AR Insider

JUNE 25, 2021

That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , geospatial gaming experiences from Niantic, or location-specific social AR experiences like Snap’s Local Lenses. An example of a product that utilizes these signals is Google Live View. Using Google’s database of Street View imagery, AR devices can localize themselves.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2018

vTime , the company behind the titular social VR app, today announced the studio is making a strategic expansion into North America with the opening of its San Francisco office. vTime now supports Oculus Rift, Windows VR headsets, Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Gear VR, Google Cardboard, as well as non-VR modes through Android and iOS.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

This week, Google is rolling out a long-awaited update for its Maps service, integrating augmented reality (AR) navigation visualizations, search functions, and immersive retail tools, 9 to 5 Mac reported. The software giant first previewed Google Maps Live View’s AR functions in September.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2019

Apple took us on a surreal walk through San Francisco, looking at digital art on an iPhone . — Apple is investing in augmented reality, a technology its CEO has called “big and profound.”. — Apple now offers augmented reality walks in six cities that allow attendees to see digital art pieces through an iPhone.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2019

Are you attending XRDC’s AR and VR conference in San Francisco on October 14-15? XRDC is an AR and VR conference that will be held in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Festival Pavilion on October 14-15. Do you follow all the latest tech trends? The XRDC AR/VR Healthcare Report is out now and is a must-read.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Google is entering the music festival realm this year with news that it’s sponsoring and livestreaming a series of five shows spread across five cities, in support of five different good causes. With GoodFest, Google is following in the footsteps of Apple, which has offered its own annual music festival for the last 10 years.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The tech industry is looking to replace the smartphone — and everybody is waiting to see what Apple comes up with. I n 2007, Apple unveiled the iPhone. Apple didn’t invent the smartphone — companies like Palm and Blackberry had been selling them for years. But Apple’s not the only company working on these products.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2022

San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for Apple may unveil RealityOS at WWDC. At the upcoming WWDC, Apple may unveil its operating system for XR glasses, dubbed RealityOS. More info (RealityOS trademark) More info (Robert Scoble’s take on Apple’s reveal strategy). Other news.

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VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

Texas’ business incentives have attracted the attention of IBM, Motorola, Apple, and Indeed. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google. After scoring a partnership with Microsoft, they’ve talked at length about relocating to San Francisco. Michael Dell relocated Dell’s headquarters to North Austin in 1984.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

And while Portland is by no means a backwater, it’s still not a major tech or immersive content hub like LA or San Francisco either. For starters, they’re based in Oregon as opposed to Silicon Valley.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 2, 2021

However, in cases where a reliable Wi-Fi network already exists, Apple’s iPhone AR is good enough to handle indoor positioning using Wi-Fi RF patterns. Google AR Live View walking directions for Google Maps have improved since it first entered beta in August 2019.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

San Francisco-based startup Framework just announced a thin, lightweight productivity laptop unlike any other on the market right now. Sure, it looks similar to the aluminum options almost every other laptop maker offers, but this laptop can be upgraded, customized, and repaired in ways that others just can’t. Read more.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

And in 2019, we have seen a series of high-profile announcements from the likes of Facebook, Google, Apple, Huawei and YouTube, suggesting 2020 could be a breakthrough year for consumer XR. Different applications of XR notwithstanding, the gains from successfully leveraging XR are real and demonstrable. said the same for AR/MR.

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Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I do too, and go even further than she does in studying this industry (I had the first ride in the first Tesla with Elon Musk and had the first video on YouTube of Google’s self-driving car, and have interviewed many in the industry, and also have a Twitter list of people and companies building autonomous cars ). Can Apple match this?

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Hypergrid Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

However, report authors said that 2020 could be a breakout year due to a series of recent announcements from companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook, YouTube, and Huawei. Obstacles to adoption include the price of the headsets, lack of content, usability problems, and motion sickness.

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Cats and VR

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The mobile app syncs to Apple Health and Google Fit to give users the ability to track their activities while outside of VR. About YUR Founded in 2019 in San Francisco, YUR is developing a fitness and health platform to make fitness a game using VR.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 23, 2023

After this update, Cix Liv and other VR people (like the usual Brad) said that the rumor in town is actually not that Bytedance is closing Pico, but that Pico will focus mostly on MR to chase Apple with its Vision Pro and will shut down its VR business. There are many other examples of that.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

San Francisco-based Occipital is one of the many companies that wants to bring inside-out tracking to mobile VR, but its means of doing so stands apart from others. Rather than modding existing headsets with extra cameras, Occipital today announced Bridge, its own mobile headset designed for use with Apple’s iPhone 7, 6, and 6s.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 5, 2017

I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based based Epic Games, this week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Sadly, we don’t know which company is really in the stronger position because their data comparisons are apples and oranges.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2024

VR|MR 2024 – a conference taking place in San Francisco, California, between 29 and 31 January 2024. Many XR industry giants, such as Google, Magic Leap, and Meta Reality Labs, are poised to appear at the event. To close off what is already a bumper month for XR is SPIE.AR|VR|MR

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

Unlike the Lucasfilm AR headset, which uses a smartphone to power it (like the Google Daydream or the Samsung Gear VR does), the company says this concept is a standalone, self-powered headset. San Francisco-based Leap Motion has raised a $50M Series C for their hand- and finger-tracking technology.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The legendary programmer and founder of Epic Games sat down with me after his keynote address at the VRX conference in San Francisco and, as conversations with Sweeney usually do, the topic quickly turned to the issue of open platforms. Sweeney’s ultimate example of a distressingly closed platform is Apple’s app store.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 14, 2023

As Apple works towards the Vision Pro and Meta preparing this Connect event in September, XR’s presence looks to grow in enterprise and beyond. With our smart glasses, they can get an expert from New York City, San Francisco, or [Baltimore-based] Johns Hopkins to join the theatre experience.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. With over 40 member companies in San Francisco, The Upload Collective has quickly grown both in size and in scope. November 2015.

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Haptical

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

And in 2019, we have seen a series of high-profile announcements from the likes of Facebook, Google, Apple, Huawei and YouTube, suggesting 2020 could be a breakthrough year for consumer XR. Dubbed as VRX Conference & Expo 2019, the event will take place on December 12 and 13 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Hotel.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 19, 2017

I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. Macknick’s talk made an impression on Noah Falstein, chief game designer at Google. “I It showed me that virtual reality has only scratched the surface.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We'll be talking about making an AR video with Will.i.am, creating art with Intel, and delivering on the promise of VR and AR with the San Francisco 49ers, San Jose Sharks, YouTube, and more. He's kind of like the Spike Lee of San Francisco, is what a lot of people say, but he works mainly in documentary.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

It was the VRARA gathering in San Francisco, and then we went from there to Verizon's head office and we went for a meetup where we learned from Apple and a bunch of other people about what's coming up in virtual reality. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Alan: I'm so excited.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

It was the VRARA gathering in San Francisco, and then we went from there to Verizon's head office and we went for a meetup where we learned from Apple and a bunch of other people about what's coming up in virtual reality. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Alan: I'm so excited.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. So if you’re driving from one point to the other, you have to see the Google map on a flat screen; but instead of looking down at an app, if you use a Phiar, it’s just using the smartphone camera.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. So if you’re driving from one point to the other, you have to see the Google map on a flat screen; but instead of looking down at an app, if you use a Phiar, it’s just using the smartphone camera.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 5, 2018

We were deeply honored to have been able to sponsor their last events and we look forward to becoming more involved with the VR community in the San Francisco Bay Area. Meanwhile at the 360 VR Bay Area Film Makers meet-up we saw talks from Apple and Pixar. Culminating two exciting nights of going back to the future.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Game Developers Conference (GDC) - VRDC@GDC Date: March 19-23, 2018 Venue: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA Check their passes and pricing for more information. IEEE Virtual Reality Conference Date: March 18-22, 2018 Venue: Stadthalle Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany Check here for pricing.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 14, 2020

It was the VRARA gathering in San Francisco, and then we went from there to Verizon's head office and we went for a meetup where we learned from Apple and a bunch of other people about what's coming up in virtual reality. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Alan: I'm so excited.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Teppei is currently leading the GFR Fund in San Francisco. So it’s more like AR on a Google map. So if you’re driving from one point to the other, you have to see the Google map on a flat screen; but instead of looking down at an app, if you use a Phiar, it’s just using the smartphone camera.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Once you already have your models, your materials and your configurations, we can then output any one of those to the Google ad platform. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Alan: Really?

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I know you partnered with Google recently, so maybe you can speak to that. Once you already have your models, your materials and your configurations, we can then output any one of those to the Google ad platform. Ben: The other thing we can do is we can also send those virtual photographs to Google ads as well. Alan: Really?

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