XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2024

Apple Vision Pro apps, coming to Apple’s latest spatial computing experience, will ensure individuals and teams can make the most of their new headset. Initially, Apple didn’t reveal much information about the apps available on the Vision Pro. Think of things like the Apple iCloud and Wallet apps.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

In particular, AR places 3D models into real situations and adds contextual information to a camera display or headphones. Algorithms extract features from the marker, including the size and position, and use that information to correspond virtual objects with the real-world environment. Top 3 Types of AR-Enabled Hearables.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 21, 2025

But still, my willingness to inform you is stronger than this cold, so here you are a collection of XR news that you will love to read! The same negative trends regard the Black Friday sales on Amazon. If shipments were comparable to sales, we would have a number of sold Vision Pro similar to the initial estimates by Apple.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 20, 2020

Here, AR’s ability to contextualize real-world objects with informational overlays — a la visual search — will be naturally aligned. Cashierless retail a la Amazon Go will get its long-awaited chance to shine. But another factor could propel AR in the post-Covid era: touchless retail. The Next Normal.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Apple is really good at selling stuff.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Apple claims the M4 has a 50% more powerful CPU an d 4 times more powerful GPU than the M2 chipset mounted on the Vision Pro, so an M5 chipset may give the new Vision Pro unprecedented performances for a standalone MR headset. They used then this info to trick people into believing they knew each other. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Image from The Information). Apple is working on some sort of metaverse, and its headset is entering mass production. It has been a week of interesting rumors about the upcoming Apple MR headset. So, forget about an Apple headset that is going to enter the mainstream , as I already sold in this previous article.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. Every year, we have the same ritual: we wait for an event by Apple, hoping to hear some news about an upcoming XR device, then nothing happens in this sense, we are disappointed and so we hope for a new reveal next year. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

MAY 20, 2024

Meta announced in February it was partnering with South Korean tech giant LG to create an XR headset that was reportedly set to compete with Apple Vision Pro. ” A candidate could be Amazon, the report maintains. ” A candidate could be Amazon, the report maintains.

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AR Insider

JUNE 23, 2020

The story is similar for Amazon , Microsoft and Bose (kind of), but the biggest impact could come from Apple. In the near term, Apple’s wearables are seeing strong revenue growth and offsetting smartphone revenue deceleration. Back to AR, Apple’s wearables category is where AR glasses will live. Head Start.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 24, 2023

Sorry to inform you about that. But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

More information about it is coming “later this year” Project Starline , the booth to have volumetric 1-to-1 calls has been improved and optimized. More info (Ultraleap teasing a new device) More info (Maybe a new sensor is coming) Has Palmer Luckey tried the Apple headset? It’s good to see XR gaining importance again at Google.

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VRScout

JULY 29, 2020

Pair your Garmin or Apple smartwatches for additional GPS functionality. FORM’s AR-enhanced swim goggles received a free firmware update today introducing support for Garmin and Apple smartwatches, allowing wearers to track a wide range of metrics, such as their GPS location and heart rate, while swimming outdoors in open water.

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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. So let me recap what we know from all these rumors , keeping in mind that this is not information confirmed at 100%, but I would say that we are almost sure about that.

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AR Insider

MAY 4, 2021

Picking up where we left off last week, Apple is leading the way with wearables, which is partly to set the stage for its rumored AR glasses. They’re driven to future-proof their core businesses; or – like Apple – to diversify revenue in the face of maturing cash cows. That includes Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Snap and others.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 17, 2022

The same has happened with Apple, which is now offering bonuses to employees to keep them inside the company. Apple has performed very strategic acquisitions as well, and the news of the week is that Snap has acquired Compound Photonics to gain a key supplier of LCOS and Microled displays. Apple may have delays for its headset.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 17, 2024

As Apple Vision Pro pre-orders approach, the company is offering up new details on its headset. Apple is taking the moment to sharpen its marketing message, and that message is clear: Vision Pro is being pitched hardest for passive media consumption.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. The leading OEMs such as Samsung and Apple are expected to contribute to manufacturing more AR devices. The concept of augmented reality is no longer new.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Apple AR glasses may have been pushed back to 2025–26. According to a new rumor, Apple AR glasses may have been pushed back from 2024 to 2025–26. Especially for Apple, which is not interested in releasing devkits, but in shipping devices that appeal to the masses. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more. Learn more.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2022

This would be a total pivot for Meta, which would so migrate away from the social importance of having eye and face tracking to compete directly with Apple in offering a consumer device totally dedicated to mixed reality. The device is available on Amazon for $379. This would show the fear that Meta has for its upcoming competitor.

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AR Insider

MARCH 11, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. Facebook wants to be the social layer to the spatial web, while Amazon wants to be the commerce layer and Apple envisions a hardware-centric multi-device play. When tapped, expanded business information appears.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Someone invokes saviors like Google and Amazon, but even if they managed to succeed, they are other data-harvesting companies , so in any case, we are f**ked. Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Image by Epic Games).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Trained on decades of Walmart data, Wallaby can also be combined with other LLMs to create highly personalised and contextual information, while being able to offer responses in a ‘natural tone’ that also supports Walmart’s values.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 29, 2024

This is going to be the week of the Apple Vision Pro, with the first people who preordered it finally receiving the device at home! Apple released a new trailer for the headset. Finally, we will have some real impressions on the device not coming from scripted demos. There is even an app to send faxes!

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ARVR

JUNE 2, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. continuing here with Amazon. Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Point & Learn Picking up where we left off in the last Space Race installment, how does the mighty Amazon fit into geospatial AR? But it’s not alone.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 7, 2024

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.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. by Kif Leswing, CNBC.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Can that realization help inform where they’re headed, and thus “skate to where the puck is going” to fill ecosystem gaps? For Apple , it’s all about hardware and making its devices more attractive. For Amazon , it’s selling us stuff. Amazon meanwhile wants to be the commerce layer.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

or higher, the new AR tool allows customers to scan physical products to display up-to-date information that includes the product name, how much the item costs, customer reviews from Walmart.com, and other valuable information – all by moving your device back and forth scanning the labels on stores shelves.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Apple is already far ahead given the success of Watch and Airpods. Amazon and Microsoft launched wearables lines in the past quarter and smaller players like Bose and Snap are planting seeds for a wearables-heavy future. . The poster child here is Apple. Google meanwhile acquired Fitbit to buttress its wearables play.

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ARPost

JANUARY 29, 2020

Many major tech organizations such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are currently working on different types of smart glasses or headsets which are more affordable and widely available to consumers, which will eventually change how we view and interact with the world around us. Virtual Objects and Overlaying Them.

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AR Insider

APRIL 8, 2020

For example, Apple’s wearables are seeing strong revenue growth and offsetting smartphone revenue deceleration in the near term. After examining Amazon , Microsoft , and Google , it’s time to zero in on Bose. Then there’s Golfshot which provides strategic information to approach the green on a given Golf course.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Considering the leaks on Amazon and MediaMarkt, the device will probably be available starting from October, 10th, 2023. I forecast zero surprises related to the launch of this device … it’s the headset for which Meta has revealed the most information before the actual launch, so we already know everything about it.

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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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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 26, 2020

With the One App, creators have access to the full power of ARCore and ARKit for the best possible AR experiences. ( Apple Store ) ( Play Store ). It feels abandoned in the overall Amazon ecosystem and the rendering technology is older and inefficient. The app is universal and opens AR experiences directly from the web.

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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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