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Apple Acquires AR Firm Mira after WWDC Vision Pro Debut

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Apple Inc has reportedly bought out US headset manufacturer Mira following its Vision Quest headset debut on Monday, a Verge report revealed on Tuesday. According to the Verge report, Apple acquired roughly 11 Mira employees. In the post, Taft said: “Excited for Mira’s next chapter, at Apple :).

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ARwall Expands with advisory team that includes Raymond Mosco

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Los Angeles-based AR studio ARwall has expanded with the addition of senior-level talent and entertainment industry advisors well known for their expertise in design, engineering, and XR. Mosco has held notable positions at Apple, Facebook, and Oculus.

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There Will Be No Proto Awards In 2017, Return Planned In 2018

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The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. Apple’s eye-catching ARKit is on the verge of release alongside a series of Microsoft-backed VR headsets.

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A brief history of VR and AR

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By the time Howard Rheingold’s “Virtual Reality” was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a “slowly deteriorating” relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor’s West Los Angeles home. In 2016, Microsoft began shipping a developer edition of its mixed reality HoloLens system, priced at $3,000.

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

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He organizes the annual GamesBeat and GamesBeat Summit conferences. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

He organizes the annual GamesBeat and GamesBeat Summit conferences. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft’s best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It’s not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. So, you think Apple Apple would do this?

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On the XR Beat, with VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi

XR for Business Podcast

He organizes the annual GamesBeat and GamesBeat Summit conferences. And now, to this day, I think it remains Microsoft's best pivot ever. Alan: Have you been to the Microsoft campus? It's not your drab, beige Windows building, or Microsoft Word. It's just neat how they built a subculture within the Microsoft culture.