AR Insider

JANUARY 27, 2021

I n 2006, I attended a launch event in San Francisco for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D. Back to the issue of timing and underlying tech (a gating factor for Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D in 2006), a force multiplier for all of the above may be 5G. The product’s main feature was 3D graphical renderings of U.S. Force Multiplier.

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Road to VR

JUNE 9, 2017

Augmented Reality has played a huge role at the developer conferences for Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Google, which is a great sign that the industry is moving towards spatially-aware computing. I also compare and contrast the recent AR announcements from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Facebook in my wrap-up.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Meanwhile, eye tracking is a core part of its pinch selection interface in Apple Vision Pro. The bright low latency passthrough was nice in both open periphery and a small magnetic light shield that did a nice job sealing off the scene. At Meta, Zuckerberg sees wristband interfaces surpassing keyboards just a few years after.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 10, 2022

We are now at the level that we are super happy with the latency and deployments.”. While almost all non-Apple mobile devices run Android, it is also the backbone of many XR headsets.). In a recent funding announcement , Varjo announced the most recent development in their cloud services. Your Forecast: Cloudy.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 28, 2021

Basically, it is an open and distributed platform to provide the AR Cloud (which is, in turn, a distributed, shared, and persistent augmented reality), that opposes itself to the private AR Clouds that companies like Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and Niantic are building. And the first one, highlighted by Julia, is that it is accessible.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

A worker wearing HoloLens 2 (Image by Microsoft). Regarding big brands, I expect Apple and Facebook still to wait a bit before releasing something, while Magic Leap will have to make its move to come out from the quicksands. Let me be very honest: I’m not expecting that much from this year in augmented reality.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 7, 2023

After approximately seven years of development, the Apple Vision Pro headset is finally here. For some time now, consumers have been on the edge of their seats waiting for an official Apple AR/VR announcement. Despite this, Apple’s Vision Pro headset seems a revolutionary addition to the industry.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

He adds that one of the main causes of motion sickness in VR experiences is poor latency. When a delay in latency occurs, your real and virtual movements no longer match, knocking the equilibrium out of balance and causing ‘cybersickness.’ These collaborations are also a result of the need to create an open and interoperable metaverse.

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2021

AR remote collaboration with IoT devices as well as low-latency calling in less-than-ideal locations and conditions are only likely to improve as the company is one of the most active groups in exploring 5G. TechSee and Vuzix (and Microsoft). Incidentally, Vuzix also supports Teams, Microsoft’s remote conferencing platform.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2025

The potential of the Apple Vision Pro for enterprises is quickly gaining attention across industries. Integrating new technology into your workflows is never easy even with a solution as intuitive as the Apple Vision Pro. The Apple Vision Pro is an incredible device, but it will appeal to some companies more than others.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 20, 2021

He also reports a very smooth and low-latency tracking ; The tracking of the controllers is good but it could be better. We all wonder who can be the Facebook competitor, and we often talk about Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, but we usually forgot about Huawei. The importance of Huawei.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 19, 2024

Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3: Which is the best headset? Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3: Our Quick Verdict The Apple Vision Pro feels like the beginning of a new era for mixed reality headsets. A couple of weeks after the Apple Vision Pro was released, Zuckerberg shared his review.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In this Apple Vision Pro review, we’re finally taking a closer look at the spatial computing device set to change the extended reality world. Apple Vision Pro Review: Quick Verdict, Pros and Cons The Apple Vision Pro really is an XR headset, unlike anything we’ve seen before. So, how much does the Apple Vision Pro cost?

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 29, 2024

Therefore, these demographics are used to seeing interfaces, latency, and frame rates and are more accepting of the technology benefits. This factor gives companies like Apple and Microsoft a lead in providing enterprise XR due to a trusted history. However, XR champions exist across all demographics.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 21, 2024

David Heaney wrote his review of the Apple Vision Pro from inside the headset. I've used Steam Deck and Quest 3 in an assortment of scenarios that previously only Apple Vision Pro has been interesting enough to use in. My other option is to take a $3,500 Apple Vision Pro and Macbook Air. Have a cat or dog?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2022

ShapesXR will offer creative content developers a new suite of tools capable of building immersive experiences for any app on MR headsets from Meta, Pico Interactive, Apple, and others. Additional UX enhancements include streamlined, low-latency performance for optimal, real-time experiences.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The incumbents have an advantage with existing mapping such as Google Maps, Earth, Street View, Apple Maps and the Indoor Maps Program, and Bing Maps but there are also significant geographic data players such as Foursquare and OpenStreetMap. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic).

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Apple Maps are going AR. iOS 15 finally brings AR navigation instructions to Apple Maps , in a way similar to the one that Google is already offering. Even if Apple has not released its glasses yet, it is building a strong AR ecosystem that will be very valuable when its hardware will be out.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2022

Last month, we got to know that (according to a rumor) Samsung is working together with Microsoft on new AR glasses, most probably powered by a Qualcomm chipset. With the rumors intensifying, and with Apple always closer to entering the market, I am expecting an announcement for this year.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The combination of these ingredients are solving for some of the biggest challenges video passthrough faces such as latency. Reference designs from Flex, Qualcomm and Microsoft offer the enterprise the resources they need to create AR headworn devices that meet the specific needs of their industry. Source: Apple.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 30, 2023

This week, Apple dropped VisionOS, a set of XR design tools to entice immersive content creators to start designing for its upcoming headset before its release. The cross-platform tool allows developers to develop gaming solutions with zero latency and costs. ” Apple Launches Vision Pro SDK, but What Do Audiences Think?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

This is not NASA’s first foray into mixed reality – they also have a partnership with the Microsoft Hololens for support on the ISS as well. As latency over a few milliseconds can disrupt the immersive nature of good VR and create nausea, the dependability of consumer-level wi-fi is brought into question. to the headset?

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JULY 26, 2023

The Apple Vision Pro has made sensational headlines across global media outlets, leading to renewed interest in virtual, augmented, mixed, and extended reality (VR/AR/MR/XR) technologies. “Everyone was even waiting till Apple announced something. He noted that Apple spoke less about XR but rather about spatial computing.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Not only is Meta’s Connect event coming up quickly, but Apple and Microsoft are also working towards establishing XR productivity tools. ” Apple Vision Pro Nears Reality The Apple Vision Pro price point shocked audiences during its debut. However, Apple might be working on a solution via cheaper microdisplays.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 1, 2022

Over the last two years, metaverse technologies have matured due to investments from firms such as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Epic Games, and many others. It requires a 5G capable infrastructure to increase network capacity and decrease network congestion and latency. billion in 2020 and would reach $829 billion by 2028.

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ARVR

JULY 9, 2020

Google launched Google Glass , and Microsoft launched HoloLens , a head-mounted display (Krevelen, 2010)(Jaimini, 2016). 2010s : Companies are investing in the potential of this area like Google with ARCore and Apple with ARKit (Papagiannis, 2017). The FLARToolKit software was announced for free use, ported by the Adobe Flash platform.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 11, 2025

The firm collaborated with Microsoft to implement mixed reality (MR) solutions using HoloLens 2 headsets. Virtual reality headsets are adopting MR capabilities and spatial computing technologies (like the Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro ).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The Apple Vision Pro alone includes 23 different sensors. Many vendors , from Meta, to Microsoft, and Unity, offer these solutions. They not only reduce latency and the need for computing power, but minimize the distance data needs to travel to reach devices and computers, narrowing attack surfaces.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Are they as revolutionary as RayNeo says, or will they quickly fade into the background as companies like Meta, Microsoft , and Apple continue to invest in the XR landscape? The RayNeo Air 2 glasses aren’t standalone like the Apple Vision Pro or Meta Quest 3. Plus, they have a fantastic refresh rate to help reduce latency.

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ARVR

JULY 17, 2020

The XR visual processing pipeline is both compute intensive and latency sensitive. What about Apple Glass? I was very critical of this approach with the Apple Watch?—?it it was clear from the launch keynote that Apple had no idea what this cool piece of hardware engineering would be used for?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2024

Devices like the Apple Vision Pro eliminate the need for users to use clunky, complicated controllers when interacting with immersive content. It can minimize ag, latency, and GPU load, all while ensuring users get an exceptional experience. Users can reach out with their hands instead of pressing a button to select a virtual object.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Moreover, last year, Nreal partnered with University researchers and Microsoft to leverage its smart glasses technology as a medical device. In the background, major immersive tech vendors like Meta, Apple, and Microsoft are exploring what innovations are required to drive the space.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

With Qualcomm’s industry-leading Snapdragon Spaces platform , Xiaomi can also develop programmes on OpenXR and Microsoft’s MRTK toolkit. It also hosts a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 processor for offloading processing power, streamlining app functionality for low-latency connectivity between the two devices.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

These have appeared across Google’s ARCore, Niantic’s Lightship AR developer kit (ARDK), Snap Lens, Meta’s Reality system, and Apple’s ARKit platforms, namely for smartphones. For example, Lenovo’s A3 and Magic Leap 2’s smart glasses are designed for prolonged use, low latency, and industrial environments.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Examples include everything from the Lenovo ThinkReality A3 system, to the Vuzix Blade, and Microsoft Hololens 2. We’re still waiting to see a set of MR or AR glasses released by Apple, and the company recently announced it would be pushing its development back to around 2025.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

With the Varjo XR-4 series, the tech leader aims to offer a more affordable and diverse alternative to upcoming headsets like the Apple Vision Pro. This aligns it with the prices for competing solutions like the Apple Vision Pro and Microsoft HoloLens 2. However, they are more affordable than you might think.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 13, 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro triggered new discourse on the future of virutal, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR). Revealed at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the Apple Vision Pro has sparked both praise and criticism from the global XR community. Apple is adept at proposing something you didn’t think you needed.

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