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Google Reportedly Set to Acquire Eye-tracking Startup to Bolster Android XR Hardware Efforts

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Google is reportedly set to acquire Canada-based eye-tracking startup AdHawk Microsystems Inc. As reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Google is allegedly acquiring AdHawk for$115 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Google Announces First Daydream-Ready VR Phone – Breaking

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Google today announced the first Daydream-ready smartphone(s), Pixel and Pixel XL. Brian Rakowski, VP Product Management at Google, showed off Pixel’s hardware on stage boasting a Snapdragon 821, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen on both phones, 5-inch for Pixel and 5.5-inch inch for Pixel XL. inch for Pixel XL.

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Big XR News from Meta, HTC VIVE, Magic Leap

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These glasses have outperformed the sales of Ray-Ban’s first-generation smart glasses, ‘Ray-Ban Stories’ This potential deal could grant Meta more control over EssilorLuxottica’s smart glasses division and strengthen its position in the competitive market against tech giants like Apple, Google, and Microsoft.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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Clément Gosselin from Université Laval in Quebec, Canada; Prof. We start our list of XR events in 2021 with AWE Asia because of the sheer size of the opportunities to explore and network. An event for researchers and professionals, this year’s ICHVR will feature reputable keynote speakers, including: Prof.

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MKBHD Video Gives The First Real Look At Samsung's Android XR Headset

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Samsung's first standalone headset is launching this year, running Google's new Android XR operating system and powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset. While it is possible to ask Meta AI about what you're seeing, in the US & Canada at least, the assistant only responds with speech. What Is Samsung's Headset?

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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Development is divided evenly across the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift platforms, each accounting for 31% of projects created, with other major VR platforms such as Samsung Gear VR, OSVR, and Daydream rounding out the bottom numbers. Carleton University, Canada. Vancouver Film School, Canada. Academy of Art San Francisco, USA.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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This is a big partnership between the NFL and Google, and the remaining 8 episodes will be available on the Google Daydream content platform – launching later this month. ObEN is one of 33 companies in the HTC VICE X accelerator program – keep an eye out for their product launch in 2017. MONEY & FUNDING.