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Spatial Beats: Apple, Magic Leap & Oculus

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This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, Magic Leap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. Let’s dive in… Apple VR rumors mounting up. Macrumors called our attention to articles in the Verge and Bloomberg that quote an unnamed source who’s supposedly seen Apple’s debut consumer HMD.

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What the EU Digital Markets Act may mean for XR

The Ghost Howls

The Digital Markets Act is a law that the European Parliament and Commission are discussing since 2020 and has the purpose of limiting the excessive power of the major tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta. Concept of a future AR glass by Apple. Fairer competition.

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Meta and the next 24 months crucial for its leadership

The Ghost Howls

Just to make an example, I was there when there was the Netscape vs Internet Explorer war, but now the leading web browser is Google Chrome. Render of the possible upcoming Apple device (Image by Antonio DeRosa). Apple is proposing itself to be the next competitor of Meta.

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Metaverse and Investing – Opportunities for Retail Investors Part 1: Hardware

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Let me give you just a few very well-known examples: Meta bought Oculus VR for 2 billion dollars when there was still only a prototype headset. The US government closed a 22-billion contract with Microsoft for the development of AR for the military and the provision of HoloLens to soldiers. Let’s see some examples, shall we?

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Google to Publicly Test AR Prototypes Starting in August

Road to VR

For example, our AR prototypes don’t support photography and videography, though image data will be used to enable experiences like translating the menu in front of you or showing you directions to a nearby coffee shop.” ” Critically, Google says the research prototypes look like “normal glasses.”

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ARtillery Briefs, Episode 46: 2020 Lessons, 2021 Outlook

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These are each governed by different market factors. And the stakes are high as Apple doubles down on wearables to offset declines from a maturing smartphone market. Speaking of Apple, AR glasses themselves aren’t ready for mainstream acceptance and won’t gain significant ground in 2021 in consumer markets. There are 3.46

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XR Talks: Defining the AR Cloud, Part II

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The spatial computing-focused privacy expert believes that industry self-governance will be more impactful. For an example of what not to do, Facebook practices lots of lip service about policies and self-regulation. But real change will be measured in action, says Pearlman. could plant seeds for its own AR cloud.

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