XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 20, 2023

Workers in the United States will be the first affected. The news comes just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees. Similar issues took place at Meta Platforms and Microsoft, shelving their respective Project Nazare and Microsoft AR smart glasses projects.

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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. Numerous tech innovators have shifted to generative AI platforms such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, leading to Google’s BardAI, Microsoft’s Bing AI, and others.

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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. The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. Hope you enjoy!

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2021

The HP Reverb G2 Omnicept Edition is now available to purchase online, but only in the United States. Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites. Or maybe Amazon and Facebook are negotiating about the revenue share? I tried contacting Amazon and Facebook people to ask about this… let’s see if they reply.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 23, 2023

Pichai also noted that workers in the United States would be the first affected. Google’s layoffs come just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees. Microsoft is also getting in on Chat GPT, purchasing most of its parent firm Open AI.

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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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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

When Microsoft won a $22B dollars contract with the US Army to develop a special version of HoloLens that could increase the “lethality” of troops, the news made strides worldwide. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids. Amazon has just announced Glow, a product to make people interact and play with children remotely.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

With Qualcomm’s industry-leading Snapdragon Spaces platform , Xiaomi can also develop programmes on OpenXR and Microsoft’s MRTK toolkit. Both companies and Microsoft, Google, Snap, Amazon, and many other US tech firms launched a massive wave of workforce layoffs in recent months to streamline operations.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2021

behemoth that turned policy water into wine for the likes of Facebook, Amazon, and Google, is set to dissolve this week following months of reduced relevance and diminished support from its increasingly at-odds members. Pour one out for corporate tech lobbying. The Internet Association, the once towering D.C. Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 17, 2023

The report echoed market sentiments amid waves of redundancies at Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech giants from August to November last year. Further competition from rival firm Advanced Micro Systems (AMD) also reflected concerns in NVIDIA’s Q2 2022 earnings reports and current 2023 Annual Review.

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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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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

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.” Despite plenty of… Read more.

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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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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Did log4j, the buggy software utility from hell, get NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter hacked? The answer is: Nope—according to NASA, it doesn’t even use the doomed tool. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JULY 1, 2022

Big tech is going through a hard time. Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram , has become the canary in the coal mine after its stock plummeted in February , months before other tech giants. Now, in an ominous turn, the company is slashing its hiring of engineers by 30%, from about 10,000 to between 6,000 and 7,000… 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

MAY 19, 2020

Some of the groups that sit in this working group, folks like Amazon and Wayfair and Shopify, and they're receiving a lot of models from the 3D community every single day. I was researching some file optimization this morning and I found two: one's called Simplygon, which is a polygon reduction tool from-- I believe Microsoft bought them.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

Some of the groups that sit in this working group, folks like Amazon and Wayfair and Shopify, and they're receiving a lot of models from the 3D community every single day. I was researching some file optimization this morning and I found two: one's called Simplygon, which is a polygon reduction tool from-- I believe Microsoft bought them.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 19, 2020

Some of the groups that sit in this working group, folks like Amazon and Wayfair and Shopify, and they're receiving a lot of models from the 3D community every single day. I was researching some file optimization this morning and I found two: one's called Simplygon, which is a polygon reduction tool from-- I believe Microsoft bought them.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft ships HoloLens 2, nReal gets ready to do the same with its glasses. After a long wait, finally Microsoft is shipping its HoloLens 2 headset. Image from Amazon). More info (Apple and Valve partnering) More info (Road To VR’s skeptical editorial on the news). Great times ahead for augmented reality! The hype is rising….

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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

JULY 6, 2021

JEDI is officially dead, folks. At least, for now, it’s dead. Read more.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 17, 2022

007 wants to know.What happened to Joe Biden’s All-Star Antitrust Team ? Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 25, 2023

The United States (US) Justice Department launched a lawsuit against Google’s parent company Alphabet on Tuesday, reports revealed. The news comes as the US Government cracks down on Big Tech companies such as Meta Platforms, Amazon, and Apple, among others. Each of the state attorneys offered comment on the matter.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Elon Musk, America’s dumbest smart guy, saw his net worth rise $36.2 billion on Monday, all thanks to a surge in the price of Tesla’s stock, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. The record-breaking rise in wealth, which puts Musk at the top of the list with $289 billion, comes as proposed taxes on the wealthy… Read more.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

House Republicans are furious that their Democratic colleagues investigating the failed, Donald Trump-incited insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6 are seeking data on people tied to the riot and now they have a response: “No, u.” Read more.

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