BitTorrent, Popcorn Time, etc. gaining immense traction. According to a report , $13.98
Analysts predict the market will surpass $47 billion USD by 2027, with immersive soft skill training becoming the largest untapped opportunity for enterprises. Additional Harvard University research found that sufficient and soft and people skill would increase job success by 85 percent. million USD.
Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Qualcomm followed the steps and invested billions of dollars in that concept. IMARC predicts an uptrend in the market with a potential reach of $54 billion by 2027. More examples include google glass, IKEA app to help users to test and visualize products in their own home before making a purchase.
Google, Microsoft, Nvidia and Qualcomm followed the steps and invested billions of dollars in that concept. IMARC predicts an uptrend in the market with a potential reach of $54 billion by 2027. More examples include google glass, IKEA app to help users to test and visualize products in their own home before making a purchase.
Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.
More info Google and Samsung are working on smartglasses According to The Information, Google and Samsung are not only working together on a mixed reality headset but also on a pair of smartglasses (a la Ray-Ban Meta) powered by Gemini AI. I cross my fingers, but I don’t have high hopes.
The reality turned out to be pretty different, with Meta forecasting its first AR glasses in 2027 , and they will be for sure a product for enthusiasts, so mainstream adoption will still need various years to happen. But no one could envision it: it was hard to imagine TikTok influencers eating Tide Pods in 1960. And our field, too.
The XR Headset With Google? In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android and Qualcomm providing the chipset. What seems far more likely is non-AR smart glasses.
LEGO BrickHeadz Builder is currently retired from the Google Play store. billion by 2027, up from US$3 billion in 2020. In this Android-only app experience, discover LEGO BrickHeadz characters and objects, by solving the play puzzles in the ‘Magic Book’, explore virtual LEGO models, unlock new characters and items through LEGO play.
Luckily there is AR that is still strong, and we can hope to wear Google AR glasses soon… ah no, they are dead too. In 2027, it should launch its first AR glasses for consumers, codenamed Artemis. Ah no, not even that because also Twitter is dead. Now it’s called X and aims at becoming the Western WeChat.
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