Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Although the Samsung Galaxy S8 may not make its big entrance at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next week, the company will however be presenting a few new VR/AR projects coming direct from their in-house incubator Creative Lab (C-Lab). Just recompense? I guess we’ll find out soon.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Now, Anduril is set to take over the development and production of a mixed-reality device, building on Microsofts previous work with the HoloLens-powered IVAS. Samsung Eyes XR Director Hire This week, an interesting job opportunity surfaced at Samsung, coinciding with its push into augmented reality and mixed reality headsets.

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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2022

Individuals lucky enough to get a slot into the show were shuffled into a small theater where everyone was given an older model head-mounted display powered by Samsung mobile devices. What the audience got was an immersive experience unlike anything available at the event.

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Tech Trends VR

JULY 31, 2019

Back in 2012, a starry-eyed young entrepreneur called Palmer Luckey announced a new and improved head-mounted display that would be better than pretty much everything on the market at the time, and affordable for gamers to boot. VR didn't do as well in 2018 as many hoped - or expected Click To Tweet.

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Next Reality AR

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Just in time for the holiday season, Lenovo has released its Mirage AR head-mounted display with the Star Wars: Jedi Challenges game and accessories.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Augmented Reality. This year, the star of the show was Augmented Reality. This is why Facebook announced their intention to make the camera “the first augmented reality platform.” Zuck is doing the same thing with Augmented Reality. Impact on Consumers.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2023

With the Meta Quest 3, the seamless, enveloping audiovisual experience is further enhanced with the Menlo Park-based firm’s next-generational head-mounted display (HMD). Furthermore, the series includes Created, a further immersive art medium, with a female-led team of global artists leading the creative content.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The success of the Ray-Ban Meta has triggered the smartglasses hype: when I was at CES, I saw many startups launching their AI-powered smartglasses and we have heard rumors of all the major brands (including Apple and Samsung) working on their own smartglasses devices, too. But as usual, I warn you to be careful of the hype.

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2017

They have a rich catalog of award-winning animated music videos, performed live with Madonna via hologram at the 2005 MTV Europe Awards to promote their record Demon Days, and even had augmented reality album art accompany their 2010 release Plastic Beach. Google DayDream : Download the official YouTube app. Bada bing, bada boom.

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TechCrunch VR

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Apple is seen by some as critical to the future of augmented reality, despite limited traction for ARKit so far and its absence from smartglasses (again, so far). VR/AR startup valuations reach $45 billion (on paper). Despite short-term questions, games software/hardware to top $200 billion by 2023.

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Robert Scoble

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

It got me interested in augmented reality and its uses to make people’s lives more fun and more interesting. Snapchat has, in the past few years, finally brought that tech to consumers with its augmented reality lenses. I created the first augmented reality app on Apple’s store on this blog.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Apple has a number of head mounted display patents, including one which shows a headset that would dock with a mobile device, and another for an augmented reality display. Acquisitions. See Also: 3 Moves Oculus is Borrowing from Apple’s Marketing Playbook. Well, you better get there too.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

In the figure below, the patent shows off a Google Glass-style configuration that is “especially well suited to be used with head mounted displays and a camera pointed at the space in front of the user.” Samsung, Apple v. Apple AR patent detailing methods for computing 3D coordinates, image courtesy USPTO.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2024

Microsoft Orders Mixed Reality Displays from Samsung Microsoft is in the process of purchasing OLED display panels for an unreleased MR headset/device. Interestingly, they are getting the OLED panels from Samsung Display, a subsidiary of Samsung, which plans to release its own XR headset later this year or early next.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Secretive augmented-reality start-up Magic Leap is partnering with online comic book publisher Madefire to deliver mixed reality comics to Magic Leap’s devices when they launch. The Magic Leap version will apparently feature spatial sound and comics will appear much crisper and more readable on it.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

But it’s still incredible enough to give a taste of where it’s headed. I’m an early-stage VC focused on virtual and augmented reality, so I pieced this together based on the forward-thinking pitches and demos I’ve been lucky enough to see through my work, plus a lifetime of burning through sci-fi and video games.

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VRWorld

JUNE 8, 2016

Augmented Reality, also called Mixed Reality (MR, MxR) is set to represent a very large part of our lives. Even today, if you own a car with a heads-up display (HUD), you are a user of Augmented Reality. “We recognized the problem of very high barrier of entry for Augmented Reality.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Microsoft has reportedly scrapped plans to make a HoloLens 3—what would have been a successor to its current mixed reality headset—and infighting within the mixed reality division has fueled… Read more. One of the most outspoken proponents of the metaverse is struggling to find its place in this hypothetical virtual world.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Ozo’s output is one single cable going into either your storage or a head-mounted display. One is the installed base of the head-mounted displays. But something like the Samsung Gear VR, we don’t know how much it gets used, but at least you have the capability. VB: What about augmented reality?

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VeeR VR

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

It was a device that the user sat in-front of while their head was encased on four sides by a screen and they watched any one of five films, which all engaged sight, sound, smell and touch. In 1968, Ivan Sutherland and Bob Sproull created the first head-mounted display (HMD) system for immersive simulation applications.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games. But let’s now switch to the topic of augmented reality, which is really what this conversation is about. You have to look at the segment specific-elements of it that can be augmented. Alan: Kind of like heads-up instructions.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 13, 2019

But in my opinion, I don’t think the killer app of virtual reality is games. But let’s now switch to the topic of augmented reality, which is really what this conversation is about. You have to look at the segment specific-elements of it that can be augmented. Alan: Kind of like heads-up instructions.

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RealVision VR

JULY 14, 2016

2: Build for Room-sized Virtual Reality. The current generation of VR head mounted displays are already beginning to show what’s possible with room scale VR. Oculus’ rift and even the Samsung GearVR (a darling of VR marketing depts) will soon have room scale tracking capability.

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Bernard Marr

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This could be through innovative technology enabling personalization or virtual and augmented reality solutions (see below for more on all of these). Adidas, Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, Samsung, and Burberry are among the well-known names that have either already established a presence or stated that they plan to do so.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. I’ve been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. Tovar, from Spring 1995, Virtual Reality Magazine Special Report. Alan: I couldn’t agree more, to be honest.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

They're working with clients to develop and implement their strategies, pilots, and technology solutions in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, 360, spatial, and immersive; all known as XR. The new iPad Pro, the new iPhone 12, all the Samsung phones, they all have LiDAR scanning. Totally get it. So very exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

They're working with clients to develop and implement their strategies, pilots, and technology solutions in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, 360, spatial, and immersive; all known as XR. The new iPad Pro, the new iPhone 12, all the Samsung phones, they all have LiDAR scanning. Totally get it. So very exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

They're working with clients to develop and implement their strategies, pilots, and technology solutions in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, 360, spatial, and immersive; all known as XR. The new iPad Pro, the new iPhone 12, all the Samsung phones, they all have LiDAR scanning. Totally get it. So very exciting.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. I've been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. Tovar, from Spring 1995, Virtual Reality Magazine Special Report. And it also wasn't very comfortable to wear.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And it was so expensive, and a head-mounted display could cost $70,000. I’ve been studying this industry inside and out and I subscribe to Google Alerts for virtual and augmented reality. Tovar, from Spring 1995, Virtual Reality Magazine Special Report. Alan: I couldn’t agree more, to be honest.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Rumours of renewed work on Google’s Project Iris augmented reality (AR) smart glasses have surfaced on the internet, according to reports. News of the resurgence comes after the tech giant reportedly ceased work on the massive project in June this year, indefinitely shuttering its head-mounted display (HMD) ambitions.

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