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

The Ghost Howls

The trip to Finland left me with a bad cough, but especially with many sweet memories of the experiences I had there and the amazing people I spent my time with. The specifications on paper look nice, and for sure the one between Google and Samsung looks like a strong partnership. I’m back in Turin, Italy!

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Holographic Waveguides: What You Need To Know To Understand The Smartglasses Market

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Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Dispelix of Finland has not only produced a surface relief waveguide, they’ve made a significant contribution to the manufacturing process. Near-eye Optics Basics. Lumus has more recently been the OEM supplier to both Daqri and Atheer.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.11): Upload VR Showcase, Metaverse Safety Week, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

The first good sign was when in Helsinki I saw that Finland has now a long-term metaverse strategy , which means that it is going to pour money into its XR ecosystem for the next 10 years at least. Its interest is especially in the industrial, healthcare, and remote gatherings fields.

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What’s New in Virtual Reality (VR) Headsets in Fall 2019?

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First off, some of the early major players like Google, Apple, and Samsung seem to be taking a step back. Google is discontinuing Daydream (more on that below), Apple seems to be focusing most of its efforts on AR, and Samsung is doing very little promotion of Gear VR despite launching a new phone line.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.12.14): Facebook gets sued for alleged monopolization, Medal Of Honor is a mediocre game, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Since Snap Camera is supported, you can use it to also have virtual makeup on Zoom or Google Duo. Santa Claus comes from Finland, and every Christmas many tourists go there to visit his home. The cosmetic industry may change a lot in the next 10 years and make-up or cosmetic surgery companies may be disrupted by augmented reality.

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Major Report Calls for Standards on XR Metrics

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According to current metrics monitoring, 26 percent of respondents stated they relied on platforms such as Google Analytics to measure data such as location, clickthrough, visits, and social media activity. “We We need to have more of the data that shows people that XR is more effective than other approaches,” Barrowman added.

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Meeting in the Flesh in XR, with Glue’s Kalle Saarikannas

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” His free time is spent volunteer firefighting in Helsinki, Finland. Like, you and I had a conversation — you were in Finland, I was in New York — and we had a conversation as if we were standing in the same room together. We’re a company of roughly 30 people strong in Helsinki, Finland. Kalle: Yeah.

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