XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 21, 2025

While the AR features on the emerging device are still simple, it’s a test bed for future Meta AR wearables. With just under 2 million members, r/virtualreality is a valuable space for XR enthusiasts to learn about the latest hardware and software developments. Are you interested in how its community is using this product?

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

In the interview with me, he talked about many topics, like the rumors he heard on Apple Glasses, on the Oculus Quest 2 , the America vs China war, XR entrepreneurship, Tesla, and more! 2022 may be the key year when they actually buy it, also thanks to Apple , an d finally, the market will reach the magic number of 10 million devices.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

“Wearable Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. It recently entered the wearables race with the Surface Earbuds.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

Hearables with augmented reality features are becoming ubiquitous thanks to the overall spread of wearables, the contribution of tech giants, and the growing demand for emerging technologies. While visual forms of AR communicate with screens or glasses, smart hearables as a subset of wearable technology introduce audio augmented reality.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 17, 2025

Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones already incorporate powerful AR hardware and software, and most users experience augmented reality more frequently on their mobile devices than on head-mounted displays. This presents a significant opportunity for Samsung.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 14, 2020

“Wearables Wars” is AR Insider’s mini-series that examines how today’s wearables will pave the way and prime consumer markets for AR glasses. Each installment will profile a different tech leader’s moves and motivations in wearables. For more, subscribe to ARtillery PRO. Fully Actualized.

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VRScout

JUNE 5, 2023

After years of speculation, Apple today unveiled Apple Vision Pro, the company’s first spatial computer. Tim Cook made the reveal during the 2023 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, sharing a number of exciting features that could change the way we look at mixed reality technology.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The firm is cementing its modern legacy in the AR smart glasses market by unveiling the XREAL One Series, an XR wearable that the company calls the “biggest leap forward for the consumer AR industry.” XREAL notes that the latest One Series wearables ensure more stable and customizable virtual screens.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 8, 2023

This week is all about Apple. Even before the firm’s monumental and, in some ways, controversial device announcement, which saw audiences amazed at a high price point and technology promise, the XR industry was on each of their seats with predictions on Apple’s immersive debut. There are a few reasons for this.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. See Also: New Guidelines for Developers: XR Software Should Be Accessible for Users With Disabilities. A company still in stealth, but with founder pedigree from Apple.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Since Apple confirmed its entry into the extended reality market at WWDC 2023 in June, consumers have been clamoring for an official Apple Vision Pro release date. Advertised as more than just a mixed reality headset, the Apple Vision Pro could mark a new era for extended reality.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Eric Vezzoli, head of the French software company, and his team built Haptic Composer and Interaction Builder, to push extended reality experiences to the next level. Interhaptics is going to change that. We empower digital creators to engage on a deeper level with their customers through the sense of touch.” .

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 10, 2025

Apple Vision Pro Helps to Train NVIDIA Robots This week, at CES 2025, NVIDIA took centre stage to showcase its latest innovations in emerging technology. In its official press releases regarding NVIDIA robotics updates, Apples Vision Pro MR headset was featured in various promotional images, highlighting its pivotal role in this journey.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 13, 2025

From NVIDIA to Meta, AI and XR could become equally growing technologies, with the growing AI space helping XR hardware and software reach its full potential. Scaling AI-Powered AR for Professionals At CES 25, MeetKai and ThinkAR showcased their strides in immersive wearables, which readied featured clients with bespoke AR tools.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

That will happen as the underlying technology improves and slims down; and as the industry’s ultimate wild card is played: Apple Glass. To break down all of the above — including Apple AR discourse — and to dive deeper on the latest figures, ARtillery chief analyst Mike Boland recently gave a virtual-event presentation.

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Road to VR

JUNE 4, 2018

At Worldwide Developer Conference today, Apple announced a new avatar system, dubbed ‘Memoji’, the company’s next step into the world of iPhone X animated emojis mapped to a user’s facial movements. Move over Samsung AR Emoji , because Apple looks to have gotten the cutesy Pixar-vibe down pat.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 7, 2020

LITHO , the company behind an innovative wearable AR controller that resembles a ring made for two fingers , has launched a new movie effects app that lets you drop awesome AR visuals into your movie projects, offering a faster, cheaper, and more intuitive alternative to desktop software such as Adobe After Effects or Cinema 4D.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 13, 2025

Galaxy smartphones already have powerful AR hardware and software built in, and most end-users leverage AR more commonly on a phone device than on any head-mounted device. In 2024, Samsung reaffirmed its commitment to developing an XR wearable that will integrate seamlessly with its Galaxy ecosystem.

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AR Insider

JANUARY 14, 2021

Those subdivisions include hardware and software, as well as consumer and enterprise use cases. Another device class paving the way for AR is wearables. Just as mobile AR conditions users for spatial experiences, wearables acclimate them to body-worn sensors. That includes AR, VR, and all of their subsegments. Lighter AR.

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AR Insider

APRIL 16, 2021

That underlying challenge of wearability versus graphical UX is currently the AR hardware industry’s greatest barrier. ” Is Wearability the Next Mobility? When will we get to the point where a device can realistically offer both wearability and graphically-rich user experiences? Design Tradeoff. Design Tradeoff.

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ARVR

MAY 24, 2021

This thinking holds up, but a less-discussed product class could have a greater impact in priming consumers for AR glasses: wearables. Meanwhile, tech giants are motivated toward wearables. For example, Apple’s wearables offset iPhone sales declines. But as with Apple, a key question is ‘why?’. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What’s Holding Wearable Displays Back? Now we see a small, but healthy and growing market for VR devices, software, and services, which are focused on delivering solutions around entertainment, training, education, and clinical use. They are not wearable enough or good enough for consumers to be willing to buy them.

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Upload VR

JANUARY 15, 2025

Play For Dream MR's hardware and software design is definitely heavily inspired by Apple Vision Pro, and a representative admitted as much to me. Putting on the headset for the first time, I was presented with a comfortable and well-balanced piece of wearable tech that I suspect could be used for several hours without much discomfort.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 2, 2025

Avid XR Today readers will be more than familiar with the big XR moments in 2024, including the likes of MR headsets, digital twins, Apple Vision Pro, Orion, and others; those moments are becoming history, however, and tomorrow’s innovations will take a stride. Will Samsung Enter the AR Wearables Market in 2025?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It also comes with additional real-time command features, including remote device control , live screen monitoring, remote reboots, and multi-software updates. However, hardware and wearables are not the only part of the XR deployment story. pixels per degree (PPD), and a refresh rate of 72 Hz.

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ARVR

JUNE 7, 2021

This thinking holds up, but a less-discussed product class could have a greater impact in priming consumers for AR glasses: wearables. Meanwhile, tech giants are motivated toward wearables. For example, Apple’s wearables offset iPhone sales declines. link] What’s Snap’s Wearables Master Plan? ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

By “dumb” we mean, they affect how the glasses fit the user or the use case, but they don’t expand the functional software offerings. ?. As CEO Chris Picket told ARPost in May: “We are creating an XR blueprint for the ecosystem to take, add to, and adapt as needed for their individual markets and their unique XR software development needs.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

And then on the software side, if I had told you “please make an OS that mashes together Horizon OS and VisionOS,” and you came back to me with Android XR, I’d say you nailed the assignment. Just looking at the headset, it’s clear that it has taken significant design cues from Vision Pro.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and many others started to reestablish the Metaverse and XR as serious business tools following a lacklustre adoption rate from consumer markets. This trend encompasses the integration between the hardware and software. However, the narrative quickly switched towards the middle of the year.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2019

For now Snapchat’s AR functionality has been mostly limited to face filters, but the company has shown a willingness to experiment with wearables; in 2016 the company launched Spectacles, camera-equipped sunglasses which allow users to shoot photos from a first person perspective.

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AR Insider

MARCH 19, 2021

This is partly due to AR’s potential all-day ambient use in a wearable form factor. As we examined around Apple’s potential VR headset, VR could establish the necessary supply chain for its eventual AR glasses. What’s Driving Apple’s Rumored VR Play? Network Effect.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 13, 2024

Like any at-scale enterprise solution, XR device and software deployment rely on various other systems to create a framework that allows a company to manage all aspects of an XR solution. Additionally, Research and Markets noted that MR holographic displays, such as Apple’s Vision Pro, are projected to grow at a 58.4

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AR Insider

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Part 1 : The two biggest barriers holding wearable displays back are visual quality and device comfort, which hinge on the display and optics technology. Old vs New Assumptions for Consumer-Grade Wearable Displays. Although motivated by the right insights, these approaches still struggle to achieve our ultimate goal around wearability.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 15, 2024

ResearchAndMarkets’ recent “ Smart Augmented Reality Glasses—Global Strategic Business Report ” states that MR holographic displays, such as Apple’s Vision Pro, are expected to grow at a 58.4 MR and AR wearables bring new forms of navigation, like eye and hand tracking, potentially simplifying professional onboarding.

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AR Insider

MAY 4, 2020

This counts consumer and enterprise hardware as well as software and services. The wild card for consumer AR of course is Apple, as its entrance could inflect the market through its signature halo effect. That’s apples to oranges in terms of timeframes, but can be normalized and compared in growth rates. Wearables Suite?

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This will be eclipsed over time by enterprise software, as it builds on a larger installed base and scales via typical SaaS economics and recurring cycles. The wild card here is Apple’s rumored market entrance in 2022. If that happens, it could raise all boats to some degree, as Apple incites mainstream demand.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Like Samsung, Huawei offers a staggering variety of smartphones, laptops, tablets, wearables, and smart home accessories; the company surpassed Ericsson in 2012 as the world’s largest telecom equipment manufacturer, and earlier this summer overtook Apple to become the world’s second largest smartphone maker.

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