XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Rumors about an impending set of Samsung Smart Glasses have been circulating for a while now. Samsung’s team has dropped plenty of hints that the company is planning on entering the XR market. Recent leaks suggest that Samsung could enter the “smart wearables” market sooner than we thought. So, what does all of this mean?

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JULY 3, 2017

All-in-one VR headsets are set to become a reality by the end of the year, and Samsung has finally revealed its take on the concept. The company showcased its new standalone reference design, the ExynosVR III , at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai last week. We actually caught sight of this surprising reveal by way of Visual Camp.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn’t tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. That’s a patently Apple recipe though that Samsung may not be able to easily replicate. The question is: what can Samsung bring to the table that Apple and Meta can’t?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Samsung has revealed the first-ever headset code-named Project Moohan for use on the new Android XR operating system. Project Moohan will provide a spatial canvas for users to explore the world via Google Maps, watch sports on YouTube or plan holidays, and more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Sony vs Samsung skirmish is nothing new. Both Sony and Samsung have clearly demonstrated an interest in extended reality over the years. Samsung introduced the Gear VR headset in 2015, followed by the Odyssey headset. Samsung, on the other hand, hasn’t revealed a lot of information about its headset at all.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Now Qualcomm , a leading semiconductor company which regularly releases smartphone ‘reference’ platforms from which companies build their products, aims to fill that gap in the mobile VR space. See Also: Existing Phones Unlikely to Qualify as ‘Daydream Ready’, Says Google, VR Fans Should Wait to Upgrade.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Google is set to unveil a number of new devices and services at today’s big event, mainly focusing on the Pixel and Pixel XL phones (which have already been widely leaked ). Gear VR only works with select flagship Samsung phones. The post Google Daydream VR Headset Rumored to Unveil Today for $79 appeared first on Road to VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 18, 2025

The approach chosen by Meta is similar to the one that Google promised to take with Android XR. More info The Samsung headset should have motion controllers According to a report by SamMobile, Samsung will be making its own first-party handsets for its upcoming Project Moohan headset.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2022

Further references. Further references. Further references. Further references. Further references. Futher references. There are also some rumors about Half-Life: Alyx coming for PSVR 2, but nothing has been officially announced in this sense. With the Vive Tracker, this setup can become much more compact.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Google’s newly announced ‘Daydream’ promises to raise the bar for virtual reality on Android compared to Cardboard. We also see Google’s new VR controller reference design in action, which allows gesture-based interactions within the virtual world.

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JULY 27, 2017

Google Daydream, the company’s mobile VR platform, is compatible with a number of flagship smartphones from various manufacturers. Note: Google advertises the View as the only available Daydream headset at this time. Google Pixel and Pixel XL. image courtesy Google. image courtesy Google. ZTE Axon 7.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 16, 2018

When in 2015 I had my first Samsung Gear VR, I was amazed: finally, I could enjoy high-quality tether-less virtual reality. Today, thanks to the fellow VR community member Eloi Gerard , I’ve found an article on lowyat.net that confirms that Samsung is not that enthusiast about Gear VR and that has probably different future plans.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Samsung's upcoming headset could be delayed again. In July 2024 Samsung publicly announced its XR platform" is coming "this year" and Google confirmed it's still involved. Daily Korea references this early reporting and suggests the headset is now delayed even further.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 1, 2024

Anyway, with the end of the life of Quest 2, this cycle finished and a new one started with Quest 3, Apple Vision Pro, Google and Samsung announcing their own headset, and other companies chasing them (e.g. Especially Apple and Google, which are the dominant players in the smartphone industry, are both launching headsets this year.

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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. Notably, the reshuffle is occurring following a partnership with Qualcomm and Samsung to leverage the newly announced Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset for empowering smart glasses.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

I’ve been an iPhone owner since the first generation, but over the last few years I’ve purchased Samsung phones for VR too. Google is releasing Pixel alongside the Daydream View reference VR headset that will offer experiences to compete with Samsung’s Gear VR. ” Not the same with Google Pixel.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Citing people familiar with the situation, the report maintains that TikTok parent ByteDance is canceling Pico’s next VR headset, or what is being referred to as ‘Pico 5’ It’s said this was in direct response to middling sales of Pico 4, the standalone released in Asia and Europe to compete with Meta Quest 2.

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APRIL 20, 2018

You cannot rely on Google Play Services (e.g. Google Firebase, Google Cloud Messaging, etc), or third-party libraries that depend on Google Play Services (e.g. Your app should not refer to an HMD touchpad when running on Oculus Go. OneSignal) when running on Oculus Go.

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Road to VR

JULY 2, 2018

A report from Tom’s Hardware states that NVIDIA’s next-generation GeForce GPUs, tentatively being referred to as the GTX 11-series, will include a new connector with enough bandwidth to support future VR headsets much higher resolutions and greater refresh rates.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. This new XR platform was far from the main focus of the event, which centered around the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone and other hardware announcements.

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Road to VR

MAY 25, 2018

.” Standalone headsets have largely made use of SoCs originally designed for smartphones, including the Snapdragon 835 chipset, which services a number of the latest and penultimate-gen flagship smartphones including Samsung’s Galaxy S8, Google Pixel 2, and HTC U11. image courtesy Qualcomm.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Announced today at Google I/O 2016, VR team lead Clay Bavor revealed on stage that the company will be partnering with manufacturers to build Google-approved VR headsets based on an internally generated reference design. To boot, Google is also providing their new VR ecosystem with a handy Wiimote-style motion controller.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 5, 2017

Amit Singh, lead of business and operations at Google’s VR/AR team, today officially announced on stage during the Huawei keynote speech that the Huawei Mate 9 Pro and Mate 9 Porsche Design will be the next phones to conform to the Daydream VR platform. “What we found is building smartphones for VR is a lot of work.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2025

Making AR as Natural as Wearing Glasses Cellid’s booth drew consistent crowds eager to experience their reference design for spectacle-type AR glasses. While several AR wearables captured attention at the event, Cellid’s approach to lightweight, unobtrusive AR is a refreshing take on a crowded industry.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

On the left side, there is the Daydream logo, that reminds the user that this is a product whose software has been offered by Google, and the Lenovo logo, because this hardware has been manufactured by Lenovo. What I really appreciated have been the lenses : I think that Google here used all its expertise on the field. WTF, really.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 16, 2021

Google AR Cloud Streaming. Google has partnered with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles… do you know that Fiat is from my city in Italy?) In this version, the Jeep has 4K textures and tens of millions of polygons, and it gets rendered on Google servers and streamed very fast to your smartphone. Pollen Robotics.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

2023: Enter Google ARCore Google’s convenient and easy-to-access ARSDK facilitates the development of WebAR experiences for cross-platform delivery. Google now supports numerous Android smartphones such as Asus, Lenovo, LG, Moto, Motorola, OnePlus, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Infinix, Tecno, Sharp, and Xiaomi.

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APRIL 12, 2018

spec include Firefox Release 55, Oculus Browser, Samsung Internet, & Microsoft Edge. But Google Chrome and the WebVR developer community has been waiting for the official launch of what was being referred to as the WebVR 2.0 537: Brandon Jones at Google I/O 2017. The browsers that have implemented the WebVR 1.1

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

XR is still in the early days and this year nothing mindblowing is going to happen: the major event will be the launch of Android XR headsets, but the Samsung device is too expensive to compete with Meta. And it is good that Google is taking the same approach it is having on the phones, with the user always in control in giving permission.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. Read about Google experiments with AR and wearables. A very interesting article on CNET highlights some of the experiments that Google has made with 1D glasses, smart tattoos and other cool stuff.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The success of the Ray-Ban Meta has triggered the smartglasses hype: when I was at CES, I saw many startups launching their AI-powered smartglasses and we have heard rumors of all the major brands (including Apple and Samsung) working on their own smartglasses devices, too. But as usual, I warn you to be careful of the hype.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

We won’t see Samsung’s next Galaxy smartphone, the unannounced S8 , at Mobile World Congress next week, but it shouldn’t surprise you to hear that, when we do see it, it might well come with a new version of the Gear VR. Daydream, the mobile VR ecosystem from Google, uses a single-hand controller too.

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Road to VR

APRIL 30, 2018

Using rotational (3DOF) headset tracking, and including a single 3DOF controller with a trigger, trackpad, a couple of buttons, the hardware and software essentially operates like a Samsung Gear VR, and will share the same library of games and apps from Oculus. Want to know more? Check out Everything We Know About Oculus Go (so far).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

When it comes to mobile, in many cases you’re either stuck with a Bluetooth gamepad on Samsung or a controller like the Daydream controller which simply put isn’t good enough. These three announcements are very closely intertwined and show where mobile VR and more specifically standalone VR is going.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The industry has been experiencing a boom in recent years with hundreds of startups and heavy investment from tech giants including Google, Apple, Samsung, and Facebook. As a point of reference, Tobii’s sales nearly doubled from 2014 to 2016, shortly after the company began investing in VR technology.

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ARPost

JUNE 15, 2020

This lets you use 3D models and CAD data to set up trackers since they’re the perfect reference for physical 3D objects. Google ARCore. One issue with it is that it only has a few supported devices right now, including Samsung Galaxy S8, Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL, and the original Google Pixel. Geolocation.

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APRIL 22, 2024

It's unclear whether any of these refer to the ASUS or Lenovo headsets, or just future potential avenues companies could take. Google Tried To Get Meta To Switch To Its XR OS Google reportedly asked Meta to partner and “contribute to” its upcoming XR operating system, but Meta said no. And if so will it be Meta, or Google?

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