Road to VR

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Supported capture devices include iPhones and iPads running iOS 17 or later, which includes a fairly large swath of hardware—from iPhone XR and above, and Apple’s 8th gen iPad and above. Priced at $30 per month, Varjo is currently offering a seven-day free trial of Teleport.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2020

We know that Apple has been developing an AR headset since at least 2017, but outside of what we gathered from files hidden in iOS 13.1 The report maintains that Apple is set to deliver a stereoscopic AR headset (dual displays) in a glasses form-factor which is said to rely on an iPhone for all data processing.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 8, 2024

Alongside the release date announcement of Vision Pro, Apple revealed a new headstrap that will ship with Vision Pro, alongside the originally revealed one. ” Solo Knit Band | Image courtesy Apple As far as we know, it should be possible to combine the headset’s top strap with the Solo Knit Band if one desires. .”

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MAY 12, 2024

If you want to make the most of Apple’s latest spatial computing phenomenon, you’ll need the best Apple Vision Pro apps. Since then, Apple has gone all-in on expanding its app store. While the tech leader’s app marketplace might not compete with Meta’s yet, it’s definitely on the right track.

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AR Insider

JUNE 15, 2021

After covering the “why” of Apple’s AR glasses last week, the next question is “what?” ” What will “Apple Glass” look like, and what will be its primary features? We don’t know yet, but many clues point to the likelihood that Apple will eschew common connotations with AR.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Will the Apple Vision Pro be discontinued? In the last couple of months, numerous reports have emerged suggesting that Apple is either slowing down or completely halting production of its flagship headset. So, what does that mean for Apple’s future in the extended reality market? Apple Cuts Vision Pro Shipments: Is This the End?

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Upload VR

JANUARY 13, 2025

In his latest appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast, Mark Zuckerberg admitted that Apple Vision Pro is better than Quest 3 for watching movies. Shortly after Apple Vision Pro released last year, Zuckerberg posted a three minute video in which he reviewed the headset and compared it to Quest 3. No such option officially exists on Quest.

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Road to VR

JUNE 29, 2023

Apple Vision Pro is about to set a lot of expectations in the industry of what’s ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ about mixed reality, something the fruit company prefers to call spatial computing. Luckey is mostly positive about Vision Pro, saying it’s patently Apple.

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MAY 15, 2024

Apple Vision Pro Facetime is one of the first features most people experimented with when they finally received their spatial computing headset. Apple Vision Pro Facetime is just one example. The feature was even highlighted at WWDC 2023 , when Apple gave us our initial sneak peek into its new headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Ready to upgrade your productivity with the Apple MR headset? Heres how you can take advantage of the Apple Vision Pro keyboard passthrough feature, and leave the virtual keyboard behind. Ultimately, its starting to seem increasingly likely that Apple will discontinue the original Apple Vision Pro eventually.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2023

With Vision Pro, Apple is taking a different approach—making apps social right out of the box. Apple’s vision isn’t about creating a server full of a virtual strangers and user-generated experiences, but to make it easy to share the stuff you already like to do with the people you already know.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The success of the Ray-Ban Meta has triggered the smartglasses hype: when I was at CES, I saw many startups launching their AI-powered smartglasses and we have heard rumors of all the major brands (including Apple and Samsung) working on their own smartglasses devices, too. But as usual, I warn you to be careful of the hype.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2024

After the announcement of the release date of the Apple Vision Pro, the whole community is just waiting for its preorders to open up this Friday. The headset will be sold in physical stores and on the Apple website. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple has only 60–80K units available at this time , so most likely they’ll go sold out.

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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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VRScout

JANUARY 15, 2022

According to a new report by Bloomberg , Apple’s long-rumored VR/AR headset could be delayed until 2023 due to a combination of technical issues, citing “people familiar with the situation.” We first received word of a potential mixed reality headset in development at Apple back in 2018. Image Credit: Apple.

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ARPost

JULY 21, 2023

Apple’s entrance into the XR space via their announcement of the Apple Vision Pro was one of the most anticipated events in recent XR history. Years of Watching Apple Neso Brands is an investment company specializing in tech-augmented eyewear. Somehow I’ve been following it for the last seven years,” said Almeida.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As for Project Moohan, details are very scarce: it seems like a mix of the Quest Pro and the Apple Vision Pro: it has an external battery, high-definition displays, and a very detailed passthrough. Developers can already access a preview of the development environment for native, Unity, WebXR. million units, down from 7.7

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Road to VR

JUNE 21, 2018

Earlier this month at Apple’s annual WWDC conference, the company introduced their latest operating system, macOS Mojave (10.14). SEE ALSO Oculus Mum on Rift Support for MacOS as Apple and Valve Forge Ahead. ski visualizes below: Image courtesy Apple. Image courtesy Apple. In short, Gasi?ski

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Play for Dream MR headset has been called a “Vision Pro knock-off,” given its close aesthetic similarity to Apple’s headset. The company says it is “in ongoing discussions, but a definitive timeline has not yet been provided,” regarding the move.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

With the release of iOS 11, hundreds of millions of Apple devices gained the ability to perform basic augmented reality functions, albeit viewed through the screens of iPhones and iPads. Apple doesn’t plan to sell the headset though, and will likely only use it for testing purposes.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

For example, XREAL is directly targeting the Apple Vision Pro by stating that its spatial display has a superior latency compared to Apple’s device while also claiming a lighter form factor and design. Xu said: Our world-leading low latency produces a super stable spatial display that’s surprising everyone who sees it.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2019

Apple has been continuously iterating on ARKit , its augmented reality development tool that lets creators make smartphone-based AR experiences. SEE ALSO Report: Apple Nearly Acquired Leap Motion but the Deal Fell Through. In any case, there’s been several reports of an Apple AR headset in the making.

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AR Insider

MAY 17, 2021

This week, the Epic/Apple saga continues, HTC doubles down on enterprise AR Niantic enters the AR platform race, and Spatial leans in to NFTs. Let’s dive in… Apple – Epic Smackdown, part deux. As the trial drags on, Epic’s case against Apple may be losing its edge. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Slightly modifying Niantic’s definition , we can say that “a VPS is a cloud service that enables applications to localize a users device at real-world locations. According to the definition given by Immersal, a “ Feature Point is a distinct, high-contrast visual feature in an image.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Today's article focuses on the best new title for three platforms in 2024, PCVR, Quest and Apple Vision Pro. UploadVR Don Hopper Favorite New Apple Vision Pro Game As the debut year for Apple Vision Pro, we've mostly seen existing experiences ported onto the headset with a few original titles among them.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2023

Both Apple and Meta revealed highly anticipated headsets in the last seven days. Meta’s seemingly hasty announcement of the Quest 3 seems to have been timed to come out before Apple’s announcement of the Vision Pro. Apple reported over 10 million pixels per eye, but did not release familiar resolution metrics or field-of-view.

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VRScout

JULY 3, 2017

From an interdimensional portal to dancing ballerina robots, the ARkit from Apple is changing AR one killer project at a time. So while WorldInvaders won’t be taking home any trophies for ingenuity, it definitely succeeds at demonstrating the gaming capabilities of this new platform.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

But there’s likely another major reason for this partnership—it brings two allies together against a common threat: Apple. Though Apple hasn’t formally announced any XR products yet, all signs point to a long history of R&D and a desire for the company to dominate the space.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 18, 2022

So go on reporting whatever “trillions data” you find, even if it is from the website “cryptofakes.com” The definition. So it’s a good moment to write a definition of the metaverse for everyone to learn (you included). John Riccitiello’s definition of the metaverse. Mix all together.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This post is adapted from ARtillery Intelligence’s latest report, Hearables: Broadening the Definition of AR. To characterize activity so far and to extrapolate market directions, we’ll take a closer look at three examples: Apple, Google and Bose. Regardless of timing, we remain confident that Apple AR glasses are coming.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 6, 2017

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney thinks Apple’s upcoming iOS 11 update, arriving this fall, will be a huge boost to the emerging AR industry. It’s the most definitive event marking the move to high-end technology that will power a new generation of world-class experiences transcending games and storytelling.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 15, 2025

Play For Dream MR's hardware and software design is definitely heavily inspired by Apple Vision Pro, and a representative admitted as much to me. Currently, Play For Dream MR runs its own fork of Android (heavily visually inspired by Apple's visionOS), similar to the approach Pico and HTC have taken.

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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Over the years, the Apple Car has gone from an uncertain concept to a definite project, though it remains as mysterious as ever. Here's what we know.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

That’s a patently Apple recipe though that Samsung may not be able to easily replicate. The question is: what can Samsung bring to the table that Apple and Meta can’t? Now that Apple has released Vision Pro, that landscape is set to change, although maybe not right away. Meta has games and Apple has its ecosystem.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro , Apple’s first high-end spatial computing device, is even more feature-rich, with exceptional visual fidelity, built-in eye tracking capabilities, and a set of proprietary chips offering incredible performance. That makes it similar in price to the early Quest 2 (despite being a lot more powerful).

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

It definitely has the ‘goggles’-style look of Vision Pro, but where Vision Pro has a soft strap (that I find rather uncomfortable without a third-party upgrade ), Samsung’s headset has a rigid strap with tightening dial, and an overall ergonomic design that’s pretty close to Quest Pro.

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VRScout

MAY 5, 2020

pounds, which doesn’t seem like much, but after a long game session of Audio Trip, Pistol Whip, or any other physically-intense VR experience, you definitely begin to feel the weight. The current version of the Oculus Quest weighs about 1.25

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