XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 18, 2024

Today at AWE 2024, XREAL Beam Pro, an Android-based mobile device that allows users to access Google Play Store services as spatial AR applications access through smart glasses, will be unveiled. XREAL is debuting Beam Pro in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Czech Republic, China, and Japan.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 23, 2023

Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off 12,000 Jobs Late last week, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, laid off roughly 12,000 individuals. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce. Pichai also noted that workers in the United States would be the first affected.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 14, 2023

.” He added that higher interest rates across the United States, geopolitical instability, and tightening regulations had hit Meta’s business operations. ” The news comes as multiple tech giants slash their workforces, namely Google parent company Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and others, amid the ongoing tech crisis.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed. Image from Amazon).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2023

Following the latest updates from Meta, Disney, Accenture Amazon, Google, and others, Apple could potentially delay the device again due largely to adverse market conditions. Like Google and Microsoft, who have not developed XR devices for consumer markets, there will be less hardware to integrate into a future metaverse.

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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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ARVR

JULY 1, 2020

Currently, when you’re walking around the United States accessing the web, your digital self is likely heading physically to one of four major data centers operated by Amazon Web Services in either California, Oregon, Ohio, or Virginia. You’ve probably already experienced the Spatial Web without knowing its name.

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ARVR

JUNE 21, 2021

You can get a Gear VR headset for $129 on Amazon. to create virtual experiences through HTC Vive headsets and tools like the Google Tilt Brush. For those who may not be familiar with Google Tilt Brush, it is one of the first VR experiences of its kind and caliber, allowing its user to create 3D paintings within a virtual space.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 16, 2022

Today, Audible, now owned by Amazon , is the United States' largest audiobook producer and retailer. When you're signed in with your Amazon account you can enjoy cross-device listening with "Whispersync.". Currently, Amazon Prime members get any two titles free with an Audible Premium Plus trial. Google Play Books.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Hosting virtual and in-person conferences across the United States and Europe, the event encapsulates the VR/AR Association’s quest to facilitate innovation in the immersive technology space. Produced by the VR/AR Association , the Immerse Global Summit is one of the world’s most exciting technology conference series.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

Smart Glass Vendors Rise and Fall The significance of this strategy is that it comes as global tech giants across the United States temporarily suspended their smart glass products to focus on leaner, more conservative research and development (R&D) strategies for mixed reality (MR) products.

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VRWorld

MARCH 8, 2017

GearBest is one of fast growing e-tailers, trying to replicate the success of Alibaba and Amazon. The company opened warehouses in United States and European Union, and is shipping more and more products from U.S. OnePlus 3T can now run on Google Android 7 i.e. Nougat, and with its Oxyigen UI it is very quick in everyday tasks.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 14, 2023

” He added that higher interest rates across the United States, geopolitical instability, and tightening regulations had hit Meta’s business operations. This has included Google parent company Alphabet , Microsoft, Amazon, and others amid the ongoing tech crisis.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 21, 2021

A coalition of thirteen different think tanks and advocacy groups penned an open letter to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Monday warning lawmakers about two major antitrust bills that lawmakers are set to vote on later this week. Instead of wrangling Big Tech, the letter says, these bills would “dramatically… Read more.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

It recognizes the shoes and says, here's some Amazon reviews on it -- or some reviews from that store, I guess -- and then here's some other things that you might like that aren't necessarily in the physical store, correct? and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Our goal is to try to bring that consumer behavior to the United States.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

It recognizes the shoes and says, here's some Amazon reviews on it -- or some reviews from that store, I guess -- and then here's some other things that you might like that aren't necessarily in the physical store, correct? and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Our goal is to try to bring that consumer behavior to the United States.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

2021 was a bad PR year for Big Tech. Lawmakers , advocates, and scholars filled pages of books and held hours of hearing exalting what they viewed as an industry being strangled by a handful of players using anti-competitive practices to solidify their position as kings. Ironically, those exact same tactics were… Read more.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 25, 2021

President Joe Biden and other White House officials plan to meet with a cadre of business, tech, education leaders and others on Wednesday to discuss a pretty pressing issue: How exactly to keep America from getting hacked so much. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 13, 2022

Comedian John Oliver decided to wade into the antitrust battleground this week, and he didn’t hold back any punches. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 16, 2022

Apple now considers covid-19 booster shots to be an important element in protecting its workers and will be purportedly requiring employees to show proof that they’ve gotten the additional dose to access its premises, according to an internal email seen by the Verge. Read more.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The trade organization once central to Big Tech’s intensive lobbying efforts appears to be slowly fading into the background as companies increasingly opt for a go-it-alone approach. That decline escalated this week with a new report from Axios revealing Microsoft and Uber, among two of the group’s largest members,… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 5, 2021

The employees stated that many of them have thrived working outside the office and urged Apple… Read more. 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.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

It recognizes the shoes and says, here's some Amazon reviews on it -- or some reviews from that store, I guess -- and then here's some other things that you might like that aren't necessarily in the physical store, correct? and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Our goal is to try to bring that consumer behavior to the United States.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 22, 2021

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced legislation aimed at reigning in the powers of big tech companies last Friday, and. I’m getting word that the CEOs of those companies think that antitrust bills are actually a bad thing? And that their companies should just be left alone, with their… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 28, 2021

If all goes according to Amazon and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ’s plans, the web service giant will soon acquire the legacy film studio in an $8.45 billion deal that will add thousands of movies and television shows to the tech company’s portfolio of content available to stream to 200 million Prime subscribers. Taken at face… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 18, 2022

Spearheaded by dogged Amazon critic Lina Khan , antitrust scribe Tim Wu , and longtime Google annoyance Jonathan Kanter , that dream team has little to show for itself, so far. The first few months of Joe Biden’s presidency were marked by the recruiting of what some called an “ Antitrust All-Star Team.”

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

And I don’t like to just think in Canadian terms, because you and I deal with very different things that are happening in the United States, that are dealing with Europe, that are countries like Uganda, all over the world. Alan: –into Siri, Google, whatever, Amazon. And that one little thing– Julie: She was so frustrated.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

And I don’t like to just think in Canadian terms, because you and I deal with very different things that are happening in the United States, that are dealing with Europe, that are countries like Uganda, all over the world. Alan: –into Siri, Google, whatever, Amazon. And that one little thing–. They will just ask it into–.

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Robert Scoble

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

It brings with it a bunch of new technologies that could disrupt even Apple, Google, or Amazon, but soon will start bringing service after service to your home. NVIDIA’s Omniverse is the best laid out example, but others are being built at Tesla, Apple, Google, Niantic, Meta, Bytedance, among others.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 25, 2020

And I don’t like to just think in Canadian terms, because you and I deal with very different things that are happening in the United States, that are dealing with Europe, that are countries like Uganda, all over the world. Alan: –into Siri, Google, whatever, Amazon. And that one little thing–. They will just ask it into–.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The people can now repair and tinker with their own devices under copyright law. The US Copyright Office (USCO) submitted recommendations , approved today by the Librarian of Congress, to add exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)’s rules governing access to devices and software. This section.) The… Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 15, 2021

Today the senate overwhelmingly confirmed tech critic and 32-year-old Columbia professor Lina Khan to join the Federal Trade Commission by a vote of 69-28. They can agree on reforming big tech; given their track record of b g and moaning and proposing terribly uninformed and/or nefarious proposals to do it… Read more.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Getting started in AR marketing and virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if — like Walmart or Amazon — you’ve got hundreds of thousands of products to model and host. You don’t have to download the Amazon app, or the IKEA app, or whatever. Alan: Amazon’s got 1.4 billion products.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Getting started in AR marketing and virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if — like Walmart or Amazon — you’ve got hundreds of thousands of products to model and host. You don’t have to download the Amazon app, or the IKEA app, or whatever. Alan: Amazon’s got 1.4 billion products.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Getting started in AR marketing and virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if -- like Walmart or Amazon -- you've got hundreds of thousands of products to model and host. You don't have to download the Amazon app, or the IKEA app, or whatever. Alan: Amazon's got 1.4 Is that what I'm--? billion products.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Getting started in AR marketing and virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if — like Walmart or Amazon — you’ve got hundreds of thousands of products to model and host. You don’t have to download the Amazon app, or the IKEA app, or whatever. Alan: Amazon’s got 1.4 billion products.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 5, 2021

The reign of telecoms shills meddling in internet regulations seems to be coming to a close, at least for now. The New York Times reports that Joe Biden has chosen Tim Wu, who’s credited with defining foundational concepts like net neutrality, to serve on the National Economic Council in a new role as a special… Read more.

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