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Amazon’s New ‘Sumerian’ Tool Aims to Make Developing Web-based VR Apps Easier

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Amazon today announced a new developer tool at its annual AWS re:Invent that aims to make creating web-based applications for VR/AR and traditional monitors even easier. WebVR is integrated into major browsers including Chrome for Android, Oculus Carmel, Samsung Internet, Opera developer version and Firefox Nightly.

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YouTube Joins Netflix In Not Making An App For Apple Vision Pro And Blocking The iPad App

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It's possible YouTube will launch a visionOS app at a later date, or Google may be holding out for the Samsung headset it's developing the system software for. Watching traditional media on a giant virtual screen is a key focus of Apple's marketing for Vision Pro so far. 0:00 / 0:17 1× Media watching on Apple Vision Pro.

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Netflix Didn't Make An Apple Vision Pro App, And Won't Let Its iPad App Be Available

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It was partially developed by John Carmack in 2015 for the Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR. The news comes as Apple confirmed this week that most of Netflix's major competitors will be available on Vision Pro at launch, including Disney+, Max (formerly HBO Max), Amazon Prime Video, Discovery+, Paramount+, and Peacock.

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Netflix CEO Explains Why It Isn't Supporting Apple Vision Pro At Launch

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Netflix does have a VR app on Meta Quest , with a cosy cabin environment, but it's capped at 480p and hasn't been updated in years. It was developed partially by John Carmack in 2015 for the Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR. Watching traditional media on a giant virtual screen is a key focus of Apple's marketing for Vision Pro so far.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. The consumer electronics companies like Apple and Samsung and to some extent Google and Microsoft, along with companies like Amazon, are jumping nto healthcare. And we challenge them with virtual environments, for example, to see how they react.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. The consumer electronics companies like Apple and Samsung and to some extent Google and Microsoft, along with companies like Amazon, are jumping nto healthcare. And we challenge them with virtual environments, for example, to see how they react.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

But now we have better systems that I can order on Amazon. The consumer electronics companies like Apple and Samsung and to some extent Google and Microsoft, along with companies like Amazon, are jumping nto healthcare. And we challenge them with virtual environments, for example, to see how they react.