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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.
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.
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
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. Funny link This is too funny to watch!
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.
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.
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.
Top news of the week (Image by Android Authority) Google is adding XR support to Play Store in preparation for the launch of the Samsung headset A report from Android Authority highlights that XR support is being added to the Google Play Store. Someone in the community already built a Unity plugin for it.
Twelve months ago I put a prediction on LinkedIn saying that I thought -- based on some of the things that we're seeing coming out of Unity -- that Unity was going to go public within the next 12 months. Epic sued Apple and Google this year over the duopoly of the app stores. just, Google it. That was a year ago.
Twelve months ago I put a prediction on LinkedIn saying that I thought -- based on some of the things that we're seeing coming out of Unity -- that Unity was going to go public within the next 12 months. Epic sued Apple and Google this year over the duopoly of the app stores. just, Google it. That was a year ago.
Twelve months ago I put a prediction on LinkedIn saying that I thought -- based on some of the things that we're seeing coming out of Unity -- that Unity was going to go public within the next 12 months. Epic sued Apple and Google this year over the duopoly of the app stores. just, Google it. That was a year ago.
Google and Samsungs headset The only official image about Project Moohan (Image by Google) Talking about companies that entered the field because of Apple, Google this year launched the Android XR operating system, fully dedicated to AR, MR, and VR headsets (you can read all that we know about it in this dedicated article ).
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