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FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Apple Intelligence, the company’s set of AI tools currently available on iOS and Mac, is coming to Vision Pro in April with the public release of visionOS 2.4. When it arrives, Spatial Gallery will roll out to users Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, the U.A.E., the UK, and the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We may soon be nearing global release for Apple Vision Pro. According to Kuo, who has been one of the key figures in Apple supply chain analysis, US shipments of Vision Pro are projected to account for 200,000–250,000 units this year, which is better than Apple’s alleged estimate of 150,000–200,000 units in the US.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Apple today launched a new immersive short film called Submerged for free on Vision Pro, letting users explore a harrowing tale set in a WWII-era submarine. Starting today, Submerged will be available on Apple TV for Vision Pro for users across Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, the UK and the US.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Apple Vision Pro is launching in Taiwan on December 17, and preorders open on Thursday. Apple Vision Pro has now been on the market for ten months. While it was originally only sold in the US, since then it has expanded to Canada, the UK, Australia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and China.

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MARCH 14, 2024

According to code found by MacRumors , Apple may be soon preparing for Vision Pro’s much-awaited international launch, as 12 new languages are about to be added, one of which is simplified Chinese. Since its February 2nd launch, Vision Pro has been a US-only device, which means it only supports the US keyboard layout and emoji.

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JULY 12, 2024

Apple Vision Pro just launched in the UK, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia. Preorders opened in these countries two weeks ago and are now shipping, and the headset is also available to demo and buy in Apple Stores. That means Apple Vision Pro is now available in nine countries in total.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Since Apple confirmed its entry into the extended reality market at WWDC 2023 in June, consumers have been clamoring for an official Apple Vision Pro release date. Advertised as more than just a mixed reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro could mark a new era for extended reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 17, 2020

Apple glasses are coming in 2021–2022 and they are incredibly sleek. Apple glasses are coming. The glasses are expected to run a new operating system, rOS (or reality OS), and Apple is exploring touch panels, voice activation, and head gestures as a means of control. Apple is really good at selling stuff.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Other companies such as Apple, Samsung, LG, and Sony also invest in XR technology. ” The firm has seen sales success with its current versions of the Ray-Ban Stories product, which are currently available in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, and Sweden.

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JUNE 28, 2024

Apple Vision Pro can now be preordered in the UK, Canada, Germany, France, and Australia. In all five of these countries the headset will start shipping on July 12, when it will also be available to demo and buy in Apple Stores. That means after July 12, Apple Vision Pro will be available in a total of nine countries.

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JULY 7, 2023

Apple Vision Pro will reportedly have a very slow rollout. Officially Apple Vision Pro is set to go on sale in "early 2024" in the US for $3500, and then in more (as yet undisclosed) countries "later" in the year. Apple is reportedly considering selling a top strap accessory. UploadVR David Heaney

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 6, 2024

DPVR has partnered with Canada Computers & Electronics, a leading nationwide computer retailer, to reach new audiences. Derek Liu, VP of DPVR added: Teaming up with Canada Computers significantly extends our reach, making our headsets more accessible to the local customers.

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VRScout

JULY 29, 2020

Pair your Garmin or Apple smartwatches for additional GPS functionality. FORM’s AR-enhanced swim goggles received a free firmware update today introducing support for Garmin and Apple smartwatches, allowing wearers to track a wide range of metrics, such as their GPS location and heart rate, while swimming outdoors in open water.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Virtual reality is being used to test Apple’s self-driving vehicle. According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, Apple will be able to continue to keeping their secretive plans to develop self-driving software behind closed doors thanks to virtual reality. For a full list of Apple’s VR plans, we listed out 10 of them back in February.

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JUNE 30, 2020

Google today confirmed in a blog post that it’s acquired North, the Canada-based smartglasses maker behind Focals. The Focals app itself is also going to be removed from both Google Play and Apple’s App Store. The acquisition price wasn’t disclosed, however early reports suggested it was around $180 million.

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JUNE 11, 2024

Increasingly, leading XR hardware leaders like Meta and Apple are entering partnerships with leading media brands like ESPN and Disney to bring immersive broadcasts to homes – providing a much-needed boost to viewer engagement. Cannon’s new RF-S3.9mm F3.5 Cannon’s new RF-S3.9mm F3.5

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Content Decision Platform will be launched in the US by the end of 2025, which it plans to similarly apply to its Canada and Mexico markets in due course, thereby establishing a ‘new standard in global retail. Retina also enables ten AR experiences for Walmart US and Sam’s Club that has led to a ten times increase in adoption.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 23, 2022

Apple has increased the price of its student tier for Apple Music in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. It follows a similar hike in multiple countries last month.

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MAY 5, 2022

Google is undoubtedly gearing up to release XR headsets of some type in the future, which may compete with devices from Apple, Meta, Microsoft and Snap. In 2020, Google acquired North, a Canada-based company known for creating unobtrusive prescription-compatible smartglasses—a sight more stylish than Google Glass.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

The McClure School’s graduates are now working for top companies that develop immersive experiences, such as Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Unity, Apple, and Google. See Also: Training for the Future: AR Marketing Course at Brock University in Canada.

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APRIL 15, 2022

Horizon Worlds is currently only available to Quest users in the US and Canada, although the company seems to be gearing up to expand with the announcement of a web-based version of the metaverse platform. Like on the Meta platform for Quest, that works out to (depending on the platform) more or less an effective rate of 47.5%

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 6, 2024

This week, a report from Bloomberg highlighted how Apple plans to release a more affordable second-generation Vision Pro model in 2026. If Borchers and the Apple team can properly leverage feedback and apply it to future distribution plans, the firm may push an adoption uptick. The firm’s recent visionOS 1.2

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Road to VR

AUGUST 18, 2016

Soon you’ll be able to walk into a regular store in Europe and Canada and pick up an Oculus Rift headset, according to a tweet from the company’s CEO Brendan Iribe. Rift hits retail in Europe and Canada Sept 20, in-store Touch demos begin in October. pic.twitter.com/dJxx8rFsyY.

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MARCH 25, 2024

Apple Vision Pro will launch in China later this year. Reuters reports that Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed the news in response to a question at the China Development Forum in Beijing, according to China Central Television. Vision Pro is currently only available in the US. But does it deliver? And what’s it really like to own and use?

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JULY 2, 2024

Last month, during WWDC 2024, Apple announced the long-awaited news that the Vision Pro will reach several new territories by early July 2024. As of Friday, June 28, Apple debuted its MR headset in China (mainland, 24,502 CNY), Japan (484,415 JPY), and Singapore (4,725 SGD).

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Apple is aiming to launch Vision Pro in February, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman reliably reported many details of the upcoming headset before it was officially revealed or even acknowledged to exist by Apple. Apple will likely require appointments for purchasing, he wrote, as it did with the original Apple Watch in 2015.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 2, 2021

It is very interesting that because of this recall, Facebook shared some data about how many facemasks were affected : it says 4M in the United States, around 170K in Canada. Facebook is evaluating the integration of Oculus Move with Apple Health. I think they handled all this situation in the best way possible.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Apple has been "aiming internally" to get Vision Pro "out the door" by the end of January, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. Gurman reliably reported many details of the upcoming headset before it was officially revealed or even acknowledged to exist by Apple.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Apple just debuted the latest entry in its iOS product portfolio: the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max, two new smartphones powered by the A18 Pro chip and ready to optimise AI, camera, and battery life features. Moreover, devices like PICO’s recent 4 Ultra headset allow users to watch iPhone spatial recordings on non-Apple XR headsets.

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JUNE 28, 2024

Apple Vision Pro just launched in China, Japan, and Singapore, the first new countries outside the US. Preorders opened in these countries two weeks ago and are now shipping, and the headset is also available to demo and buy in Apple Stores. Photos all taken by Apple.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2023

We all joked about Samsung waiting for the Apple Vision Pro announcement to copy it, but according to some rumors, this is exactly what is happening. Learn more (Join The Survey) Listen to me and Gian Gianluigi Perrone invited me to his MindCathedral Youtube channel to speak about the Apple Vision Pro.

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JUNE 25, 2024

Last week, news emerged stating that Apple has informed its suppliers of Vision Pro components about plans to delay production of the next Vision Pro model. Apple originally planned to introduce a cheaper version of the Vision Pro with fewer features following the debut model; however, Apple is facing issues with this goal.

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JUNE 10, 2024

Today, during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2024 kick-off keynote, the company discussed various elements of its product portfolio. During this, Apple unveiled VisionOS 2, the latest version of its spatial computing operating system, and international availability for the Vision Pro.

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JULY 15, 2024

This past weekend, Apple debuted its Vision Pro mixed reality headset in the United Kingdom, marking the end of the firm’s international device rollout completion, which started at WWDC 2024 and includes regions such as mainland China, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, France, and Germany. drop compared to the previous year.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

All eyes are on Apple. Leading up to the device’s introduction at WWDC 2023, Apple revealed many details of the then-upcoming device via various patent requests, which built a neat image of the Vision Pro before official announcements began. Is Apple working on Smart Glasses? Patent and Trademark Office.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Quest Store digital gift cards are now available in the UK, Canada, Ireland, Germany, France, and Japan. Digital gift cards are a standard feature of almost every other platform, including Apple's App Store, Google Play, Steam, Xbox, PlayStation Store, and Nintendo eShop. Meta launched digital gift cards in the US back in October.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Apple is set to debut its Vision Pro mixed reality (MR) headset in March next year, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Apple successfully built its own processors, but the company’s in-house technologies team has a lot more to design, including cameras and screens.

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