XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

This week, Apple updated its Vision Pro spatial computing headset, upgrading the framework to visionOS 2. Apple delivered optimised MR features, including improved spatial capture, hand-tracking, key productivity enhancements, virtual environments, avatars, and more.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

They have a field of view of 46 degrees, similar to Xreal glasses and slightly below Hololens 2, and a 36 pixels per degree (PPD) resolution, similar to Apple Vision Pro. The glasses feature hand tracking, and the main menu of Snap OS is anchored to one of your hands to be interacted with using the other.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

The headset should be operated through the use of hand tracking and eye tracking , exactly like the Vision Pro. 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.

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JULY 25, 2022

We often talk about Apple and Meta, but we should not forget that Google is still in the match, and that in the AR Cloud race, it has still many cards to play, like the mapping of all the world already made with Google Maps. Learn more (New policy on 18+) Learn more (Horizon is theoretically all 18+). Learn more.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

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 machine learning, 1000 developing custom chips, and 2400 in the research team.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The stable release of visionOS 2 is out now for Apple Vision Pro. visionOS 2 was announced back at Apple's WWDC24 event in June. But the first stable release is out now, and should be available for every Apple Vision Pro owner. But the first stable release is out now, and should be available for every Apple Vision Pro owner.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

0:00 / 1:16 1× visionOS 2 was announced back at Apple's WWDC24 event in June. How To Download Pre-Release visionOS Versions To enable downloading beta and release candidate (RC) Apple operating systems you just need to sign in with your Apple ID on the Apple Developer Center website at least once.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Apple reportedly cut full body tracking from Vision Pro "years ago". Vision Pro has downwards-facing cameras, announced as being for hand tracking. 0:00 / 0:23 1× Apple Vision Pro's sensor array includes downwards cameras. 0:00 / 0:23 1× Apple Vision Pro's sensor array includes downwards cameras.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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 features nice graphics, an interesting story, and a strong use of hand tracking through which you can cast spells.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

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. If Google and Apple are working on AR maps here in the west, the giant Huawei is doing in the same in China. Image by Acer).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2022

Even in 2007, when Apple announced the first iPhone, Steve Jobs was keen to get rid of the stylus for touchscreen management, arguing separate controllers and devices make using technology more cumbersome. Eye and hand tracking solutions are emerging as a valuable alternative to old-fashioned control mechanisms.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Today at WWDC, Apple announced Apple Vision Pro, an upcoming AR/VR headset. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Vision Pro just minutes ago as "one more thing" at the end of its WWDC 23 keynote presentation. Vision Pro will ship in early 2024 in the US, available through Apple online or in-store starting from $3500.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

In the wake of Apple Vision Pro's announcement earlier this year, ByteDance-owned Pico appears to be switching its focus from controllers to hand tracking. Apple, instead, opts for a fresh start with an interface based on a breakthrough combination of eye and hand tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 6, 2025

However, its worth noting that since then, weve seen a lot of development in the MR space, with the likes of the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3. Alternatively, you can take advantage of the built-in hand-tracking capabilities enabled by the device’s cameras. However, the overall experience is still a little outdated.

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MARCH 30, 2025

We'll also aim to note some major game updates to existing games once we learn more. Mixed reality mode lets you place virtual pinball machines across your play space, and online leaderboards are also supported. Interested in learning about more upcoming VR games ?

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! Even Apple uses modified ARM chips. an ARM chips can be installed on IoT sensors that communicate to a server where an NVIDIA card is used to perform machine learning on the data).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And its ads business is under a crossfire attack: on one front, Apple with its new data policy is limiting how much data the Facebook app can collect about its users, and on the other one, the EU is trying to enforce its regulation about European people’s data not allowed to be sent to Facebook’s US servers. Image by Apple).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 28, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro Developer Kit, Apple’s collection of tools designed to support app development, has been available for a while now. In fact, Apple opened the program for applications long before the spatial computing headset ever hit the market. What is the Apple Vision Pro Developer Kit?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. The Void parks provide physical feedback with physical walls built, special effects made with fans, mist machines, and heat lamps, as well as prop guns and torches and other items to be used.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Although spatial technology has existed for some time, companies like Apple have spawned new interest. This requires the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. Tools like the Apple Vision Pro, combined with a collaboration tool like Microsoft Teams, link the real world to digital content.

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APRIL 20, 2020

If we sum these features to the other ones added in the past, like hands tracking, Passthrough Shortcut, or the multiple windows in Oculus Browser , we start seeing the first signs of a mixed reality operating system, with which you can interact with the controllers or with the hands in a natural way. Learn more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week, VR and MR device vendor Goertek partnered with hand-tracking experts Ultraleap to announce a VR/MR headset reference design that follows from Qualcomm’s XR2+ Gen 2 chipset revealment yesterday – where Qualcomm also revealed the new reference design. It’s an unbeatable combination.

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MAY 4, 2020

At the same time, Apple having always mediocre graphics cards on its laptops and its closed ecosystem have not helped much either in keeping this VR support alive. Not to mention the fact that Apple has always said that it is not interested in VR, but only in AR. Learn more and support this project.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2024

At WWDC 2024, audiences expected Apple to showcase its XR developments front and centre. The big news was Apple’s debut of new regional Vision Pro availability and the visionOS 2 framework, a fresh device framework to boost general device adoption and application creation.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 23, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro brought expected eyes to the technology, and late last year, Meta launched its Quest 3, which introduced its brand of MR at an affordable price following its Quest Pro launch. One particular area I see opportunity is in interaction, specifically hand tracking. However, MR has room to grow.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Is Apple partnering with Valve on AR? A report by DigiTimes claims that Apple is partnering with Valve for the production of its AR glasses. The news would be incredible: Apple is a company that knows how to create something usable and cool to see, while Valve has a long expertise in experimenting with AR and VR.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Spectacles now offer an angular resolution of 37 pixels per degree (PPD), similar to Apple Vision Pro. Snap claims the motion-to-photon latency of Spectacles is 13 milliseconds, close to the 12 milliseconds Apple claims for passthrough latency of Vision Pro. It also has on-device speech recognition for text input.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 8, 2024

Innovators like Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Varjo have revolutionized the space, showing how flexible, versatile, and powerful mixed reality can be. Solutions like the Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro allow users to choose exactly what type of immersion they want for each use case.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Want to learn more about Microsofts XR Vision? As the backbone of the Microsoft XR for Enterprises ecosystem, Azure Mixed Reality allows companies to create and manage a range of assets, with intuitive features for: Digital Twins: With Azure Mixed Reality, companies create virtual replicas of digital assets such as meeting rooms or machines.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

The Vision Pro bring Apple’s branding into the space and, with it, many eyes. According to reports, the upcoming Samsung XR headset will feature a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

The announcement comes just days before rival firm Apple is set to unveil its Reality Pro headset at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday, 5 June. This will also add TruTouch haptics and optimal Direct Touch hand tracking capabilities “out of the box.”

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

Since Apple’s VisionOS kit focuses on mixed reality, I’ll leave that solution out. Apple ARKit Apple’s ARKit is one of the most popular augmented reality kits available, particularly for developers focusing on mobile AR apps. Let’s dive into the options.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 16, 2022

Users can tap the game’s hand-tracking features to feed dinosaurs in real-time and take photos with the virtual creatures via Apple Core machine learning (ML) in iOS and Google’s MediaPipe on Android.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This is what the company says about its technology: “How eye tracking works in XR? In an XR headset, eye-tracking components typically include cameras and light sources placed in a ring-like structure between the user and the display. Deep learning improves the effect in some scenarios. Why would you want to do this?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They’re definitely a lot lighter than products like the Apple Vision Pro. The big downside, potentially, is that although the Specs can track hand movements and voice, they don’t include eye tracking. That means you won’t get the same “glance to select” features you’d get from something like the Apple Vision Pro.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

Varag: So Clay is a software company, we're specializing in hand tracking and gesture recognition, mostly in the AR and VR space. We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. And hand tracking needs to be there. But let's get back to hand tracking, because this is a vital part.

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