The Ghost Howls

MAY 23, 2023

More info (CREAL announcing its new lightfield innovation) More info (Video showing the technology in action) Samsung acquires eMagin Samsung has just acquired eMagin, an American manufacturer of OLED microdisplays for AR/VR headsets, for $218M.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2025

Other Notable AR Innovations at MWC 2025 While Cellid stood out for their practical, everyday approach to AR glasses, other significant AR wearables also made waves at MWC 2025: Samsung, Qualcomm, and Google’s collaborative Moohan headset generated buzz with its impressive 3,000 DPI micro-OLED displays and Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Google – Daydream View. Samsung – Gear VR. Google – Tilt Brush. Google – Google Earth VR. Google – Tabel. Nominees for Best use of VR in Healthcare. Oculus – Rift. Razer – OSVR. Sony – Playstation VR. Starbreeze – StarVR. Merge VR – Goggles.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This week has seen its fair share of tricks and treats ahead of the Halloween season, where companies like Warpin Reality, HTC VIVE, Google, Shopify, and Apple, among others, have offered a powerhouse of insights to XR Today on their latest innovations. This has led Google to slash jobs across its operations in recent months.

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ARPost

JULY 5, 2019

New virtual reality headsets such as the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Daydream have barely scratched the surface of the technology’s potential. Even so, the applications of VR are reshaping entire industries. Today, it’s also improving the quality of life of seniors in assisted living facilities. Seniors make up 15.6%

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2023

Moreover, the programme will help supply XR resources for the region’s end-users in healthcare, education, agricultural technologies, and others linked to India’s economic, environmental, and societal growth. Samsung Revenue Drops This week, Samsung also revealed its Q2 earnings. percent from last year to $1.4

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The collective includes Google, HTC Vive, Acer Starbreeze, Oculus, Samsung, and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Tagged with: acer , Collective , google , htc vive , industry , oculus , samsung , sony , virtual reality. Multiple major companies are joining forces to create the GVRA or Global Virtual Reality Association.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

As VR hardware continues to compress in price and powerful smartphone based systems like Samsung’s Gear VR and Google’s mobile VR Daydream platform gain steam, it’s expected that 50% of worldwide revenues will be generated by VR/AR hardware sales according to the report. billion in 2016 to more than $162 billion in 2020.

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2017

Of course, other tech companies are also chasing the eyeball train (like Google and Samsung ), but what is fundamentally different about Omega Ophthalmics’s approach is they want to be a platform to host a number of different solutions (perhaps in the healthcare field, or augmented reality, etc.).

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

” stated Taimoor Nawab , CEO of Arvizio , who also noted, “There will be a lot of announcements in the space by some very important players in the industry in 2025 (Google, XREAL, Samsung, Meta, etc). ” Bates also added: XR infused with AI can optimize processes in retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and beyond.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2020

OMG, it’s almost 3 years that I write these roundups… the first week peek was exclusive for my blog subscribers and it featured as best news the release of Google Blocks and in the other news something about Samsung Gear VR… how much time has passed since then! So many memories… who was there already in VR with me?

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ARVR

AUGUST 28, 2020

These experiences, that you get to virtually feel, hear and see, are not just cool and exciting but they will also help revolutionize industries like healthcare, education and automotive. Companies like Tesla and Google are heavily investing in self-driving cars that can completely reduce risks of accidents due to unsafe driving.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

Unlike the Lucasfilm AR headset, which uses a smartphone to power it (like the Google Daydream or the Samsung Gear VR does), the company says this concept is a standalone, self-powered headset. GOOGLE GLASS IS BACK AND READY FOR BUSINESS. Based in the UK, augmented reality optics company WaveOptics announced a $16M Series B.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 23, 2022

Before entering the UK consumer market, Nreal and Microsoft collaborated on a study, spearheaded by University of Bristol researchers, for a healthcare product based on Nreal technology. The device supports various phone models such as Samsung Galaxy, Sony Experia, and OPPO Find models, with a complete list available on EE’s website.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. Shahram Izadi, Vice President of AR at Google , notes how Android ecosystem support will enable developers to collaborate with Samsung and Qualcomm to drive the future of immersive and spatial XR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 17, 2023

Although, the service is also getting usage by enterprise market end-users, including catering/bakers, leather workers, and healthcare employees. Gherman notes that while Apple and Android’s market share varies greatly, Android’s market share possesses a far larger range of device variants such as Google, LG, and Blue.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

While the ability of VR to provide valuable, realistic experiences without introducing real-world risks has found many fans across various industries (from healthcare to real estate), the most popular types of virtual reality content remain video games, movies and television. Google Cardboard. from Google. Google Daydream View.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 22, 2024

Samsung's Ballie personal assistant robot, now equipped with an onboard projector and enhanced AI capabilities, evolves into a pet-like companion that adapts to the needs and preferences of its users. This remarkable creation boasts two-legged mobility, user recognition, and seamless integration with LG's smart appliances.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Emteq Ltd was founded in 2015 to improve lives through the development of facial sensing healthcare solutions and is applying its technology to VR. To date Aardman have created the 360 story Special Delivery (2015) for Google Spotlight, and We Wait , an animated VR doc for the BBC. Solomon Rogers – Founder, REWIND.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 20, 2024

According to the Evolve report, the AR/VR market size may reach roughly $374 billion by 2033, the report based this forecast on partially and entritly virtual digital experiences including sectors such as gaming, entertainment, healthcare, education, retail, and manufacturing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 6, 2016

With the proliferation of mobile VR platforms like Google Cardboard and the new Daydream View, as well as Samsung Gear VR and others, Zhou believes that now is the right time for VR to go mainstream. The former Google senior research scientist partnered with former TangoMe marketing manager Elaine Lu to co-found Visbit in 2015. “How

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 1, 2023

” He explained that XR had become a thriving industry , transforming verticals such as healthcare, entertainment, education, and gaming. Explaining further, he added, “Not to be outdone, the Google-Samsung-Qualcomm power trio is cooking a comeback of their very famous mega Android partnership with a new XR headset.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This can help train people in high-risk industries like healthcare, manufacturing, and construction. Meta’s MR product looks to compete with other MR products from firms such as Apple, Varjo, HTC Vive, Nreal, Samsung, and Google.

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VRWorld

APRIL 4, 2017

Topics include deep learning and AI, data center and cloud computing, analytics, healthcare, self-driving and AI cars, life sciences, defense, virtual and augmented reality, computer and machine vision, smart cities, robotics and IoT. GTC is a great opportunity for developers and data scientists to sharpen their skills.

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Bernard Marr

AUGUST 12, 2024

Long gone are the days when only large companies like Google or Microsoft were using AI. For example, in 2023, Samsung banned the use of ChatGPT after finding that staff had entered sensitive data. Why Is Using AI Dangerous? Even if they are, some simply assume it isn’t a problem due to the fact they haven’t been told not to do it!

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So along with my research, there was– healthcare was a massive growth area, design of visualization was a massive growth area, training was a massive one. ” When you look at something like the Samsung store in New York and their building kind of all over, you can’t even buy things in the store. She’s awesome.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 12, 2019

So along with my research, there was– healthcare was a massive growth area, design of visualization was a massive growth area, training was a massive one. ” When you look at something like the Samsung store in New York and their building kind of all over, you can’t even buy things in the store. She’s awesome.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

If I was Google and Apple, I would make some sort of Pokémon Go game that took you inside and made you kind of chase these things up and down the walls, and while they 3D map the whole interior space of everywhere. So if you look at the investments done by Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and a bunch of other, Lenovo, Valve[?].

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 11, 2019

If I was Google and Apple, I would make some sort of Pokémon Go game that took you inside and made you kind of chase these things up and down the walls, and while they 3D map the whole interior space of everywhere. So if you look at the investments done by Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and a bunch of other, Lenovo, Valve[?].

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

SAMSUNG AT VIDCON: BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS. Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. They are rebranding Milk VR to Samsung VR, and opening up the content platform to users.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 3, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google killed its AR glasses Project Iris Do you remember the name Project Iris? Various reports indicated it as the internal codename in Google for a project meant to build augmented reality glasses. It was our hope for Google entering the AR race together with Meta and Apple.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Alan: You’ve got kind of a divide; entertainment and gaming on one side, and then you’ve got enterprise applications across medical, healthcare, real estate, retail — across the whole enterprise. We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing,” and they made a little marketing kitschy thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Alan: You’ve got kind of a divide; entertainment and gaming on one side, and then you’ve got enterprise applications across medical, healthcare, real estate, retail — across the whole enterprise. We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing,” and they made a little marketing kitschy thing.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 19, 2019

Alan: You've got kind of a divide; entertainment and gaming on one side, and then you've got enterprise applications across medical, healthcare, real estate, retail -- across the whole enterprise. We tried to making a Google Cardboard thing," and they made a little marketing kitschy thing. So, office buildings, your house, or wherever.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

GOOGLE DAYDREAM SCORES NETFLIX AND HBO APPS. Google Daydream has exclusive access to YouTube’s considerable 360 video library (although admittedly curation could be better) as well as its massive 2D video archive. valuation) from huge names like Google, Alibaba, and Andreeson Horowitz. MAGIC LEAP’S CONTROVERSY.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

And I’m particularly excited about all the progress has been made in applying VR and AR technology to difficult problems in healthcare. AR and VR technology is going to leverage AI technology, it’s going to leverage simulation technology that’s being used in a variety of other arenas other than healthcare.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Much like the Samsung Gear VR with the Samsung Galaxy line, Mi VR requires a smartphone and is expectedly compatible with Mi Note 2, the Mi 5, Mi 5s, and Mi 5s Plus. When I’ve visited incubators like MadNet, as much as 10% of their startup batch was about VR. It’s the same with VR.

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