Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Relative to enterprise-focused AR headsets like Magic Leap 2 and HoloLens 2, it’s also less expensive due to the inclusion of cheaper and less complicated optics, called ‘birdbath’ optics, which project light from a microdisplay to the eye via what’s essentially a curved see-through mirror (among other things).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 4, 2025

Several major firms are taking to the event to showcase the latest in their AR/VR/MR endeavours, with a headline-stealing showcase coming via Samsung’s Moohan exhibition. At MWC 2025, Samsung showcased many products, from its mobile AI suite to new smartphones. The hardware design reflects Samsungs ecosystem-first approach.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 20, 2024

With Android XR, Google wants to power a broad range of proprietary and third-party experiences, spanning all the way from the upcoming Samsung XR headset , to smart glasses, and extended reality applications infused with artificial intelligence. It isnt just creating its own proprietary software and hardware.

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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In spite of the fact we’re joking around and playing Angry Birds on Magic Leap, the whole thing feels very grown up, in the sense that these guys are in this for the long haul, and so, they reckon, is the business of making Mixed Reality.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

This week, a curious hire opportunity appeared over at Samsung, just in time for its concurrent augmented reality/mixed reality headset push. Specifically, the role is filling an XR Director gap at Samsung Research America as part of the division’s MPS (Mobile Platform Services), SRA, and Immersive Experiences (IMEX) Team.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 23, 2020

Regarding big brands, I expect Apple and Facebook still to wait a bit before releasing something, while Magic Leap will have to make its move to come out from the quicksands. My duck-face while wearing Magic Leap One glasses. These will come both by hardware providers and external companies (e.g.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Donning an augmented reality headset, such as the Microsoft Hololens or the Magic Leap One, users can dive into a limitless workspace composed of content from your digital devices, anytime, anywhere.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Moreover, it’s not just hardware or one specific use case. Samsung to Debut MR Headset in 2024? This week saw more rumblings about a Samsung MR headset. Samsung is following leaks from earlier in the year, showing how Google and Qualcomm are assisting with developing a Samsung headset.

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Road to VR

JUNE 22, 2023

Even with viable hardware on your side, it’s not an easy thing to do. To its credit, the company had the foresight to release HoloLens in 2016, a full two years before unicorn startup Magic Leap could get its first standalone AR headset out the door.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Android XR aims to simplify the development of MR applications by offering a set of tools and APIs compatible across various hardware devices. And, we are continuing to collaborate with Magic Leap on XR technology and future products with AR and AI. The initiative builds on ARCore, Googles existing augmented reality framework.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 22, 2021

This trend will continue in 2021 : the new LiDAR sensor, which is rumored to be installed in all future iPhones, will for sure be copied also by Android phones (Samsung?) Magic Leap will meet its fate. Duck Face, Magic Leap One, and me. What about Magic Leap ?

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Road to VR

JANUARY 10, 2019

That last bit is only available as a bare PCB so companies can mount it however is most convenient, although NDI was showing off their own implementation housed in a white plastic box strapped to the top of a Samsung Odyssey headset running through SteamVR, controllers and all.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Spatial is a leading RT3D Metaverse platform for various hardware, including web browsers and XR headsets. The move promotes a user-generated content ecosystem via a flexible suite for creating, building, and publishing hardware-agnostic immersive content. Spatial also assists in the We3 revolution.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

This week, following last month’s AndriodXR announcement and this week’s Samsung Moohan teasers, Google made a massive parrel move. Firms such as Samsung, Magic Leap, Lynx, Sony, Qualcomm, and XREAL are already poised to support this effort. What a HTC/Google Unitifaction Mean?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 21, 2024

According to Demis Hassabis, who oversees AI research at Google, smart glasses definitely seem like the “perfect hardware” for accessing a hands-free AI assistant. It may be that Google is “once bitten, twice shy” when it comes to creating its own XR hardware. Will Google and Magic Leap Create a New Set of Specs?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2024

2024 looks to be a foundational year for the future of XR, from hardware to software and from consumer to enterprise. Notably, Google is developing the XR OS in collaboration with Samsung, which also revealed plans to release an XR headset in 2025.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

This week, following last month’s AndriodXR announcement and this week’s Samsung Moohan teasers, Google made a massive parrel move. Firms such as Samsung, Magic Leap, Lynx, Sony, Qualcomm, and XREAL are already poised to support this effort. What a HTC/Google Unitifaction Mean?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 24, 2024

The firm also states that as several new headsets are emerging on the market this year, from Apple’s confirmed Vision Pro to rumoured devices from Samsung, the move to support MRTK3 prepares taqtile for an increased range of end-users. The toolkit also supports XR experiences delivered on traditional 2D monitors for personal computers.

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. After quietly settling a gender discrimination lawsuit recently, it turns out that Magic Leap is back on the fundraising trail.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

APRIL 26, 2024

Pitched as the next potential ‘Canva of AR’, the Trace platform offers tools for developers to create immersive content for a range of devices, including phones, AR glasses, and spatial computing hardware, such as the Apple Vision Pro. ” Trace is made up of a team with backgrounds from Magic Leap, Disney, Samsung, DARPA, and Harvard.

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Upload VR

MAY 30, 2024

Sightful was founded by ex-Magic Leap executives Tamir Berliner and Tomer Kahan. That hardware powers the proprietary Spacetop OS operating system. It's an upgraded version of the Spacetop Early Access which shipped last year to "hundreds" of early adopters.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Maybe Magic Leap, before people got to know that the device was sort of a HoloLens 1+, had such attention to it. So at the end of the day, “no one cares about which is the better product, period” The perception of the importance of Vision Pro in the whole community is enormou s.

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Road to VR

MAY 1, 2017

But, the industry is still in its infancy and still seeking a firm footing that will truly form an ecosystem: a self-sustaining web of hardware builders, software developers, and consumer demand. There’s early hardware out now which has allowed what Riccitiello calls a “developer focused industry” to begin slowly growing.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 30, 2020

The worlds of virtual and augmented reality have yet to land on the applications and hardware to truly spark mass-market, consumer interest in the space, but in the meantime, a startup building mixed reality services for business users has raised a round of funding, underscoring the opportunity in enterprise.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

Microsoft Magic Leap Varjo HP Acer Samsung ASUS Dell Biel AjnaXR FYR Medical ESight Canon IrisVision VRgineers Zappar Lynx Valve Microsoft Microsoft has been increasing its focus on the extended reality landscape in recent years, with the production of solutions such as Microsoft Mesh, and a metaverse environment for Microsoft Teams.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Future of Magic Leap After Ross Rosenberg was appointed Magic Leap’s CEO in October 2023, the company has since focused on its enterprise roadmap for 2024; targeting its XR devices towards enterprise and industrial clients. Magic Leap started to understand that these walled gardens are not their future.

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EnterpriseWear

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Magic Leap finally dropped to mixed reviews and BrainXchange published its Definitive Guide to Adopting Wearables, AR and VR in Enterprise. Hardware announcements: Head-worn. After years of secrecy and hype, Magic Leap finally released its first developer kit in August for $2,295.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 23, 2023

Magic Leap Currently focusing its attention on the enterprise landscape, Magic Leap produces AR and MR headsets designed to address the needs of various industries. The solution turns tracking inside out to reduce setup time and loosens the hardware restrictions of other devices.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 20, 2024

As popularised by Meta Ray Ban Smart Glasses and the Apple Vision Pro spatial/MR computing headset, interest in VR hardware is moving towards upcoming AR/MR devices. Adoption is nowhere near ubiquity yet, but with more sophisticated hardware and expected buy-in price decreases, interest in AR/MR could grow, according to various insights.

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VRWorld

JULY 15, 2016

To bring the matters home to the readers of this website, graphene battery technology is one of key technologies we need for headsets such as Google Glass 2, which is currently being developed in conjunction with Luxottica , or a more recent development, Magic Leap prototype augmented reality glass.

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RealVision VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

With Hardware (cellphones) having enough processing power to overlay decent digital content over the real world when seen through a cellphone camera, it’s now feasible to play AR ‘games’ and tournaments such as Hado World that give e-sports a whole new meaning, exercising the body and not just a player’s thumbs!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 7, 2018

It can also help you in working better because it has integrated audio, so you don’t have to lose time handling two hardware devices. If you want to show that you have the most recent hardware, of course, yes. The super-comfort of the headset will allow you for longer and better sessions of VR development/testing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Also keep in mind that there are plenty of private companies worth investing in, and some public companies listed below have invested in them like Magic Leap who has investments to the tune of $1.39 AMD – NASDAQ: AMD – GPUs, CPUs and other computer hardware for VR. Public Companies involved in VR.

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Upload VR

JULY 19, 2023

While most major electronics companies are actively researching microLED – including Samsung, Sony, and Apple – no company has yet figured out how to affordably mass manufacture it for consumer products. LCoS microdisplays were used in HoloLens 1 and are used today in Magic Leap 2.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 30, 2024

On the other hand, firms like Magic Leap and XREAL are receiving millions in funding to potentially leapfrog the forecasted success of Apple’s Vision Pro. He explained that MR displays from vendors such as Magic Leap and HoloLens may not replace classic AR in the short term “because of some regulations and safety aspects.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 15, 2016

The first hardware generation attempting to solve the body feedback problem will likely use full bodysuits with haptic responses aligned to the VR experience. Startups will bring platforms to market that will let content creators add a scent layer to their work that a hardware peripheral will release at key moments.

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