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Android XR will allow camera access like on the phone

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If a malicious developer is granted camera access, he can for instance silently grab all the images of the environment around the user, run them through some AI detection, and scrape some precious personal information, like data about National ID documents or bank cards that the user has on the table while he uses the application.

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The XR Week Peek (2025.03.11): Samsung headset may launch in Q3, Animal Company is the most grossing game on the store, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by Samsung) Samsung XR headset may launch in Q3 2025 Two new reports gave us potential updates on the Samsung Project Moohan headset. South Korean news outlet The Elec instead reports that Samsung will use Sonys new 1.35-inch Of course, they are rumors, so take them with a grain of salt.

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Samsung's Android XR Headset Ships In 2025, And We Went Hands-On

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Samsung's first standalone headset is coming in 2025, running Google's new Android XR operating system and powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset. Beyond this, Samsung isn't yet sharing specifications. I went hands-on with an early headset developer kit showcasing Google's software and Samsung's hardware.

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The XR Week Peek (2024.11.26): Valve Roy controller leaked, VR Black Friday deals, and more!

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But for now, I’ll just tell you what have been in my opinion the most interesting pieces of XR news of the week… Top news of the week (Image by KnightMD) Valve Deckard’s “Roy” controllers allegedly leaked The usual Brad Lynch with his team of data miners has found evidence of a controller codenamed Roy in the code of SteamVR.

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Quest's Passthrough Camera API Is Out Now, Though Store Apps Can't Yet Use It

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They instead got higher-level data derived by the system, such as hand and body skeletal coordinates, a 3D mesh of your environment with bounding boxes for furniture, and limited object tracking capabilities. A limitation here, however, is that Unity's WebCamTexture API only supports one camera at a time, not both.

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Students Hack Positional Tracking onto Gear VR with SteamVR Tracking

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Mobile VR solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR currently employ rotational tracking only. Three infrared sensors, detecting the flashes from an HTC base station (Lighthouse technology), are attached to the front of the Gear VR headset and connected to a microcontroller, which collects the timing data.

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This Theme Park Has A VR Water Slide

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Thanks to custom designed waterproof VR headsets housing Samsung S8 mobile devices, over 9,600 attendees have gone down the VR slide since opening in February. The second is a machine learning powered system that analyzes the accelerometer data of every rider as they ride. Guests can select between two VR experiences.