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Samsung Partners with Google & Qualcomm to Release Android-powered XR Device

Road to VR

TM Roh, Samsung’s president and head of mobile experiences, didn’t reveal any more than what was said on stage, namely the existence of the partnership itself, however speaking to The Washington Post he announced the companies are “getting there,” and that the XR device was “not too far away.”

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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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Bobak Tavangar (Brilliant Labs) on the Power of Combining Open Source AR Hardware and Multimodal AI

The AR Show

Bobak studied at George Washington and Georgetown universities before completing a graduate degree at Cambridge University. Bobak also worked for a while as a program lead at Apple. Bobak studied at George Washington and Georgetown universities before completing a graduate degree at Cambridge University.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.05.17): HTC announces Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3, PSVR 2 to feature eye tracking, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Roblox CEO hints at the Oculus Quest as a future platform. And among these platforms onto which the game could be ported in the future, he has also mentioned the Oculus Quest. Some intriguing news on the Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest 2 has disappeared from all Amazon EU websites. News worth a mention.

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Valve Auctions HQ Tour & VR Demo for Elemental Music Charity

Peter Graham

So naturally, Valve doesn’t just let anybody wander in and around its headquarters in Seattle, Washington to see what’s going on. Prior to Valve, Lawrence was part of the Human Interface team at Apple, working on system features and applications for the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac,” notes the description.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. Head mounted display: With expansion to at home devices came the transition away from an arcade cabinet to setups a little closer to what you’ll see coming from the Big Three (Oculus, HTC, and Sony).

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The Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s Gamble on High-End Virtual Reality (and Why I Want One)

Ryan Schultz

Alas, there is no word yet on when we non-Americans will be able to order this device, although at least one VR YouTuber, Brian Tong, has heard (via his unofficial, internal sources) that Apple is planning to expand access to the U.K. Apple has announced in a Feb. But the market has not expanded in the way Meta clearly hoped.