XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Apple customers based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can now pre-order its “revolutionary” mixed reality headset, Apple Vision Pro. From November 15 th , the Apple Vision Pro will also be available in Apple shops and for delivery. They can also advise on financing options and other shopping-related support.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Meta announces at Connect Quest Pro and a partnership with Microsoft. There have been a few key announcements at Connect: Meta has launched Quest Pro , its new premium headset, for $1500 Meta announced its focus on a new vertical, productivity Meta has partnered with Microsoft and Accenture to tackle the XR enterprise world.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 12, 2024

If you want to make the most of Apple’s latest spatial computing phenomenon, you’ll need the best Apple Vision Pro apps. Since then, Apple has gone all-in on expanding its app store. What are Apple Vision Pro Apps? Think of things like the Apple iCloud and Wallet apps.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 15, 2025

This week, we had quite a lot of interesting news about all the major players: Apple, Meta, Google, and Valve. But now, with the Vision Pro becoming a bit old, we have the rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2. But now, with the Vision Pro becoming a bit old, we have the rumors about the Apple Vision Pro 2.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. Over these past three and a half years, Microsoft has been listening to their customers, claims HoloLens inventor and Microsoft Technical Fellow Alex Kipman as he took his turn on stage. Microsoft HoloLens 2 / Image Credit: Microsoft.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2024

Apple Vision Pro Facetime is one of the first features most people experimented with when they finally received their spatial computing headset. Apple Vision Pro Facetime is just one example. The feature was even highlighted at WWDC 2023 , when Apple gave us our initial sneak peek into its new headset.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

This was to be expected and it is no big deal: VisionOS 2 is coming today and this is great news by itself because it is bringing a lot of new features and improvements to the Apple device (three of these features are actually launching later this year, but all the other ones are coming now).

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AR Insider

APRIL 15, 2020

Why is Apple Buying NextVR. Two such companies apparently found ports in the storm last week: NextVR reportedly is being acquired by Apple, and 6D.ai Apple and NextVR. The obvious question is: what does NextVR have that could be worth $100m to Apple? Find out more or contact us to participate here. by Devon Copley.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Colocating a Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro for same-room mixed reality works with Figmin XR. 0:00 / 0:34 1× The app is in closed beta for Apple Vision Pro and we're in active communication with creator Javier Davalos to get a link to the app's listing on Apple's storefront as soon as it is available.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2025

With Apples Vision Pro already on the market, Samsungs focus will be on providing a more advanced user experience, an industry insider told ETNews. In 2021, Microsoft leaker ‘WalkingCat’ posted two leaked videos showing off futuristic AR concept devices from the company.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 24, 2024

Today, Microsoft is making its long—awaited Mesh for Teams immersive VR meeting platform available for enterprise end users. The service is now available for clients, allowing them to access Microsoft’s dynamic virtual remote meeting solution via desktop or Meta Quest headsets. Mesh is helping us achieve that.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2025

The company additionally announced the appointment of David Baron as Chief Operating Officer, a founding executive at Hulu, and industry veteran of Fox Digital Media, Paramount, and Microsoft.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 18, 2022

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. Apple to launch a second “more affordable” headset in 2025. Other relevant news. Image from the web).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 31, 2024

Apple Vision Pro apps, coming to Apple’s latest spatial computing experience, will ensure individuals and teams can make the most of their new headset. Initially, Apple didn’t reveal much information about the apps available on the Vision Pro. Think of things like the Apple iCloud and Wallet apps.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2018

Later this year, Microsoft is increasing the cut developers earn when publishing on the Microsoft Store. Microsoft says in a blog post that gaming apps won’t see the raise from the standard percentage, which at the time of this writing is a standard 70/30 split. Check out more details on the Microsoft blog post.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2025

Thanks to Artificial Intelligence, the small team at Megalolo, who seemed not to have much experience, has been able to vibe code both the hardware and the software of Decagear and so be ready to launch the headset on the market and compete with the likes of Apple and Meta. The Pimax Crystal Super Ultra Plus is going to cost $1999.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 27, 2022

For every one of the four main themes, a headset solving it has been shown in the video. This has been also confirmed by TESTED, which has been able to go hands-on with the headset and offer a very meaningful video about them (which I advise you all to watch). We have lots of non-news about Apple’s XR efforts. Useless news.

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Road to VR

JULY 11, 2017

By their own admission , they aren’t entirely sure what they’re doing, but it’s clear from the video that surfaced yesterday that they’re hitting on some very big ideas and executing them with serious flair. But this is more than just a dancing hotdog-guy.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 15, 2023

If you missed it, don’t worry: you can still enjoy a video recording at this link. Some selected developers have received the Apple headset. Could this really be the year of the Apple headset? Congress is stopping the acquisition of more Microsoft IVAS headset. This is a decision that is not going to make Microsoft happy.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

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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Next Reality AR

JULY 14, 2021

With the release of Object Capture this fall, Apple is giving everyone with a Mac and a camera the means to create their own 3D objects. But what about volumetric video, which currently requires multi-camera rigs like those at Microsoft's Mixed Reality Capture studios? Don't Miss: Snap Releases Lens Studio 4.0

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 30, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Brad Lynch) Bloomberg got a preview of the Quest 3 Last week I predicted that Meta could have given us a glimpse of the Quest 3 during the Gaming Showcase on June, 1st, so that to create attention around its device before the announcement of the Apple headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Thats where Microsoft Mesh remote work solutions come in. Microsoft Mesh allows companies to create immersive virtual environments where teams can brainstorm, design products, share ideas and interact through avatars. Interested in learning more about Microsofts XR Vision for the Enterprise?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 25, 2018

Since the HoloLens was first released almost three years ago, Microsoft has steadily been building partnerships and demonstrating an array of industry use cases across manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, education and many others. The new HoloLens subscription service could prove a catalyst for SMEs to embrace immersive technology.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

If we talk about compatible devices, we all have a smartphone that can do AR, we all have watched on some social media short video selfies with some AR effects on. This commercial video about Google Glasses led me to immersive realities. Didn’t work (Image by Microsoft). Can this count as AR having become mainstream?

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

While immersive tech gained some traction during this period, video conferencing remains the standard alternative to in-person meetings. About a third of employees and almost as many employers who participated in the survey prefer video conferencing to in-person meetings. Source: ExpressVPN. That has to do with trust.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 13, 2020

Well, if the rumor becomes reality, this would mean that all next Apple devices will have both front and back depth cameras, for high-precision Augmented Reality and 3D reconstruction. Well played Apple. Microsoft releases Azure Remote Rendering. Let’s see if Facebook will be a worthier opponent than Google. supports VR.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

Apple threatens future support in Unreal Engine. According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games. All Apple software, SDKs, APIs, and developer tools ?—?Pre-release Other relevant news.

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Road to VR

JULY 3, 2017

Now that Apple is being open about their interest in VR the company is publicly listing new job postings for a number of roles seeking candidates with VR expertise. Two of the latest listings suggest the company is exploring VR video codecs and file formats. See Also: Apple Adds VR Rendering Essentials to MacOS via Metal 2.

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VRScout

APRIL 24, 2023

I obtained a video of @Humane 's AI-powered wearable projector in action (clipped from a video @zarifali9 sent me of the #TED2023 by @imranchaudhri ) This looks insaneee! Patrick Gates, the company’s chief technology officer, is a former Apple senior director.

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AR Insider

APRIL 8, 2021

See the quick summary below, followed by embedded video. AR Glasses are now in development at Apple, Snap, Niantic and Microsoft. And stay tuned each week for more AR-related musings from Maher. Clubhouse will allow speakers to collect cash from users and keep 100% of the profit. I have mixed feelings and explain the scenarios.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg got a chance to try out Apple Vision Pro, which although seven times more expensive than the company’s Quest 3 mixed reality headset, is arguably its biggest competitor right now—at least in terms of mental real estate it’s taking up. And yeah, in mobile, Apple’s closed model won.

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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2017

The Meta 2 has officially begun shipping , Vuforia recently announced native integration on the Unity platform , and Occipital’s Bridge lets iOS users taste this cutting-edge tech while we (anxiously) await formal announcements from Apple after years of speculation.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 21, 2023

More info Other relevant news (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft discontinues Kinect for Azure Microsoft has decided to discontinue its latest iteration of the Kinect sensor, dubbed Kinect For Azure DK. Microsoft will stop selling its Kinect For Azure sensor in October 2023, or until the supplies last. This seems good.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

You can access it at this link: [link] ) Top news of the week (Image by Microsoft) Microsoft kills Windows Mixed Reality Microsoft has decided to pull the plug on the Windows Mixed Reality platform , the one of the WMR headsets by Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and Samsung which were the first to introduce inside-out tracking in the VR ecosystem.

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The thought is that devices like Apple Watch and AirPods condition consumers to wear sensors on their bodies, and thus acclimate to the cultural shift that will be required for AR glasses. Classic Apple. That includes smartwatches and “hearables” such as Apple AirPods and its equivalents. Trojan Horse. Softer Landing.

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