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Spatial Beats: Apple VR, Google Poly & LBVR Hangs On

AR Insider

How many XR headsets is Apple working on, and when can we get our hands one them? We are waiting and hoping and praying a white knight swoops in to rescue Poly like Microsoft rescued AltspaceVR in the VR winter of 2018. Apple headset to be a pricey, niche VR precursor to eventual AR headset. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

ARPost

Companies are beginning to incorporate the technology into solutions across various industries, including healthcare, sports, education, tourism, and the automotive industry. Tech vendors can offer multiple solutions for cloud-based data storage and processing — AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. Mobile application.

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Saudi Arabia to Boost Tourism Sector with AR Navigation Technology

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The region is undergoing Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030 “, an initiative to boost its cultural and tourism sector. ARWay’s solution will help the region’s leaders achieve this goal by presenting an engaging and innovative approach to tourism and on-site customer experiences.

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Alex Kipman Nominated for Inventor’s Award

Tech Trends VR

The Brazilian-born inventor gets recognition for his groundbreaking work with the Microsoft Hololens. The HoloLens incorporates several patent-protected Microsoft inventions, including Kipman’s motion sensors initially brought to market for the Xbox Kinect video game controller. billion in 2016.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.09.23): Quest 3S may cost $299, Meta and Luxottica to partner until 2030, and more!

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Apple makes an exception because it is a fashionable brand itself and it has already a wide network of stores where people can buy its devices. IVAS is the modified HoloLens that Microsoft is experimenting with the US Army and thanks to this partnership it could show better and more useful data to its soldiers.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

AR is being applied in training and education, healthcare, heads-up wayfinding and navigation, tourism, retail, field service, real estate sales, design and architecture. An Apple AR headset has been a mainstay of the rumor mills for several years, and we expect Facebook to be creating an AR Oculus device.

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Meta Release Cross-Platform XR Framework, for Quest, iOS, Windows, Linux

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Meta notes in its Ocean developer page that the supported XR features can help create solutions for sectors such as education, tourism, and real estate. Meta’s open approach contrasts Apple’s closed ecosystem for its spatial computing vision. ”