Road to VR

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. Apple also boldly announced the headset’s staggering $3,500 price, despite a launch date set for nearly a year later.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

” Mark Zuckerberg has Reviewed Apple’s Vision Pro Mark Zuckerberg recently reviewed the Apple Vision Pro headset and unsurprisingly concluded that his company’s Quest 3 headset is better. In other news, Meta has recently signed an agreement with Immersion Corporation, a technology innovator in haptic technology.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 19, 2024

Even Apple seems to focus on the business world with its pricey Apple Vision Pro. Remember, alternatives like the Apple Vision Pro are set to cost almost four times as much ($3,499). The Meta Quest Pro has numerous optional accessories from Amazon, the Meta online store, and other vendors.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to CBINSIGHTS , tech giants like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) have all been acquiring AI startups aggressively in the last decade. Apple leads when compared with other giants in terms of acquisitions made. Apple leads when compared with other giants in terms of acquisitions made.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

According to the patent filing, the headset will incorporate AI and haptic integration. As technology evolves, we can expect AI to play a significant role in future headsets; however, implementing haptic features and their effects will be particularly interesting to observe.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 1, 2023

While spatial computing isn’t an entirely new concept, major market leaders like Apple believe it will shape the future of our digital interactions. This includes the development of more comfortable, lightweight, and powerful wearable headsets, like the impeding Apple Vision Pro.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

While spatial computing isn’t an entirely new concept, major market leaders like Apple believe it will shape the future of our digital interactions. This includes the development of more comfortable, lightweight, and powerful wearable headsets, like the impeding Apple Vision Pro.

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Mashable VR

JULY 17, 2022

Go to your iPhone's Settings app and, depending on what iOS you're running, click on "Sounds" or "Sounds & Haptics." Credit: Screenshot: Apple. If you don't hear any sound, or if your speaker button on the "Ringer and Alerts" slider is dimmed, your speaker might need service, so you should get in touch with Apple.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MARCH 31, 2025

A great example comes from Amazons EU customer fulfillment team. Amazon even worked with Virti to create ultra-immersive simulations to improve manager confidence and streamline onboarding experiences for fresh staff members. It currently uses HTC technologies to train managers and drive improved customer interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 18, 2024

Heck, I think probably the Apple Vision Pro with some of what people are doing, extending with Steam will work with that. I think it was two months ago, roughly at this point, they put out a beta for third-party PC VR … anything that uses Steam, it could be Quest 2, Quest 3, it could be a Pico Neo… your choice on that.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It costs almost double the predecessor’s price, though it’s still much cheaper than other MR headsets, like the Apple Vision Pro. You can purchase them directly through the Meta website or through a partner retailer, such as Amazon. Both devices are available in around 23 countries worldwide.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

Apple way be working on a VR headset. According to Bloomberg, next year Apple is going to release a VR headset with limited passthrough AR functionalities. The HMD should be targeted to prosumers and Apple expects sales in the order of magnitude of one Apple headset per day, per store. Amazon acquires Umbra.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

OCTOBER 8, 2023

However, the Quest 3 will still be more affordable than other emerging MR devices, like the Apple Vision Pro. You should be able to buy it through Amazon, Target, Walmart, and Best Buy in the US. Alternatively, you can try Amazon, Argos, and Curry’s in the UK. This means the device is a little more expensive than the Quest 2.

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Building the Metaverse

JANUARY 18, 2023

Top500 Supercomputing clusters add up to ~10 exaflops NVIDIA RTX-4090’s shipped at least 13 exaflops Playstation 5’s combined surpasses 250 exaflops Apple ships over 1 zettaflop (10²¹) of compute in 2022 Intel is working toward a zettaflop supercomputer By 2027, hundreds of zettaflops seems plausible. exaflops (10¹⁸) 1.5

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

We had all the indications that this Q4 would have been good again, like the fact that the Meta Quest companion phone app was the first on the iOS store, that 1 Million people had played Batman Arkham Shadow, or that the Quest was the most sold console of 2024 on Amazon. This does not mean that Apple has given up on AR glasses, though.

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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

Apple’s Plan How Will Apple Compete? Apple is also interested in the industrial metaverse, and it has a number of strengths that it can leverage to compete with Microsoft and Google. Brand reputation: Apple is a well-respected brand with a strong reputation for quality and innovation.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Going into 2019, the industry eagerly awaits HoloLens 2 and Glass Enterprise Edition 2, as rumors swirl around the possibility of AR glasses from Apple and/or Facebook in the near future. Walmart was very active, beginning with its acquisition of VR startup Spatialand in February. The company’s direction is unclear.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This time we will talk about haptics in XR with some celebrities in the field like Guido Gioioso from Weart, Ashley Huffman from TitanHaptics, and Joe Michaels from HaptX. Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. This is clearly the beginning of Apple’s entrance into the Metaverse.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

But the difference with previous Pico controllers is that they are very well designed and comfortable, and also feature a new haptic module based on “HyperSense broadband motors” that should provide more realistic haptic feedback. vibration Battery Headset : 5300mAh, which lasts about 2.5~3 Presentation.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. You have Apple, with ARKit. And people have already been able to do that by turning their torso into an ear, by rewiring, taking audio sounds, transmitting it to a different haptic feedback onto your body.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And then there’s Amazon, they have Sumerian. You have Apple, with ARKit. And people have already been able to do that by turning their torso into an ear, by rewiring, taking audio sounds, transmitting it to a different haptic feedback onto your body.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Apple’s end goal is the one of building lightweight AR glasses that people wear all day, too, so it’s pretty normal that people at Cupertino are concerned about the work that Meta is doing (this is one of the positive side effects that I envisioned about the reveal of Orion , and in fact, it came true).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

More info (Ultraleap teasing a new device) More info (Maybe a new sensor is coming) Has Palmer Luckey tried the Apple headset? This week we had the usual articles about the Apple headset speculating its upcoming launch for June, 5th and stressing how Apple is launching for the first time a product that has not a clear market.

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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. More info.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 31, 2020

And then of course, Apple came along and created USDZ. And then there's Amazon, they have Sumerian. You have Apple, with ARKit. And people have already been able to do that by turning their torso into an ear, by rewiring, taking audio sounds, transmitting it to a different haptic feedback onto your body.

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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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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Chorus headphones for Quest 2 are currently available for pre-order from Amazon and Logitech for $100 with a release date planned for September 2nd. Apple releases new interesting research on Nerf. There is a lot of hype on Apple’s research on Neural Radiance Fields, and their ability to reconstruct 3D scenes. Upload VR).

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy's or you walk into any retailer, they're selling you the Amazon Echo and they're selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 30, 2019

2010, we had wearable technologies like the Fitbits, the Apple Watch, so forth and so on. When you walk into a Best Buy’s or you walk into any retailer, they’re selling you the Amazon Echo and they’re selling you the Google Home, where you ask a question, it plays a video. And in the 90s we had the laptops.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

We’re beginning to see glimpses maybe of how– I don’t know if you saw it just last week, Amazon released the Alexa glasses. Mike: We have no idea what Apple will do. I remember the first time I tried the Ultra Haptics. We know a little bit about how Google thinks about this. Alan: Yeah. Spatial audio.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

We’re beginning to see glimpses maybe of how– I don’t know if you saw it just last week, Amazon released the Alexa glasses. Mike: We have no idea what Apple will do. I remember the first time I tried the Ultra Haptics. We know a little bit about how Google thinks about this. Alan: Yeah. Spatial audio.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

We're beginning to see glimpses maybe of how-- I don't know if you saw it just last week, Amazon released the Alexa glasses. Mike: We have no idea what Apple will do. I remember the first time I tried the Ultra Haptics. We know a little bit about how Google thinks about this. Alan: Yeah. Facebook's got--. Alan: It's interesting.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

A series of announcements from Amazon, Crytek, Epic Games and Unity Technologies showcase an evolution among their respective game engines into VR world creation toolsets. For example, Lumberyard from Amazon is released for creating games and VR experiences, while both Unity and Epic reveal in-VR tools to speed up the development process.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. And we put this kind of like Apple-esque music over it, and made this cute little commercial and it never saw the light of day. Alan: Yeah.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

Inside-out tracking was expected after having seen the controllers, but the haptic feedback on the head is a very welcome surprise. Having tried the bHaptics facial haptics interface , I can tell you that being headshot in a game and feeling a vibration on your face is very fun. SlimeVR is an open cheap solution for full body tracking.

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