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Note: Samsung and Google aren’t yet sharing any key details for this headset like resolution, weight, field-of-view, or price. And then on the software side, if I had told you “please make an OS that mashes together Horizon OS and VisionOS,” and you came back to me with Android XR, I’d say you nailed the assignment.

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JUNE 28, 2017

When YouTube channel Nat and Friends toured Google VR, we were honestly expecting to see experiments from Google’s Daydream Labs that we’ve already seen. Projects we’ve reported on like Google’s headset removal or last year’s social VR experiments have been some of our favorites. Putt-Putt Google Earth VR.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Google has announced a $1.1 billion cooperation agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. Separately, Google will receive a non-exclusive license for HTC intellectual property (IP). Google VR & HTC.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2025

So no demos beyond those early, closed door hands-ons allowed last month.Check out the video below, courtesy of The Verge : Drawing design and software cues from Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro, the device features a rigid strap, eye-tracking, pancake lenses, and ergonomic design, which wethought was pretty close to Quest Pro in terms of comfort.

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MAY 30, 2024

Google and Magic Leap today announced a “strategic technology partnership.” ” The move shows Google seeking to gain ground to keep up with the likes of Meta, Apple, and others in a race to control the AR headset market. Google has had several starts and stops in the XR space.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. HoloLens), virtual reality (e.g. Meta Quest 2), and mixed reality (e.g. Meta Quest Pro).

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Google announced it has stopped active development on Tilt Brush (2016), the company’s VR paint app. As the team pivots to creating immersive AR experiences, Tilt Brush has officially gone open source, allowing anyone to modify or even clone the app in its entirety. All is not lost though.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

The VR modelling tool Google Blocks is now available as an open-source version under the name of Open Blocks. Google AR Glasses: Is This the Return of Google Glass? The Launch of Google Blocks Google blocks was introduced in 2017. It was originally released for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

Pico, Varjo, HTC VIVE, and even Meta are all experimenting with premium and affordable VR headsets for business use, as well as intuitive device management software. Software Ecosystem Which applications and tools do you need to use your VR headset with? Some vendors have their own software ecosystems, like Meta with its Horizon store.

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JUNE 23, 2021

Moth+Flame, a creator of VR training software, today announced it’s garnered $2.5 Moth+Flame has also worked with a number of other high-profile customers, including Netflix, Accenture, IMAX, Estee Lauder Companies, Google, Oculus, AMC, Discovery, MTV, AT&T, Ram Truck, AMD and Taylor Swift. The post Moth+Flame Raises $2.5M

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JANUARY 22, 2025

Google is acquiring "some of" HTC Vive's engineering team to "accelerate the development of the Android XR platform". As an interesting parallel: in late 2017 Google acquired some of HTC's mobile devices engineering team, and leveraged these engineers to vastly improve the hardware of its Pixel phones.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Last week Google launched the beta for Chrome 79, the latest update for its Chrome web browser. Using the WebXR Device API, developers can create more powerful immersive content that users can interact with using their motion controllers thanks to the GamePad API. With the Chrome 79 beta, WebXR Device API now runs by default.

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Road to VR

APRIL 27, 2023

First unveiled at CES 2022 early last year, Canon has now taken its first step into consumer VR software with Kokomo , its fledgling social VR platform. The Japanese optics and imaging giant announced that early access to its Kokomo social collaboration software for Quest 2 is now available in beta in the US and Canada. And why Canon?

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

This week, Avantis, a UK-based immersive learning firm, partnered with the Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) district to integrate its ClassVR service into 17 education institutions. The SLPS district is leveraging federal ESSER funding to secure XR learning software and hardware.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

In May 2024, the Google I/O event revealed a few interesting insights into the tech giants future product roadmap. The company mainly highlighted AI, introducing new versions of Google Gemini, tools for building AI assistants, and more. With Project Astra, Google introduced its vision for the future of smart assistants.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

XR finds a keen home in training and learning thanks to the technology’s unique ability to create immersive spatial environments for trainees that can cover a broad number of use cases. Immersive training has been proven to be effective. Immersive learning enhances learning retention and recall.

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AUGUST 8, 2020

Looking at the future of immersive education in a post COVID-19 world. To amplify the combined superpowers of the Lenovo VR Classroom 2 and Think Reality, participating schools will have access to a suite of distance learning software aimed at keeping students connected with teachers as well as each other.

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APRIL 25, 2024

This puts Meta in an entirely new position as a platform holder, as it now seems the company is trying to beat Google at its own game. Apple vs. Google. Google: Keep on Daydreaming After having abandoned its ill-fated standalone XR platform Daydream in 2019, Google took a giant step back from VR that it never quite recovered from.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

This week, we look at tech stocks, Quest 2’s continued rise, Google’s VR sunsetting, and horsing around with Snapchat See the full roundup below. What is up with Google and XR? The product is a 3D modeling software for PC VR and Oculus Quest headsets. W elcome back to Spatial Beats. Tech Stocks Had A Great Q4.

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JULY 6, 2017

Google wants to make it easier for VR/AR app developers to create 3D objects with its new app revealed today called Blocks, a program designed to let you build assets for the immersive mediums from within the VR headset itself. image courtesy Google. image courtesy Google. image courtesy Google.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It is its Reality Labs division, the same one working on XR headsets, that is developing the hardware and the software for these AI-powered robots that can handle everyday household tasks. The company plans to roll out the features as part of a software upgrade and they could be available in beta version for developers as soon as this week.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Google is diving head-first back into the world of extended reality and this time, the company is going big. While it might not be ready to show off any physical products just yet, Google has officially laid out its vision for a brand-new unified Android XR ecosystem. Nor is the company simply investing in a new mixed reality headset.

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ARPost

JULY 30, 2020

But AR/VR solutions are not limited to Google Glass, mobile apps for trying on shoes or accessories, and AR-based games. At the same time, personal voice assistants developed by tech giants — Alexa from Amazon, Siri from Apple, and Google Assistant — are standing at the forefront of the audio augmented reality market.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Enter foveated rendering, a technique commonly held as one of the next logical steps in making VR headsets more immersive. Google’s researchers introduce two methods to attack these artifacts: Phase-Aligned Foveated Rendering and Conformal Foveated Rendering. Foveated Transmission. You can read the full research page here.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

With VR art bringing more immersive tech to bridge gaps, it has fueled the continuous evolution of art. Sabby Life ( @TheSabbyLife on Twitter) is a VR art pioneer and live performer who has created immersive virtual interactive and animated online worlds. She also uses Tvori, NeosVR, and Gravity Sketch, among other software.

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VRScout

MAY 15, 2023

Google’s Project Starline is back and looking better than ever. It was back in 2021 that we first learned about Project Starline, an ambitious technology project from Google aimed at improving remote teleconferencing through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and light field display technology. appeared first on VRScout.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Since Microsoft’s abandonment of its WMR platform late last year and ongoing stagnation around its HoloLens AR platform, the company has mostly concentrated on smaller XR software projects. Samsung and Google confirmed in July their forthcoming “XR platform” will be announced sometime this year.

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MARCH 30, 2020

Whereas some apps, such as Immersed , Glue , and Spatial , offer those with VR headsets the chance to coordinate within virtual co-working environments, SPACES allows VR users to connect with those out-of-headset using a handful of popular video messaging apps. “SPACES creates a virtual webcam that most software can see and use.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Unveiled at a press event last month, Google’s Daydream View headset is now on sale from retailers like Best Buy, Verizon, and Google’s own store. Like the Google Cardboard and Gear VR, Daydream View is powered by your phone (in this case a Google Pixel or Pixel XL device).

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JULY 12, 2021

Tech giants such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft have invested heavily into AR, VR and MR to speed up mass adoption through both hardware and software solutions.” There’s currently no shortage of immersive gambling experiences available on VR headsets at the moment.

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Road to VR

MARCH 4, 2024

A report from The Information last week alleged Meta and Google held talks in effort to bring Android XR to Quest. Google abandoned Daydream after less than 2 years, while Meta grew Oculus (now Quest) to tens of millions scale,” explains Heaney. million apps built for iPhone in addition to 1,000+ visionOS native apps.

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JULY 18, 2024

Google has made Google Blocks an open-source application, which it says will enable “novel and rich experiences”. Google AR Glasses: Is This the Return of Google Glass? ” Icosa Foundation is a global community of developers that create open-source replacements for Tilt Brush and Google Poly. .”

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. See Also: New Guidelines for Developers: XR Software Should Be Accessible for Users With Disabilities. Venture capital investment in augmented reality and virtual reality hit $4.1

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JANUARY 24, 2018

Google reveals new prototype that lets you share interactive augmented reality assets online. Reza Ali and Josh Carpenter work on Google’s Daydream WebXR team—a group working to integrate more virtual and augmented reality elements into everyday web browsing. Their latest breakthrough is called Article.

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MAY 7, 2020

Over the past five years we’ve seen numerous advancements in immersive technology that have helped open the doors to a wide range of possibilities. The company will also be providing their own Unity Software Development Kit, allowing developers access to the raw data from both the sensors as well as the haptic feedback motors.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

What if I told you that smart devices such as your iPhone and Google Assistant aren’t just listening to you, but persuading and manipulating your actions as well? We had a chance to check out this immersive experience while at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and sufficeth to say it left us genuinely unsettled. Image Credit: The Othrs.

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JANUARY 23, 2021

Set yourself up for success within the immersive industry. Some of the career paths you should consider are: User interface and experience design (UI and UX) Software engineering 3D modeling Quality assurance (QA) Content production VR/AR production management. billion by 2022, with more than 171M users worldwide.

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