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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. We predicted in 2018 that the Apple XR device would probably be focused on media consumption – at first.

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Magic Leap Layoffs Follow Recent Google Partnership

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Magic Leap is undergoing layoffs just a few months after announcing a partnership with Google. We will continue to actively support Magic Leap’s customers, developers and our large ecosystem through the Developer Support and Care teams. Online postings from recently departed employees raised public notice of the move.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2021

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Regarding the glasses, I have not big hopes for true AR glasses, but I think that thanks to Facebook and Apple, finally we’ll have some important smartglasses entering the market , making the mainstream think about wearing something on their face to enjoy notifications from the phone. Phone AR will be always more popular.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

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Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Other relevant news.

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Spatial Beats: Rec Room, Roblox & Zynga

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And Apple hasn’t yet played its hand. NuEyes hopes that the new Pro 3 will address the needs for training, learning, enterprise, and government uses. We’ll all be glad to have it in our rearview mirror but make no mistake, it’s been a big year for XR and tech in general, and the news suggests 2021 will be even bigger.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.11): Samsung headset delayed, Apple cheaper Vision delayed, and more!

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The reason is the one I’ve already reported in this newsletter a few weeks ago: after the announcement of the Apple Vision Pro, Samsung has been caught a bit off guard by the announced features and it is now trying to power up its headset so that it will be able to properly compete with Apple’s device.

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Spatial Beats: 2020’s Top Ten

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Russian government hackers piggybacked on cybersecurity software (!!!!) to penetrate deep into hundreds of government and corporate systems. A year later Magic Leap ran out of cash and laid off half the company. I’d put Apple in the top ten also for its introduction of lidar (3D depth scans) on the new iPad.