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This WebXR App Helps You Visualize the Global Infection Rate of Coronavirus

Road to VR

While it’s mostly been relegated to that country due to stringent quarantines and travel restrictions mandated by the Chinese government, you’ve probably heard that it’s also landed in several other countries too, albeit in fewer numbers. Just open up a WebXR-supported browser in your headset and click on the link above.

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Smartglasses-As-A-Store: How the Next E-Commerce Clicks Will Happen in ‘Bricks’

ARPost

Brands like Bosch, Nreal, 0glasses, and Am Glass by Pacific Future joined Magic Leap, Vuzix, Microsoft HoloLens, and Epson Moverio this year, delivering a new way to experience 2D and 3D content and features. They will also impact the e-commerce industry.

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Spatial Beats: 2020’s Top Ten

AR Insider

Russian government hackers piggybacked on cybersecurity software (!!!!) to penetrate deep into hundreds of government and corporate systems. A year later Magic Leap ran out of cash and laid off half the company. Now what’s going to happen to the malls Amazon doesn’t want as warehouses? The hack of the century.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.08.24): Facebook login gets imposed on Quest and the community riots, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

That’s why even Microsoft took Epic’s stances : Microsoft uses UE4 to develop some products also for Apple devices, and this decision hurts also its business. More info (Apple threatens Epic) More info (Microsoft files an official support for Epic). Let’s see what will happen… and in the meantime let’s eat lots of popcorns.

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Big XR News from Meta, Microsoft, and Magic Leap

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Moreover, with significant firms struggling through Q1, official government bodies are also decelerating Metaverse growth out of competition fears. Microsoft first announced its acquisition in 2022. Magic Leap Natively Backs OpenXR This week, Magic Leap announced increased compatibility with OpenXR for its Magic Leap 2 AR headset.

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Augmented reality is reaching a mature state according to Gartner

The Ghost Howls

Traditionally, leading tech vendors have invested in distributed network infrastructure, but many of them (such as Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft) are adapting to a new paradigm to support localized, persistent, collaborative, shared, multiuser interactions. Security — establishing hierarchies for data capture and protection.

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Ed Games Expo Returns With A Full Day Dedicated To VR And AR Education

VRScout

. “…for government agencies and departments interested in investing in educational technology, and for developers who want to be involved in finding funding to research and create those tools.”. VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #technology [link] — VR/AR Association – Washington DC (@VRARA_DC) January 24, 2019.

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