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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Magic Leap). Magic Leap 2 has been teased. Magic Leap is back: CEO Peggy Johnson has just unveiled in a post on the company blog the Magic Leap 2 , the new version of the AR glasses from the company in Florida. Other relevant news. Pimax and Varjo are ready to announce new headsets.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Expects AR: ‘Will Pervade our Entire Lives’

Peter Graham

When it comes to preference over virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies Apple CEO, Tim Cook has made his stance continually clear, AR is most certainly the future. My view is it’s the next big thing, and it will pervade our entire lives,” reports Silicon Republic. Last year the company announced a $3.8

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The First Tour of Giant AI’s Robot Lab

Robert Scoble

He played a key role in the early development of Magic Leap, an augmented reality company that just won best of show at the industry’s biggest gathering, AWE (for Augmented World Expo). Adrian Kaehler is that genius. . He built the computer vision system for the first autonomous vehicle that later became Waymo.

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Facebook & Ray-Ban Launch $300 Stories Glasses, a Hybrid Between Snap Spectacles & Bose Frames

Road to VR

They’re launching today at $300 direct from Ray-Ban as well as official online retailers in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Italy and Australia. Stories are being offered in three distinct flavors: Wayfarer, Round, and Meteor, all of which appear to be pretty similar to original Ray-Ban frame designs. Smart er glasses, maybe?

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Microsoft Opens Up HoloLens Pre-orders In 6 Countries

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One of the most well known mixed reality devices, Microsoft’s HoloLens, has had a pretty good year. Though HoloLens is not a consumer-oriented augmented reality device just yet (device is currently $3000 ), that’s simply because this groundbreaking tech is still in its early stages. As for a retail edition of the device?

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Big News from XR Awards, Microsoft, Meta, and Sony

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Meta is Licensing Magic Leap This week, rumours revealed that Meta might acquire Magic Leap licensing rights for upcoming XR hardware. Meta looks to ink a deal with Magic Leap to share intellectual property licencing and contract manufacturing to create AR-based solutions. Meta is required to pay roughly €1.2