AR Insider

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Meta Orion makes Apple think twice about its passthrough AR approach with Vision Pro. And Microsoft says adios to the ill-fated HoloLens. This post appeared first on AR Insider. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the eyes of Charlie Fink.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 24, 2022

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This week, we look at Microoft's big deal, Apple's Metaverse shun and Google jumps back into AR. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Welcome back to Spatial Beats, AR Insider's weekly series that features observations and insights of author and futurist Charlie Fink. This post appeared first on AR Insider. This week, we look at the iPhone 15's spatial stack and XR's ongoing AI infusions.

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AR Insider

JUNE 10, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. These are a few utilitarian, commerce, and social angles. How else will geospatial AR materialize? What are its active ingredients, including 5G and the AR cloud ? continuing here with Microsoft. Cloud-Forward.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Microsoft’s enterprise-focused HoloLens 3 may be dead in the water, as a recent report maintains that internal divisions have hobbled the company’s efforts to release its next AR headset as planned. Alex Kipman wearing HoloLens 2, Image courtesy Microsoft. Microsoft Responds.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 29, 2024

As reported by Windows Latest , Microsoft recently filed a patent request showing a potential first look at a pair of augmented reality smart glasses. Notably, the recent Microsoft patents highlight how the firm has worked on the upcoming potential product since at least 2023 – based on patent-filling information.

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Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2024

Apple’s significant impact on the market tends to draw attention from companies that might not have otherwise entered a specific product category—aka “The Apple Effect.” ” Palmer Lucker donning ML1 | Image courtesy Palmer Luckey There are a few more reasons ML1 didn’t fare well.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2021

Bet on games of Blackjack and Roulette in this blockchain-powered virtual casino coming soon to major VR & AR devices. XR technologies are changing the way we interact with each other and eliminating the need for expensive equipment,” said XR Casino CEO Dan Martinez in an official release. For more information visit here.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

After the latest Unite event, Unity has released in Open Beta the tools to develop applications for the Apple Vision Pro. The development packages are usable only by people having Unity Pro or Enterprise, but the documentation is publicly available for everyone to see.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

We at VRrOOm are hiring to do our innovative XR events, check the “Friends” section of this newsletter if this opportunity can interest you! Image by Apple). Apple has not announced any glasses at WWDC. RoomPlan is an app that scans your room and identifies where are the pieces of furniture and what is their size.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2023

Welcome to another roundup of AR/VR news of the week! Wishing you all a very positive and special year of the rabbit, I leave you with the most important news of the week in AR and VR! Wishing you all a very positive and special year of the rabbit, I leave you with the most important news of the week in AR and VR!

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 2, 2024

” First Look at Microsoft Co-pilot AR Smart Glasses? According to a report by Windows Latest, Microsoft has recently filed a patent request that offers a potential first look at a pair of augmented reality smart glasses.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2023

Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD ( AOUSD ), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.”

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2024

Today, Microsoft is making its long—awaited Mesh for Teams immersive VR meeting platform available for enterprise end users. The service is now available for clients, allowing them to access Microsoft’s dynamic virtual remote meeting solution via desktop or Meta Quest headsets. Mesh is helping us achieve that.

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VRScout

JANUARY 22, 2022

Company’s like Apple and Meta are leaving Samsung in the virtual dust. According to a new report by The Korea Herald , Samsung is steadily losing its position within the VR/AR space due to its unhealthy “obsession” with foldable smartphone technology. Samsung Galaxy Fold / Image Credit: Samsung. respectively.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 18, 2024

This week, the Mircosoft Teams smartphone application is gaining new XR features through AR instructional annotations that team members and managers can apply to a caller’s feed, providing instructional insight and assistance. Microsoft is planning for device-wide general availability in 2024.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs. Now Kress is back at Mountain View working on Google’s next AR headset.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 26, 2021

New Study Projects Headworn AR Revenue to Reach $17.7 ARtillery Intelligence publishes its five-year outlook for headworn AR revenues. –. SAN FRANCISCO, August 26, 2021: ARtillery Intelligence has released a new report that projects headworn AR revenue to grow from $1.6 Billion by 2025. billion in 2020 to $17.7

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Microsoft confirmed to UploadVR that it told its customers and partners now is the last time to buy the device before stock runs out. With passthrough headsets still years out, and Magic Leap still focused on consumers, Microsoft dominated the enterprise AR market for years with HoloLens 2. HoloLens 2 production has ended.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2023

This week is all about Apple. Even before the firm’s monumental and, in some ways, controversial device announcement, which saw audiences amazed at a high price point and technology promise, the XR industry was on each of their seats with predictions on Apple’s immersive debut. There are a few reasons for this.

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ARPost

JUNE 5, 2023

By the third day, the keynotes are done, the expo floor starts to get packed away, and panel discussions and developer talks rule the day. And Apple ruled a lot of those talks. Bracing for Impact From Apple A big shift is expected this week as Apple is expected to announce its entrance into the XR market.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2019

The Cupertino-based tech giant may be pumping the brakes on its long-rumored Apple AR headset , something that was reportedly slated to see a release as early as 2020. A DigiTimes Taiwan report (via MacRumors ) now suggests that Apple has disbanded the team behind it, effectively putting its consumer AR device on hold.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 14, 2024

More info Apple’s cheaper headset may cost $2000 According to the usual Marc Gurma n, Apple is working on a cheaper version of the Vision Pro, which may use cheaper materials, feature an A-series chipset, and ditch away the EyeSight display. In it, Karl details the compromises the Meta had to find when designing Orion.

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Road to VR

JULY 31, 2023

Apple Vision Pro is coming next year, not only making for the Fruit Company’s much awaited first XR headset, but also spurring a resurgence in public interest (and likely investment) in the XR space. Apple has a tendency to undervalue gaming initially, though perhaps reluctantly, eventually acknowledges its importance.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 1, 2024

It uses cloud streaming Passthrough APIs will finally let developers access the camera feed from Quest cameras Meta announced Orion, its prototype of AR glasses. They won’t be on sale because they are too expensive (more than $10K), but they are a glimpse of how AR will be in the next years: lightweight, wireless, and with good visuals.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Microsoft has recently been awarded a patent to install hot-swappable battery functionality into a future pair of augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, reports revealed. A screenshot of Microsoft’s patented AR smart glasses design.

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ARVR

JUNE 14, 2021

Apple signals interest in location-relevant AR through its geo-anchors and Project Gobi. These are a few utilitarian, commerce, and social angles. How else will geospatial AR materialize? What are its active ingredients, including 5G and the AR cloud ? continuing here with Microsoft. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

“Wearable Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Common wisdom states that mobile AR is the forbear to smart glasses. There, it can seed user demand for AR and get developers to start thinking spatially. in mobile workflows.

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2020

It seems now that many of Magic Leap’s recently laid-off employees are helping Apple with its own AR headset ambitions. The flow from Magic Leap to Apple has been a constant one too, Protocol has found. The flow from Magic Leap to Apple has been a constant one too, Protocol has found.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2024

This week, Korean news outlets reported that Microsoft is attempting to purchase OLED display panels for an unreleased MR headset/device. Interestingly, Microsoft is ordering the OLED panels from Samsung Display, a sub-division of Samsung, which aims to debut its own XR headset later this year or early next.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Quest 2 users will soon be able to play Xbox games thanks to a growing partnership between Meta and Microsoft announced at Connect that will not only bring Xbox Cloud Gaming to the platform, but also a host of Windows productivity tools. ” Just who that “closed ecosystem” company is at this point remains to be seen.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

He has a very interesting working story, having worked for great companies like Microsoft and Fast Company. In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more!

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

2022 was an incremental year for AR & VR, which both continue to gradually push forward in gaining mainstream traction. Highlights include mobile AR engagement & monetization, continued R&D in AR glasses, and the gradual march of VR. There were many, but we’ll zero in today on the state of headworn AR.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 18, 2023

Apple reportedly indefinitely postponed its AR glasses, but plans to eventually release a more affordable headset model. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that standalone Apple Glasses had at one point years ago been planned for 2023. Some startups like Nreal have already released primitive AR glasses.

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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2023

Amid mounting pressure from Sony with the recent launch of its PSVR 2 headset for PlayStation 5, Microsoft again affirmed that it’s still waiting for the technology to mature before offering any sort of dedicated VR software or hardware for Xbox.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Chinese AR glasses startup Nreal announced it’s raised a fresh $100 million Series C financing round, something it says will be used for R&D and to fund wider international expansion. The company’s Series C comes at a time when Apple is clearly making preparations for its own XR headsets. Image courtesy Nreal.

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