Road to VR

AUGUST 5, 2021

A faster refresh rate means a smoother image which reduces latency and can improve comfort and immersion. The feature works a bit like a FitBit or Apple Watch by using your movements to estimate your calorie burn. However, the headset has been steadily updated to support faster refresh rates—first 90Hz and today up to 120Hz.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Apple Maps are going AR. iOS 15 finally brings AR navigation instructions to Apple Maps , in a way similar to the one that Google is already offering. Even if Apple has not released its glasses yet, it is building a strong AR ecosystem that will be very valuable when its hardware will be out. Some news on content.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Just 6 hours after they were released on Amazon, they claimed the number one “bestseller” spot for the global marketplace’s Smart Glasses category. Are they as revolutionary as RayNeo says, or will they quickly fade into the background as companies like Meta, Microsoft , and Apple continue to invest in the XR landscape?

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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 - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Every major market leader is getting involved, from Snap, to Meta potentially even Samsung and Apple. All that, and you get a spatial computing solution thats a fraction of the price of the Apple Vision Pro. Plus, it gives you a 3DoF experience thats completely edge-to-edge, with virtually no latency whatsoever.

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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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Mashable VR

APRIL 28, 2022

Sure, you could always visit Amazon and nab the cheapest pair, but in our experience that’s a false economy. Since brands such as Apple began ditching the classic jack from their smart devices, good quality wired headphones have become harder to find, but they are out there. What is noise cancellation?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2023

This included adopters of the Omniverse such as Amazon, Deutsche Bahn, and others. He explained further, “Amazon is using Omniverse to visualise their warehouse, [a] giant robotic system, to help their workers [and] to simulate their fleet of AMRs. [We We are] creating a digital twin of the [Earth’s climate system].

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

It also hosts a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 processor for offloading processing power, streamlining app functionality for low-latency connectivity between the two devices. Additionally, Apple followed suit by redirecting efforts to their long-awaited, premium-tier MR headset and subsequent mid-range consumer MR device.

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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. The XR2 Gen 2 chip also offers a fantastic pass-through latency of only 12 milliseconds.

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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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CraneMorley

AUGUST 1, 2023

This means that there are still some challenges to overcome, such as latency and bandwidth issues. Microsoft is also working to develop new technologies that will enable the industrial metaverse, such as: 5G: 5G will provide the high-speed, low-latency connectivity that is needed to support the industrial metaverse.

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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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VRWorld

APRIL 30, 2017

x8 PCIe interface, which enables high throughput and low latency transactions and utilizes the latest NVMe protocol in order to deliver increased performance and efficiency from a single device. M IOPS of random performance, over 7 GB/s of throughput, and ultra-low transactional latency of 20 us.” link] a-hire/.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 31, 2023

We were all waiting for an Apple announcement, hoping that it could bring back some enthusiasm into the field, and it seems that the Vision Pro is having some beneficial effects , indeed. Apple showed investors that XR is not a fad, and even if it is still in its early stages, it is going to stay. appeared first on The Ghost Howls.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. Amazon Prime has a series coming up called Good Omens, which is about angels and devils among us in the days before the apocalypse. Charlie: Yeah it’s it’s a series on Amazon. Charlie: They’re taking the Amazon route.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

They’ve already got, you know, in your Apple phone, RF detection is already built in. Amazon Prime has a series coming up called Good Omens, which is about angels and devils among us in the days before the apocalypse. Charlie: Yeah it’s it’s a series on Amazon. Charlie: They’re taking the Amazon route.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. They were acquired by Apple. You know why Apple bought them? Björn: My guess was, as they were quite good in the latency and [unclear]. So you’re having the frame rate issues, the latency issue. I mean, it was imperceivable, the latency.

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XR for Business Podcast

JANUARY 17, 2020

I can ask Google questions now; Voice, Amazon, Alexa, and Google Voice. They were acquired by Apple. You know why Apple bought them? Björn: My guess was, as they were quite good in the latency and [unclear]. So you’re having the frame rate issues, the latency issue. I mean, it was imperceivable, the latency.

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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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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Amazon promises “single-digit latency” XR streaming. Amazon has announced some weeks ago “Wavelength”, a new offering of its AWS services, that should provide “single-digit latency” over 5G networks. To have such a low latency, the company needs very fast 5G networks and edge servers very close to the client.

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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

JULY 7, 2020

One thing we've learned about the mobile space is if we let people build walled garden and limit the connectivity between the platforms, like you cannot Facetime between an Android and Apple device. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much. And I think we're about to have the low latency network with 5G.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 7, 2020

One thing we've learned about the mobile space is if we let people build walled garden and limit the connectivity between the platforms, like you cannot Facetime between an Android and Apple device. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much. And I think we're about to have the low latency network with 5G.

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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

JULY 7, 2020

One thing we've learned about the mobile space is if we let people build walled garden and limit the connectivity between the platforms, like you cannot Facetime between an Android and Apple device. It's a bunch of sourcing right now on Amazon, it doesn't cost us much. And I think we're about to have the low latency network with 5G.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2024

Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple announces the release date of the Apple Vision Pro During the last few days, the rumors about possible release dates for the Apple Vision Pro have intensified , and someone talked about January, 27 as the day of the launch. The headset will be available for purchase in the U.S.,

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

So I would say that one of the most important ones — if not the most important one — is actually related to latency. When we move to a 5G network, there are some fundamental changes on the overall architecture of the mobile network, that allow us to reduce significantly the latency of the connections as well. So I know it.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

So I would say that one of the most important ones — if not the most important one — is actually related to latency. When we move to a 5G network, there are some fundamental changes on the overall architecture of the mobile network, that allow us to reduce significantly the latency of the connections as well. So I know it.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

So I would say that one of the most important ones -- if not the most important one -- is actually related to latency. When we move to a 5G network, there are some fundamental changes on the overall architecture of the mobile network, that allow us to reduce significantly the latency of the connections as well. So I know it.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

There are anyway a few caveats: first of all, cloud rendering requires high-speed low-latency networks, and possibly a rendering edge server that is always close enough to the user. This is something we already heard from other rumors, but he added that according to his sources, the target price for Apple is around $2000.

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