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Explore Tokyo Using AR Technology Powered By Apple Maps

VRScout

It was back in 2021 that Apple first introduced AR (augmented reality) navigation to its Apple Maps app, allowing iOS users to navigate their real-world environment using virtual overlays. For more information on Apple Maps’ AR navigation visit here. Image Credit: Alta Distance.

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Samsung Partners with Google & Qualcomm to Release Android-powered XR Device

Road to VR

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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Google Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Brought By 36 States and Washington, D.C.

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Google’s Android app store is the subject of an antitrust lawsuit brought by 36 states and Washington, D.C. on Wednesday — the latest installment in the ongoing showdown between tech giants and the regulators that seek to bring them to heel. Read more.

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Samsung Files Trademark for ‘Galaxy Glasses’ AR/VR Headset

Road to VR

Samsung announced last month it was partnering with Google and Qualcomm to develop an XR device, something the company said at the time was “not too far away.” ” Google is building the software, while Samsung builds the hardware.

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Report: Apple Store Workers Are Preparing to Unionize

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Apple retail employees at a number of stores across the country are quietly planning to unionize, according to a Washington Post report —spurred on by pay that hasn’t kept up with inflation even as the tech giant posts record-setting profits. Read more.

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More States Are Offering Contact-Tracing Apps—Now if Only They Could Get People to Use Them

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Google and Apple rolled out their covid-19 contact-tracing APIs months ago for state officials to use in developing their own covid-19-tracking apps, but adoption has proceeded at a snail’s pace. Just 15 states and Washington, D.C.

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Facebook Could Soon Be the Latest Big Tech Company Hit With Antitrust Charges

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State and federal investigators are planning to slap Facebook with antitrust charges as soon as November, four people familiar with the matter told the Washington Post. Such a lawsuit would mark the government’s latest crackdown on the biggest names in the tech industry, including Apple, Google, and Amazon, for … Read more.