Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Smartglasses are a wearable device separate from augmented reality, and are generally defined by their ability to present useful information to the user, often in the form of a small floating screen or heads-up display (HUD). Think Google Glass or Vuzix Blade—not Microsoft HoloLens or Magic Leap 1.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This week, a curious hire opportunity appeared over at Samsung, just in time for its concurrent augmented reality/mixed reality headset push. ” The Wearables Sharktank The XR device marketplace is becoming an undeniable shark tank.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Varjo’s “Reality Cloud” network is likely to be a valuable tool for many retail innovators going forward, as it will allow for more efficient lossless streaming in a traditional store space. Magic Leap. Magic Leap has quickly emerged as one of the major market leaders in the Augmented Reality hardware environment.

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ARPost

APRIL 13, 2020

The Mixed and Augmented Reality Studio. One of the most exciting developments for 2020 is the arrival of Unity’s Mixed and Augmented Reality Studio (MARS),” said Gauthier. It’s specifically designed for designing with mobile platforms and eventually wearable XR technology. Unity Reflect.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 23, 2024

Magic Leap has reportedly laid off its sales and marketing teams as a result of the company’s decision to focus on licensing the technology behind its headsets. The technology news provider Bloomberg shared the news that the augmented reality startup cut 75 jobs last week, according to two of its sources “familiar with the matter”.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 18, 2024

At AWE this week, leading XR headset vendor Magic Leap and gesture technology innovators Doublepoint Technologies are highlighting a deep product partnership to distribute WowMouse, an input device that leverages Android smartwatches to enable gesture controls such as pinch and gaze for AR applicaitons.

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Road to VR

APRIL 16, 2018

Researchers at The Human Computer Interaction Lab at Hasso-Plattner-Institut in Potsdam, Germany, published a video recently showing a novel solution to the problem of wearable haptics for augmented reality. The researchers say their system “adds physical forces while keeping the users’ hands free to interact unencumbered.”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Notice a Leap Motion sensor installed on top of it. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

Samsung brings with it a broader technology ecosystem that can assist in introducing the large-scale Galaxy user base to XR wearables. Other significant players in the XR industry are supporting Android XR, including Qualcomm, Sony, XREAL, Magic Leap, and Lynx, a new entrant in the XR market.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) wayfinding firm ARway, recently announced it would partner with Magic Leap to integrate its solution on the latter’s headsets. The measures will allow Magic Leap to accommodate large-scale experiences and boost its supported products and solutions ecosystem.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2023

To close 2022, Magic Leap’s leadership team underwent a major restructuring following a significant investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The augmented reality (AR) headset manufacturer gained $450 million from the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF). A 16GB computing pack.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

2018 will see the introduction of a number of ‘smartglasses’ Initially, very few of these products will be capable of augmented reality, but many of them will be (or already are being) conflated with AR. What Are Augmented Reality (AR) Glasses? Magic Leap One. What Are Smartglasses? Intel Vaunt.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

That being said, the device represents a major step forward for wearable technology; a baby step, but a step nonetheless. In September of 2019, the company announced that its Facebook Reality Lab is currently in development of its own AR headset. And that’s okay. Ray-Ban Stories is available now for $299.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 10, 2023

Magic Leap , a leading manufacturer of augmented reality (AR) headsets, announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 fresh updates on its collaboration with industry verticals. The news comes as the firm partnered with SentiAR to link physicians with data displayed on the Magic Leap 2 headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 1, 2022

AR tech firm Magic Leap is set to launch in 19 countries across the world, Lisa Watts, Vice President of Product Marketing and Developer Programs for Magic Leap announced at the Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 Europe on Madeira Island, Portugal. Magic Leap 2 stands on the shoulders of giants and the force.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Intel has revealed a new augmented reality prototype called Vaunt. Jerry Bautista, the lead for the team building wearable devices at Intel’s NDG, explained this concept to The Verge’s Dieter Bohn in more detail: “We had to integrate very, very power-efficient light sources, MEMS devices for actually painting an image.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Facebook is building augmented reality headsets with the intent of eventually bringing one to market, this much is clear from its many job postings, research projects, and forward-looking statements from company execs.

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AR Insider

JUNE 16, 2021

Magic Leap One is one example of this sequence playing out, and the company has paid for it. By that, we mean all-day AR glasses with stylistic viability and wearability. That reality isn’t present today because current technology can’t achieve graphical intensity and wearability.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Already, the company is partnering not just with Samsung and Qualcomm but with countless heavyweights like Sony, Magic Leap, and Unity. Looking Ahead to Android XR Smart Glasses Android XR isnt just a solution designed for developers in mixed reality headsets either.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Moreover, other XR industry figures are supporting Android XR, including Qualcomm, Sony, XREAL, Magic Leap, and Lynx, a new entry into the XR market. The Future of Android XR With Google, Samsung, Magic Leap, Lynx, Sony, Qualcomm, and XREAL joining the AndroidXR journey, the platform will gain additional support and investment in 2025.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 22, 2020

What’s Holding Wearable Displays Back? Over four parts, we’ll explore the biggest barriers and potential solutions to making consumer-grade Augmented Reality (AR) glasses that people will actually wear. They are not wearable enough or good enough for consumers to be willing to buy them. by Jason McDowall.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 12, 2019

Immersive technologies such as Augmented reality (AR) Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR) which collectively come under the umbrella of – keep up with me here – Extended Reality (XR) are being used by an increasing number of companies to build consumer engagement and enhance the customer experience.

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ARVR

JUNE 25, 2021

How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry 3. Applying that principle to AR, could wearability be the next era’s mobility? That’s opposed to starting with advanced AR then sizing-down towards wearability. The hands-free pillar is covered in the wearability principle. ExpiCulture?—?Developing

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2018

Alibaba sees a future were AR wearables are an “everyday device.”. Is it a coincidence that this announcement comes straight off of the heels of Magic Leap announcing their partnership with the online home goods store, Wayfair, to bring an AR shopping experience to their users?

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ARPost

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The wearables will process layered 3D environmental information with a software called LiveMaps. VR and AR Developer, Jonathan Jennings , thinks the news that Oculus will be tackling augmented reality glasses is a big deal for developers and users. Jennings describes what gamers and wearable fans are thinking.

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ARVR

JUNE 29, 2020

A augmented-reality (AR) accessory that sits right above one eye and gives access to emails, text messages, directions , etc. Source: [link] When it debuted in 2013 the Google Glass was the first of its kind. without hindering the user’s view. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Over the past three years Magic Leap have been one of the darlings of Augmented/Mixed reality. And with the Augmented and Virtual Reality market projected to reach $162 billion by 2020 , some would call that a fair price. The Florida start-up was valued at $4.5 billion and attracted nearly $1.4

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2019

Charlie is also a book author and after the success of his previous book Metaverse , now he’s launching his new book, “Convergence” , that is all about the present and the future of augmented reality. I’ve not been able to read the book yet (I’m preparing for the VEC !), I’m still a stage-struck kid.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2024

The platform is designed to support experiences that combine augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), enabling immersive applications that overlay digital content onto the real world or create fully virtual environments. The initiative builds on ARCore, Googles existing augmented reality framework.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2020

Next year, the new Quest will help in getting there, but it will be Apple that will really disrupt the market, because it will come up with cool wearable glasses. Why can’t it be Facebook, or Magic Leap ? Suzanne Borders, CEO and founder of BadVR, at the company’s office in Marina Del Rey, with a Magic Leap One on.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 18, 2024

Last week, at CES 2024, Ross Rosenberg, the CEO of Magic Leap, and Daniel Diez, the firm’s CTO , spoke to VentureBeat on the current state of Magic Leap’s roadmap following a busy 2023, which saw the firm undergo a major leadership shake-up. ” The firm is ready to leverage a new market.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Today I am very happy to host on my blog Kura Technologies , one of the most interesting augmented reality startups out there. indoor vs outdoor) USB-C connection to a compact wearable computing pack for the computational power PC version works with Windows, but we’re doing our best to support Android and Linux.

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ARVR

MARCH 16, 2023

Consumer/ enterprise spending shares could flip as AR glasses gain wearability. An iPhone succession plan meanwhile happens through a suite of integrated wearables that augments the iThings at the center of our computing lives. In this way, AR glasses will be a key puzzle piece in Apple’s high-stakes wearables road map.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2017

In 2017, with so much talk of head-worn devices as the future of immersive computing, it’s easy to see that Glass was ahead of its time. With the Glass team at the time teasing, “we’ve outgrown the lab and so we’re officially ‘graduating’ from Google[x] to be our own team here at Google.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 4, 2025

Moreover, Samsungs extensive technology ecosystem can help introduce its large Galaxy user base to XR wearables. Notably, Google is developing this XR OS in collaboration with Samsung and other significant players in the XR industry, such as Qualcomm, Sony, XREAL, Magic Leap, and Lynx.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2020

Mojo Vision is a company producing augmented reality contact lenses, that is contact lenses that you put in your eyes and that can not only fix your eye impairments, but also give you augmented vision. Mojo Vision. If you thought that AR glasses were already advanced stuff, you have to rethink your vision of technology.

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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Magic Leap’s CEO has denied the accuracy of the supposedly leaked hardware from the clandestine augmented reality firm, claiming it’s not a prototype of the upcoming AR glasses. Unsurprisingly for a startup which has provoked as much … Continue reading.

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