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Yesterday, Apple revealed Apple Vision Pro , the company’s first spatial computing device. Available early next year, this high-end mixed reality headset promises a variety of game-changing features designed to revolutionize the way we work, play, and connect with others.
Unless there is an Apple drawn on it, of course. Not to mention A nimal Company, the game of the moment, which has just topped 100K revenues on the Quest Store , aiming at becoming even bigger than Gorilla Tag. But at the same time, some devs are seeing their game lose market share, and there have been many layoffs.
The problem with big companies is that they are big and complex machines whose main goal is making money: any promise they make is worth nothing. The key to the success of this game is that it is being built together with the community, and in particular the Steam community , which is always willing to help developers in refining their games.
I just watched the full keynote of Apple at WWDC , where the company in Cupertino announced the Apple VisionPro headset. UX : Can Apple make XR usable? Use cases : Can Apple make XR useful? Partnership : Who’s onboard with Apple in this journey? Terms : Will Apple invent new words to define XR?
Probably the communication machine of the company is not as strong as before, so the old message still hangs around. Apple to launch a second “more affordable” headset in 2025. If it is true, it confirms that Apple has no mainstream plans for this device, and it will bet on true AR glasses for the mainstream.
After years of speculation, Apple today unveiled Apple Vision Pro, the company’s first spatial computer. Tim Cook made the reveal during the 2023 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, sharing a number of exciting features that could change the way we look at mixed reality technology.
With ARKit in the wild for a few months now, Apple’s special iPhone 8 event was the place to announce the coming wave of augmented reality apps. The Machines. image courtesy Apple. Coming from Directive Games was the star of the show, The Machines. image courtesy Apple. image courtesy Apple.
Reach Robotics, the creators of the world’s first AR gaming robot, MekaMon launched the next generation of EdTech with a new coding platform – Reach EDU. Now the company is adding even more educational value in the form of STEAM-based learning with Reach EDU. . Learning through play is a key part of the Reach EDU experience.
Apple is rolling out iOS 11 today, its mobile operating system that’s compatible with “hundreds of millions of devices” including iPhones going back to the iPhone 5s, and a variety of recent iPads. Transform your anatomical learning with Complete Anatomy. The Machines. image courtesy Apple. Sky Guide .
But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. Additionally, engineers train Deep Learning algorithms to accurately detect markers in live video data. Natural language processing (NLP) algorithms make machine translation from one language to another possible.
See Also: Geenee AR Launches Web3 AR Game ‘NFT All Stars’ Playable With Select NFT Avatar Collections. With a recent acquisition, they also have plans to help onboard users to Web3 technologies through games that “bridge” Web2 and Web3. Six years later, the company was purchased by Apple. Web3, the Metaverse, and Gaming.
You can buy headsets at a discounted price, or accessories, or even lots of games on Steam, Viveport, and Oculus Store! Apple XR headset may have great processing power. This week I’m so desperate that there is no news to write about that I’m even sharing a rumor about the Apple headset. Read the postmortem of Eye Of The Temple.
billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. A company still in stealth, but with founder pedigree from Apple. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1 The New York Times (Research & Development).
The Quest 2 is a great gamingmachine offered at a ridiculous price, and it has totally crushed the competition. Not HTC, which has very little money compared to Facebook/Meta; not Valve, who is focused mostly on PC gaming; not HP which seems interested only in the pro/business market. No one can compete now.
Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple Vision Pro may be out in January According to the latest report on Bloomberg, Apple is still on track to release the Apple Vision Pro at the beginning of this year. It is a massive game, and it is getting very positive reviews… even a 10/10 on IGN! Outstanding move.
It’s all about fun & games before settling into lasting value in everyday mundane utilities. It likewise starts strong with fun (social lenses) and games (Pokémon Go), but we’ve long been bullish on all-day utilities like visual search. E merging technologies often follow a common evolutionary path from novelty to utility.
Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD ( AOUSD ), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.”
It has hand tracking, and the Pro model also has eye tracking, like Apple’s device. Quest 3 is better for gaming and has precision controllers. Then he ended the video by saying that Apple has a closed ecosystem model, while Meta is open, and sometimes an open model won, like in the PC case.
Here’s a list of the most popular free and paid Apple ARKit apps. During Apple’s WWDC event, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of Software Engineering introduced ARKit , boldly declaring that “Apple will have the largest AR platform in the world.” ARKit Games. ARKit Apps.
Apple is turning on the hype machine for Vision Pro, its first mixed reality headset which is set to release early next month for $3,500. Apple’s advert highlights adventurers and superheroes of all types, from Luke Skywalker to Ironman, basically underlining that an adventure awaits, and goggles are merely a part of the costume.
Carlos Miranda Kosch, CEO of Factor CX , said Glartek’s service portfolio targets manufacturing and asset-intensive industries, making it a game-changer” for the sector’s regional business leaders. Moreover, Glartek also integrated its Augmented & Connected Worker solution onto the Apple Vision Pro headset last month.
Of course for some ad-based tech companies, the current economic situation is not the only problem, but there is another big one which is Apple and its new privacy features embedded into iOS. Then, PSVR Without Parole has reported that Sony has learned from the errors of the PSVR 1, and so it has made the cable of the PSVR 2 detachable.
“I lived by a police scanner,” said Hill according to Apple. After reaching out to licensed psychologist Dr. Jeff Tarrant in search of assistance with a series of ongoing panic attacks, Hill was hooked up to an electroencephalogram machine in order to track the electrical activity of her brain. Image Credit: Apple.
Before starting with the news, let me remind you that until this week the candidatures for the job positions at VRrOOm for game developers and game/UX designers are still open, so if you want to work with me on virtual events and festivals, be sure to enroll! You can find all the job descriptions on Linkedin: [link].
Some of the news coming from there have been: NVIDIA announced new Grace Hopper chips to empower AI algorithms on server machines , and AI workbench to allow everyone to play around with AI models. This is how we learn to do proper content for what is going to be the next trend in XR.
Vision Pro doesn’t have controllers, but it’s clear Apple will need to support immersive hardware input somehow in the future, if only for the greater precision it might bring to industry professionals. That’s to say, there is only so much Apple (or anyone) can do without controllers.
Other companies such as Apple, Samsung, LG, and Sony also invest in XR technology. HTC Reveals Enterprise-Focused VIVE Focus Vision HTC has revealed a new VIVE headset for enterprise and high-end gaming markets. visionOS 2 Enhances Apple Vision Pro Features Apple has updated its Vision Pro spatial computing headset to visionOS 2.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the experts and stay ahead of the curve in MR development. Takeaway The developers will gain insights from developers that have deployed MR as to how to make their game more playable and engaging across a wide variety of rooms. Other machinelearning functionality.
If we pair it to the fact that this device is connected to a PS5, which is a quite powerful machine, we see that the whole system is truly the next-generation VR that PlayStation users (and not only them) were waiting for. Apple headset is rumored to be announced this year. Get games on Humble Bundle. News worth a mention.
In the last couple of years, AR has experienced tremendous growth and popularity as big technology giants like Google, Amazon, Apple have adopted the technology. The leading OEMs such as Samsung and Apple are expected to contribute to manufacturing more AR devices. The concept of augmented reality is no longer new. billion by 2026.
And in this newsletter, you will also find some cool freebies: the keys to get a cool VR game for free, and a huge discount (… and maybe even more) to go to the Immersive Tech Week in Rotterdam! Unity 6 brings a lot of innovations from the previous version, giving new and better tools to game developers. Great job, Vuzix.
Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision Augmented Reality and 3D reconstruction. Well played Apple. This week I have read that: The game has already more than 20,000 reviews on Steam, with 98% positive rating. Image by Acer).
One of Apple’s highest-profile return-to-office detractors reportedly landed a new gig at Alphabet’s DeepMind, marking the latest drama over Big Tech’s remote work scuffles. That move, ironically, comes right around the same time Apple decided to walk back its most recent return-to-office push Read more.
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“With the backing of BITKRAFT Ventures, true leaders in games and XR investments, we are confident Arcturus will serve as a catalyst to enable widespread accessibility to volumetric video creation, enabling millions of users to create a new form of interactive content.”.
ManoMotion, a computer-vision and machinelearning company, today announced they’re integrated their company’s smartphone-based gesture control with Apple’s augmented reality developer tool ARKit , making it possible to bring basic hand-tracking into AR with only the use of the smartphone’s onboard processors and camera.
The neural interface is blurring the lines between human minds and machines on a massive scale. The stages involved in a neural interface’s functions include: Capturing bioelectrical signals: Electrodes and sensors are placed close to the brain or the muscles – wherever the machine wants to draw information from.
If I had to bet, I would say that the possibilities are two: Smartglasses to see the notifications of your phone A hybrid VR/passthrough AR headset, similar to Project Cambria or the rumored Apple headset. With the rumors intensifying, and with Apple always closer to entering the market, I am expecting an announcement for this year.
Vivek Sharma, head of Facebook Gaming, will lead Facebook Horizon, while Jason Rubin, who has been head of AR/VR content, will lead the group’s content team. Because actually, as my meme mentioned above highlights, nowadays “metaverse” is used as a buzzword, to mean whatever thing from a multiplayer game to a social network.
The new Unity Personal will also remove the famous Unity splash screen Successful games using Unity Pro or Enterprise can choose if paying per install or by a 2.5% At the end of the day, I understand that Unity needs to monetize more because the economic conditions are s**t and Apple is killing its Unity Ads cash cow with its privacy shield.
It works across any game, without any hardware, across most headsets. We estimated that we could (accurately) predict calories and heart rate using machinelearning and heart rate data. Then I played Ghosts of Tsushima for a week (great game btw). Basically the Fitbit of VR. How have you come up with the idea?
Game developers are also preparing for it: popular games like SuperHot, Red Matter , and Arizona Sunshine will publish new updates to take in count the new horsepower of the Quest 2. You activate the machine, pay for its usage and you can have cloud rendering. Many people are getting ready to receive their new toy.
Apple has around 3000 people working on its upcoming AR/VR headset, The Information reports. That apparently includes roughly 1100 working on Quest, 1900 on content, 2000 on AR, 1000 on machinelearning, 1000 developing custom chips, and 2400 in the research team.
T he biggest advancement in AR in 2020 was arguably Apple’s iPhone LiDAR camera. LiDAR has mostly been touted by Apple as enhancing iPhone photography — a big competitive differentiator and marketing focus for smartphone players these days. In fact, it was featured in Apple’s keynote to unveil the new camera.
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