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Apple Joins Pixar, NVIDIA, & More to “accelerate next generation of AR experiences” with 3D File Protocol

Road to VR

Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD ( AOUSD ), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.”

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The XR Week Peek (2022.07.18): Magic Leap 2 price revealed, new rumors about Apple, and more!

The Ghost Howls

In my opinion, Magic Leap 2 is a superior device to HoloLens 2 (see my hands-on here ), so I think that with these prices, it can have good success in the enterprise market, starting to gain shares with regard to Microsoft. Probably the communication machine of the company is not as strong as before, so the old message still hangs around.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.24): Apple opens applications for Vision Pro devkits, Meta may stop the production of Quest Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

But I hope you’ll enjoy this newsletter coming from the world of the undead anyway… Top news of the week (Image by Apple) Apple starts accepting applications for Vision Pro devkits Apple has started accepting applications from interested developers to get a Vision Pro to develop XR experiences.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.07): PSVR 2 will cost $549, HoloLens are probably dead, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The collaboration between Microsoft and Samsung is now over. Some months ago, some important magazines leaked that Microsoft might have abandoned the HoloLens project. According to a new leak, Microsoft scrapped the plans for a HoloLens 3, and also the collaboration with Samsung has been brought to an end. Other relevant news.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

ARPost

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. A company still in stealth, but with founder pedigree from Apple. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1 Guest Post.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.11.21): OpenAI drama shakes the AI world, Unity enables Vision Pro development, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The past week has been a pretty interesting one for the tech world: between Microsoft Ignite, Unity Unite, and the OpenAI drama, there has been a lot to follow. I’ll try to summarize all of that, especially for what concerns the announcements related to our XR space.

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Microsoft Continues $22 Billion HoloLens IVAS Deal

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This month, Microsoft successfully completed an MR hardware trial period with the US Army, allowing the firm to continue innovating the Hololens product while leveraging a massive military contract which currently sits as a $22 billion investment for the US Army. But will Microsoft see future IVAS success? development processes.

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