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Spatial Beats: Rec Room, Roblox & Zynga

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And Apple hasn’t yet played its hand. The mixed reality company plans to boost its international profile out of Austria and try to make simulation and virtual reality more accessible to the public. Rec Room closed a $20 million Series C funding. Funds will be used to expand to more gaming platforms. NXRT raises $1.5

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Choosing the Right AR SDK: Mobile AR App Development Toolkit for 2020

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Apple ARKit. Cordova is for designing Android apps, so if you wanted an AR SDK that is Apple-specific, look elsewhere. Based in Salzburg, Austria, Wikitude was founded in 2008. One issue with it is that it only has a few supported devices right now, including Samsung Galaxy S8, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, and the original Google Pixel.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.01): Meta still committed to the Metaverse, Jio launches Dive headset, and more!

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More info News worth a mention (Image by Antonio De Rosa) Apple headset in the final sprint of production It couldn’t be an XR newsletter without a mention of the Apple headset! And this will be beneficial for everyone in the field. Otherwise, it may be the beginning of a wonderful season for this new headset.

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Putting AR into Art

Tech Trends VR

A Viennese start-up is the first company from Austria to be accepted to Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator. Artivive recently beat over 600 competing entries to become the first Austrian start-up to join the Berkeley SkyDeck program (considered one of the top ten accelerator programs in the world).

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Snap Spectacles Are Coming To Developers In Six EU Countries

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Snap's AR Spectacles are coming to developers in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, and The Netherlands. They have a field of view of 46 degrees, similar to Xreal glasses and slightly below Hololens 2, and a 36 pixels per degree (PPD) resolution, similar to Apple Vision Pro. In Europe, the price will be €110/month.

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PICO’s Apple Vision Pro-Style Workplace Device to Ship, Days Before Meta Connect ’24

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

PICO is shipping the 4 Ultra in Europe, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Apple and upcoming headset vendors such as Samsung have deep hardware ecosystems that may boost the capabilities and adoption of XR devices.

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Big XR News from Boeing, ENGAGE XR, Apple, and Meta

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Now the Metaverse is gaining newfound traction from enterprise clients, companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are reinforcing XR as a serious technology for various use cases. During its WWDC event, Apple showed how clients could use first-party productivity applications on the Vision Pro product.

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