The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Meta already teased some details in June before the Apple Event, and over these weeks we had all the information revealed through leaks and rumors. Considering the leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt, the device will probably be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. This is a very needed upgrade. What surprises?

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Upload VR

JANUARY 19, 2023

Microsoft is reportedly reducing the size of its HoloLens group. Microsoft is far from the only big tech company to make this move – this week Amazon started laying off 18000 people, Meta laid off more than 11000 in November, and Snap laid off 20% of its staff in September.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 11, 2021

Now what’s going to happen to the malls Amazon doesn’t want as warehouses? B from Google, Disney, AT&T, Alibaba Group, JP Morgan, Kleiner Perkins, Qualcomm, and other brand name investors to make see-through AR glasses, and the content, optics, chips, and AI that go in them. Image source: Apple. The end of the movie theater?

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 11, 2023

More info Apple Vision Pro may have a very slow start The same Ming-Chi Kuo, who probably woke up with a lot of pessimism that day, has also expressed doubts about the widespread success of the Apple Vision Pro. This would mean that Apple’s XR offering should rely for 3 years on a very expensive headset with very low sales.

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GizModo VR

JULY 19, 2021

Amazon has cut off web hosting services for the NSO Group, an Israeli spyware firm that has been widely accused of aiding in the surveillance of journalists and political dissidents. Read more.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

I have been talking with hundreds of people across the industry and have discovered that the changes coming to Apple are deeper than just a VR/AR headset. This is the fourth paradigm shift for Apple. So, what is Apple getting ready to announce over the next year? Eventually, I hear, Apple will even bring 3D to 2D monitors.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 26, 2023

After having announced some of the features and the price just before the launch of the Apple Vision Pro, now the company formerly known as Facebook is already working towards the launch of the device. Thanks to Hexa, Amazon can so show the 3D model of the items it is selling , and also provide virtual try-on features.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt have revealed that probably the headset will be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. I hope to be wrong, of course: maybe Valve has just accelerated to launch its device before Apple may finally release its one. Preorders are expected to start on the day of the Connect, so on September, 27th.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2020

After one month from its official announcement, Facebook has released the Oculus Quest 2, that from the 13th of this month can be purchased online on the Oculus Store or on official resellers (like Amazon) or offline on partner stores (like Best Buy). Apple launches iPhone 12, Pro models have Lidar sensor.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 5, 2021

A group of Apple employees has written an internal letter to CEO Tim Cook and the company’s executive leadership team asking them to support employees that want to continue to work remotely or in location-flexible ways. The employees stated that many of them have thrived working outside the office and urged Apple… Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

AWS, Proto to Debut Hologram Avatar At AWS re:Invent 2024, long-time Amazon Web Services partner Proto will unveil the next evolution of its AI-powered immersive hologram technology. This collaboration enables Proto to utilize features from Amazon Bedrock, including Anthropic’s Claude, which facilitates dynamic conversations.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A group of Apple employees announced that they were staging a walkout on Christmas Eve to demand better working conditions and urged the public not to shop in stores or online on Friday. Read more.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 17, 2020

But it also includes Disney, Google Earth, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple. “It let me in the door to meet the right people to get in to the group that was building the Hololens before anybody knew what it was it was. Then came Apple where there are several frames missing from the film reel of his professional career.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Yesterday Apple held a keynote presentation to update the world on their latest products. It’s too early for Apple to jump into the AR/VR game. That much was made clear on stage at the company’s latest keynote where they revealed the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2. Acquisitions.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is a very impressive fusion of hardware and software, but it's by no means perfect. Apple Vision Pro Specs, Features & Details Apple officially revealed the full Vision Pro specs when opening preorders today. And Apple did not send UploadVR a review unit, we bought our own. But does it deliver?

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Amazon has finally laid out its plans for adopting the new Matter smart home connectivity standard, which is launching sometime next year. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 20, 2022

Legislative efforts to rein in Big Tech’s alleged anti-competitive, self-preferential business practices took a big step forward on Thursday as a bipartisan group of lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted overwhelmingly (16-6) in favor of advancing new antitrust legislation. Now, the hotly contested… Read more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 13, 2017

Dominic Mallinson, Senior Vice President of R&D at Sony Interactive Entertainment, spoke a little about the current areas of VR that the group is looking into in a video that ran before the company’s E3 press conference yesterday. You can see it below, the clip starts at around 43:20.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 27, 2023

Following last week’s theme of layoffs across the tech sector, this week continues the unemployment trend as influential groups reassess the space and US Courts aim at Google. Recently, Microsoft and Amazon cut back roughly 10,000 employees, and Meta dismissed approximately 11,000 people.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Just Dance VR is also part of a big focus on Fitness by Pico , with Pico Fitness already being part of the runtime and tracking the calories you burn while using the headset (clearly inspired by Oculus Move) and sharing them to Apple Health (like Oculus Move). Les Mills Body Combat has just been announced as being part of the content library.

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Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

As Apple puts the finishing touches on its new augmented reality headset, expected at WWDC in June, I’ve been tracking innovation in music. Dolby Atmos will be a huge part of the announcements Apple is going to make. For instance, Apple’s “Rock Spatial Audio” list has 99 songs. But Amazon?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And its ads business is under a crossfire attack: on one front, Apple with its new data policy is limiting how much data the Facebook app can collect about its users, and on the other one, the EU is trying to enforce its regulation about European people’s data not allowed to be sent to Facebook’s US servers. Image by Apple).

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Altogether, AMD, Apple, Cadence, Google, Intel, MediaTek, NVIDIA, Samsung, Synopsys, and TSMC have signaled an interest to purchase up to an aggregate of $735 million of Arm's American Depositary Shares (ADS), SoftBank, the owner of Arm, disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 12, 2022

Investors such as Gaorong Capital, Sequoia Capital, Jinshajiang Venture Capital, and IDG led the funding round along with Lenovo Capital & Incubator Group. Funding raised in the pre-A round will secure research and development (R&D), market expansion, and talent recruitment, among others.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 19, 2023

Amidst rumours of Apple’s new headset, many firms are ramping up efforts, perhaps partly due to a looming sense of competition. BMW Group Taps Meta for XR Car Gaming System BMW Group USA and Meta Platform’s Reality Labs division have announced a partnership to develop an automotive VR/MR solution.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 11, 2024

Supporting that trend is a broad scope of heavyweight companies debuting XR devices this year, most notably the Apple Vision Pro, which is driving the productivity and workplace solutions market forward. ” XR solutions can also help boost pre-existing training procedures, from classroom learning to simulation training.

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 2, 2018

His current position as Technical Fellow of the Windows and Devices Group enables him to maintain a hands-on approach to building the HoloLens and related Windows Mixed Reality software platform. In a career spanning more than 15 years as a developer for the company, he has been named as the primary inventor on more than 150 U.S.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

Apple, Apple, Apple. The impact of Apple’s headset is predicted by some in the XR industry to bring new eyes and fresh investments towards broader enterprise and consumer AR/VR/MR companies – already, it appears XR firms are taking note of the potential spatial computing trend of 2024.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 16, 2023

Furthermore, Amazon Germany listings display an “Xreal Air Adapter”, which could be a successor to Nreal’s Apple Adapter, which the firm released last year, selling out in 24 hours ! Nreal’s Federal Communications Commission patent request appears to be a successor to the Nreal Streaming Box.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 22, 2022

It's not impossible to find a decent deal on a pair of AirPods, but you might be able to do better if you explore headphones outside the Apple brand. when you buy from Amazon. Unfortunately, the phantom silver pair is $144, the highest of the group.). SEE ALSO: Apple's AirTags just got a rare discount. Credit: Samsung.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

The Vision Pro bring Apple’s branding into the space and, with it, many eyes. At the event, AWS collaborated with Proto Holograms to showcase a new system powered by Amazon Bedrock. During the event, AWS VP Matt Wood conducted a live broadcast, allowing him to interact with a group of attendees identified as MWC 2024.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 29, 2022

His fans believe this will mean a return to a more unregulated social media forum; one where previously moderated accounts and offensive content, much of which would be categorized as hate speech and attacks on marginalized groups, would be allowed on the platform. Apple and Google have an absolute stranglehold on the mobile market.

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Anand Tech

DECEMBER 6, 2023

One of the most notable drivers of TSMC's revenue was the formal start of Apple's 3nm chips shipments (or rather revenue recognition) in the third quarter. By contrast, HuaHong Group experienced a 9.3% IFS earned $311 million in revenue in Q3 2023, up 34.1% Tower's revenues increased 0.3% quarter-over-quarter increase.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 16, 2022

This group of women led by a debutante holding a candle smuggled this guy back to his bed. This group of women led by a debutante holding a candle smuggled this guy back to his bed. You can listen to the full podcast to hear more Downton stories as they're released, streaming on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , and Amazon Music.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 20, 2021

Or better, I can imagine who can be the names and they are all the big monoliths: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon , etc… Only companies of this size could afford selling a good headset under cost and at the same time attract enough developers to publish VR games on their own new stores. Image by Khronos Group).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 31, 2018

Not to mention how 3D technologies are being adopted and developed by major companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple. Another notable group is Physically Based Rendering (PBR) models, which are gradually becoming a standard in the industry because their textures render correctly and look great in any lighting conditions.

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