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

Road to VR

AR headset distribution is much more dramatic, as students are mainly developing on Microsoft HoloLens (43%), with Google Glass, Vuzix AR headsets, Epson Moverio, Meta AR Dev Kits making up the rest of the pie chart. We invite all industry technology providers and stakeholders to join us in this meaningful program.”. RUBIKA, France.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.11.27): Discover XR Cyber Monday Deals, Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

And talking about “cool” things (pun intended), today I’m traveling to Helsinki, Finland, where I hope to have a great time at MatchXR. These technologies are so important and have so much business potential (see the success of OpenAI services) that companies can not stop pursuing them because there is too much money at stake.

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Augmented Reality Top 8 of 2018

VRScout

Notable Women, by former Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios, Google Creative Lab, and Nexus Studios. The NYT AR piece on the cave rescue was an excellent application of the medium,” said Jon Wiley, Director Google AR VR. “My Wagner James Au wrote an excellent piece about the game here.

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

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Waveguides are not a new technology, per se. Waveguide displays are made using the same technology that allows a unidirectional wave of light to be guided down a fiber optic cable. Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Near-eye Optics Basics. Waveguide Basics.

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Major Report Calls for Standards on XR Metrics

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The report surveyed respondents from September last year to June to discuss findings across some of the world’s top firms, including Unity Technologies, HTC, manufacturers such as Jaguar Land Rover, and media firm Yahoo, among many others. What’s the Deal on Data?

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

InstaVR

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.