GizModo VR

MARCH 19, 2021

According to reliable Apple analyst Ming-chi Kuo, it’s possible the headset will eschew handheld controllers in favor of eye tracking and iris recognition. There’s no lack of speculation around Apple’s rumored AR headset, but the latest is the most sci-fi of them all. Read more.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2018

These displays likely take a good amount of graphical rendering power to run at such high resolutions and fresh rates, so it makes sense why they were displayed in cases rather than a wearable VR headsets. The post Here’s a Look Inside Both Samsung & JDI’s High Pixel Density VR Panels appeared first on Road to VR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Lian Jie Su, Principal Analyst at Omdia , explains where AR glasses providers need to focus their attention to optimise sales: Major technology vendors such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Meta and Qualcomm are looking to bring spatial computing to a range of edge devices, including smartphones, head-mounted displays, AR glasses and robots.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2024

That instantly separates the Meta AR glasses from all the other specs on the market that force you to keep your wearables connected to a phone or computer system at all time. This, combined with eye-tracking technology that allows you to use your gaze as a kind of “cursor,” makes navigating virtual content feel incredibly intuitive.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Today at MWC 2024, Samsung unveiled an upcoming XR headset the firm created alongside partners Google and Qualcomm, with a scheduled release window coming in 2025. However, reports suggest the device will have a microOLED display, eight tracking cameras, a ToF sensor, voice commands, eye tracking, and hand tracking.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 13, 2022

Among the biggest technology brands in the world, and a major name for any company interested in advertising within the digital world, Google has plenty to offer in XR promotion. Most companies investing in concepts like SEO and content marketing will already have a strong knowledge of Google and the company’s wide range of tech resources.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 11, 2024

This week, reports revealed that Google is laying off a significant portion of its 1P AR hardware team, casting doubts upon its in-house XR product portfolio. In a statement, Google announced: A few hundred roles are being eliminated in DSPA, with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 11, 2024

At the event, TM Roh, the President of Samsung’s Mobile Division, and Google’s Senior Vice President of Platforms and Devices, Rick Osterloh , confirmed that the XR device is under rigorous development and aims for a late 2024 release. Apart from the 4.3K

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

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. High-precision 6DOF tracking, eye tracking, gesture inputs, with dedicated input controllers The SDK will support Unity , with Unreal coming Soon.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 25, 2021

According to The Verge, the top executives from Facebook are working on a rebrand of the company, most probably to create a parent company that owns all the various businesses controlled by Facebook … something similar to what Google made when it created Alphabet. Positional Tracking : SteamVR 2.0/1.0 Positional Tracking : SteamVR 2.0/1.0

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 11, 2024

At the event, TM Roh, the President of Samsung’s Mobile Division, and Google’s Senior Vice President of Platforms and Devices, Rick Osterloh , confirmed that the XR device is under rigorous development and aims for a late 2024 release. Apart from the 4.3K

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

JANUARY 31, 2024

The event sees leading XR firms such as Meta, Google, and Magic Leap actively participating in many of the event’s esteemed keynotes and exhibition spaces. Yesterday, Google and Mojo Vision representatives introduced the event, kicking off the monumental event with an opening keynote. VR|MR 2024 There are many vendors at SPIE.AR|VR|MR

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

Not so long ago, if you wanted a cheap VR headset, you’d be limited to phone-based devices like Google Cardboard. You can expect a phenomenal 2880×2720 resolution per eye and refresh rates of up to 90hz. Plus, the Aero has built-in eye-tracking at 200Hz for an exceptional bespoke experience for each user.

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AR Insider

MAY 6, 2020

While not swapping anything out, Google is attempting to make the world an ad through its visual search app–Google Lens. Just imagine a world where Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant have bodies. Once the rival ad is burned, a Burger King ad is shown in its place. Virtual humans are getting more and more real.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 28, 2024

However, it is safe to say that Samsung is developing its XR wearable as part of its broader mobile hardware ecosystem, ready for its debut sometime in 2024/25. Furthermore, at MWC 2024, Samsung officially unveiled the upcoming XR headset, which was created in partnership with Google and Qualcomm.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Furthermore, the showcase of such a device by Meta has surely created some anxiety in its competitors : Apple, Google, etc… may act cool on the outside, but for sure on the inside are trying to get information about Orion, and are working hard to build something better than that. That’s why I’m very cautious about it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Last week saw a number of developments from major XR hardware providers and upcoming participants in the market, waiting to enter the immersive wearable market. Samsung is thrilled to collaborate with Qualcomm Technologies and Google in revolutionizing the mobile industry once more. The headset utilizes Local Dimming 2.0

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 29, 2023

Google is currently working with Samsung to create an XR headset that directly competes with upcoming Apple’s Vision Pro, leading to a “weird bureaucratic mess,” an employee told Insider. Another employee commented: At Google, there is a great fear that when Apple releases new products, it shifts the landscape.

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ARPost

JULY 21, 2023

However, Almeida said that he had been waiting for something like an Apple headset for even longer than that – ever since he was, like so many others, disenchanted by the Google Glass device that launched in 2013. If there are a few hidden gems on the Apple Vision Pro, eye tracking and hand tracking are among them.”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

There is not even an assembly kit like with Google Cardboards. If you have already heard his name, it is probably because he is the author of this famous photo of Sergey Brin wearing Google Glass in the metro. So to have it, you have to buy the pieces and assemble it yourself. You must buy yourself the various components.

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ARVR

JUNE 9, 2021

Microsoft Microsoft is one of the few companies that has approached augmented reality wearables more successfully. They say Apple will finally release a Mixed Reality headset in 2022 and that it will be endowed with eye tracking capabilities, an 8K display and a 5 nanometers CPU.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

One of the more surprising announcements during the presentation, Spatial Anchors serve as a way to share three-dimensional images compatible with Apple’s ARKit as well as Google’s ARCore. In the demo given by Julia Schartz, Senior Researcher at Microsoft, we got a glimpse of what these “instinctual interactions” feel like.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 12, 2024

The Immersed Visor is an ultra-compact spatial computing device that combines micro-OLED displays with HD color passthrough, eye tracking, and inside-out tracking. Like many headset and smart glasses vendors making waves in the XR space today, Immersed isn’t focusing exclusively on consumers with its new wearable.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MARCH 4, 2024

Major Firms Enter the XR Market During a launch event at MWC 2024, Samsung showcased a new XR headset developed in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Additionally, as Samsung and Google have partnered with Qualcomm, it is reasonable to assume that the device will use the Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 Platform, which supports AI-ready wearables.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This month, Samsung continued its recent history of leaking details on an upcoming XR wearable when it filed for a “Samsung Glasses” trademark in the UK. In particular, this includes a mid-to-long-term collaboration with leading partners like Google and Qualcomm.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The XR environment is particularly dependent on cloud edge computing as we move forward into a world where wearable devices will need to process larger amounts of data at rapid scale in order to facilitate immersive experiences. Let’s take a closer look at some of the trends influencing the edge computing market for 2022 and beyond.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 26, 2024

Other features include spatial audio, Bluetooth connectivity, eye tracking, hand tracking, and a battery life of up to 2 hours. The new Vision Pro procedures include installation, managing Apple IDs, networking, and providing support for services like Exchange and Google Workspace. The device weighs between 21.2-22.9

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

The chipset also helps boost consumer and enterprise-grade XR use cases on headsets and smartglasses by leveraging partnerships with Samsung, Google, Tobii, and Goertek to provide visual clarity for gaming and productivity applications.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 6, 2022

There are anthropological questions that we should get ahead of and start to have conversations about” She added she saw a future with wearable technologies, where people would move away from “our phones into glasses” to view data, volumetric video, and other immersive content. What does that mean for how we socialise?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 1, 2024

2024 will prove to be a defining year for XR; while the wearables are still far from ubiquity, if the current wave of interest pulls through and creates results this year, the ubiquity journey might start – if the 2024 wave falls short. The device will likely appear in another more complete reveal later in the year.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2022

VIVE has a huge range of tools to support different kinds of XR gaming, from the VIVE Flow for wireless wellness, to the VIVE Pro Eye, with built-in eye tracking capabilities. Similar to Apple, Google wants to ensure developers and gaming companies can introduce the most exciting and immersive mobile apps for their users.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Electromyography (EMG) is a hardware technology that uses sensors to detect and record electrical activity from the muscles and convert it into input information for AR wearables. Thalmic Labs has rebranded as North since then, and Google acquired the firm in June 2020. Also, EMG and wrist-based wearables are a perfect match.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

Augmented reality kits seem to be everywhere, from well-known options like Apple’s ARKit and Google ARCore to Apple’s new collection of AR development tools. They can automatically scale performance to different devices and wearables, giving you room to grow. The simple reason is that demand for AR is growing at an incredible pace.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 4, 2023

As companies continue to discover new methods for producing lightweight, wearable devices, the number of immersive tools in this landscape is growing. Today, the market for smart glasses is growing at a CAGR of 10.3%, expected to reach a value of around $12.76 billion by 2030.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

The timing of this new reference design with Goertek reflects the demand for natural interaction that we are seeing all across the XR industry, which will enable OEMs to reduce time-to-market for their next-generation VR headset with brilliant hand tracking interactions.

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EnterpriseWear

MARCH 4, 2019

In a recent mailer campaign to convey the importance of professional alarm monitoring services, ADT sent out Google Cardboard-like VR headsets that put recipients into a simulated life-threatening situation. Accenture Extended Reality, Qualcomm and Kellogg recently teamed up to pilot an eye-tracking VR headset for retail merchandising.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

As companies continue to discover new methods for producing lightweight, wearable devices, the number of immersive tools in this landscape is growing. Today, the market for smart glasses is growing at a CAGR of 10.3%, expected to reach a value of around $12.76 billion by 2030.

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