AR Insider

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

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. Macrumors called our attention to articles in the Verge and Bloomberg that quote an unnamed source who’s supposedly seen Apple’s debut consumer HMD.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

Talking about a purely digital event, the digital CGI show around the Space Needle in Seattle was surely beautiful. One of the smartest ideas ever had by HTC has been the invention of the Vive Tracker: a little puck that you can attach to an object so that to track it inside virtual reality. News worth a mention.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

While the mainstream rise of Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest 3S, and Ray Ban smart glasses took centre stage for dedicated audiences, profound market shifts behind the scenes may shape the future of XR potentially towards mainstream AR wearable technology. 2024 was another busy year for XR.

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AllThingsVR

APRIL 18, 2017

The Austin, Texas-based startup has created a social VR music platform where performers can create music while wearing a HTC Vive or Oculus Rift headset and spectators can watch the whole experience. 2) Pluto VR , the Seattle-based virtual reality startup co-founded by PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey , has raised $13.9

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

The initiative was revealed by Valve’s Joe Ludwig during a talk at this year’s developer-focused Steam Dev Days event in Seattle last month. This is news that will likely delight both open source operating system enthusiasts, Apple fans and Windows detractors alike.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Series A was led by Qualcomm Ventures, and also involved The VR Fund (contributors to The Wave’s round as well), Colopl Next, Capital Factory, HTC, and more. HTC FUNDS STEEL WOOL, SOLO. Earlier this year, Seattle-based Polyarc received an Epic Games Unreal Developer grant for an unannounced project, code named “Moss.”

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

In a mission to make 360 video less terrible, the Seattle-based company has developed a number of technologies since they came out of stealth last December. As ‘platform agnostic’ player, we’re sure to see apps available for headsets such as Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, Google Daydream, and Oculus Rift.

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