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Carmakers Launch Desperate Attempt to Delay Massachusetts Right-to-Repair Law

GizModo VR

Major car manufacturers aren’t giving up on their efforts to stymie Massachusetts’ right to repair legislation. Less than two years after residents in the state voted in favor of updated right to repair laws that would let independent auto repair shops receive telematics data from vehicles, groups representing auto… Read more.

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I tried the Apple Vision Pro and saw the future, but don’t buy it yet

Hypergrid Business

Maria Korolov at the Apple store in Holyoke, Massachusetts. This past weekend, I went to the local Apple store and got a demo of the new Apple Vision Pro headset — the one where you’ll spend a minimum of $3,500 and more likely $4,000 if you buy it. Is the Apple Vision Pro the reason to switch?

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The XR Week Peek (2023.08.22): VRChat Android alpha released, Kinect For Azure discontinued, and more!

The Ghost Howls

More info Some new leaks on the Apple Vision Pro This has been a quite positive week to discover news about the Apple Vision Pro, thanks to a few leaks about it. My thoughts and prayers go to the dev team that violated the NDA of the Apple Vision Pro: Apple will find them and sue them to hell. RIP Kinect, again.

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Facebook steps into cloud gaming — and another feud with Apple

TechCrunch VR

Their approach is different than what Microsoft or Google has built but Facebook highlights a shared central challenge: dealing with Apple. Facebook’s service will launch on the desktop web and Android, but not iOS due to what Facebook frames as usability restrictions outlined in Apple’s App Store terms and conditions.

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XREAL AR Smart Glasses to Tackle Meta, Apple Vision Pro during 2024 Holiday Period

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

In October, Micro Center will be selling XREAL products in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. This seemingly aims to steal the holiday season from competitors Meta and Apple.

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VR Therapies Calls for Urgent Support after Christmas Day Burglary

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Rocket VR Health Boston-based Rocket VR Health also struck a major deal with the Massachusetts General Hospital for a cutting-edge virtual reality therapy platform for patients. Companies featured on the list included Zoom, Netflix, Apple, Nintendo, Moderna, and others.

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AR 101?—?A brief summary (Part 1)

ARVR

70s : Group of researchers at different organizations, such as NASA, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of North Carolina, continued research in computer graphics and virtual reality (Krevelen, 2010). 2000s : First outdoor mobile AR game ARQuake. Evolution of Augmented Reality (Craig, 2013) by fernanda rodríguez.

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