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This week, we look at Apple’s moves across the spatial spectrum, MagicLeap 2, And Oculus Quest game sales among other items. This seems to us an acknowledgment that VR arcades with shared headsets will not survive the new normal, not in its present form. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.
Vive Pro date and price, MagicLeap announcements, Nvidia’s real-time ray-tracing, and Budget Cuts resurfaces. Image courtesy HTC. HTC have finally revealed the price and release date of the anticipated Vive Pro , opening preorders globally at Vive.com and other retailers. MagicLeap announcements.
Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. Yamamura also presented the winner with a Sony Spatial Reality Display, a “glasses-free 3D display that will improve their workflow.” Like Yamamura, Frayne also presented the winner with a 3D display as well as the Auggie.
On the client side, the system will become compatible with iOS devices, and a MagicLeap client has also been developed. HTC is going to launch its headset on May, 11th. HTC is keeping rising the hype for its new upcoming headset. CloudXR SDK, NVIDIA’s service to offer cloud rendering, will update to v2.1.
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Moreover, with Samsung Heavy Industries and other targetted divisions, the prospects of where the Moohan device could influence hold a lot of potential with baked-in users and hardware already present in various sectors, not just the consumer space. Notably, Google is developing this XR OS in collaboration with Samsung.
After the release of MagicLeap One earlier this month – the most anticipated launch in the sector – the industry’s best minds have shifted to content. . I think this is a good thing, as the gigantic pockets of Apple, Google, MagicLeap, Huawei and such like will help fund the creative endeavours of a whole new content ecosystem.”.
HTC Vive XR Elite HTC Vive XR Elite (Image by HTC Vive) The star of the event has for sure been the Vive XR Elite, HTC’s latest flagship headset. One is the high cost: HTC markets it as a consumer device, but at that price, not many consumers are going to buy it, so it will be a prosumer one.
At his keynote last year, Swart presented Snapdragon Spaces and introduced the first two recipients of Qualcomm Ventures’ metaverse-funded companies. Nreal hasn’t been a keynote presenter in the years that ARPost has covered AWE. Day Two Day two only has one proper keynote scheduled, this time with MagicLeap.
There were, of course, some notable VR-first devices presented: Lenovo announced their new ThinkReality VRX headset , which is now available for purchase ($1,299). ThinkReality VRX HTCpresented their modular HTC Vive XR Elite ($1,099) for which they had won a “Best Headworn Device” award.
MagicLeap 2 bridges AR and VR. The interest in MagicLeap 2 is growing. If headsets like Lynx or Project Cambria implement AR on a VR headset, MagicLeap 2 implements a bit of VR on an AR headset. HTC adds more parental control tools to its headsets. News worth a mention.
MagicLeap 2 has inside-out tracked controllers. During a presentation, MagicLeap has unveiled some more features about its headset and controllers. More info (MagicLeappresentation) More info (Close up of the controllers). HTC released a trailer about his vision for the metaverse.
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The standard has been in development since April 2017 and is presently supported by virtually every major hardware, platform, and engine company in the VR industry, including key AR players like MagicLeap. Oculus has committed to bringing OpenXR runtime support to both Rift and Quest later this year. The post OpenXR 1.0
Numerous acquisitions and hires point to a company who recognises mobile technology, such as its iPhone, is now reaching or indeed past its zenith in commercial potential, and (much like former mobile giant HTC has) needs to find another route to remaining relevant in the space in the future. But then, that’s what they do best.
Last Monday, I walked three blocks uphill on Mason St in San Francisco to the Fairmont Hotel to demo a stealth product that had been touted to me as one of the biggest advancements in XR tech this side of MagicLeap. For all of us, if you want to use a virtual desktop, you really need the resolution.”
While VIVE didn’t dive into the metrics they used, they did include names from a number of different locations and languages as well as different professional fields including writers, podcast hosts, presenters, and game streamers. Bye was also presented with an Ombudsperson Award at the Polys Awards for web XR.
Other examples are scuba diving masks or full-face motorcycle helmets, although neither of these have the added complication of housing a head-mounted display that relies on a good fit for the correct optical presentation of the display to the eyes.
HTC reduces the Vive Pro price by $200. The Vive Pro, the enterprise headset offered by HTC, has just seen a big discount : the headset only now costs $600, and the full bundle with the SteamVR 2.0 The Valve Index is a headset for consumers, while HTC offers a lot of services dedicated to enterprise customers. Request a key.
MagicLeap isn’t far behind, growing from 7 percent of current projects to 12 percent of future interest. Shifting to VR, HTC Vive was once the developer favorite in past XRDC surveys. Oculus Quest is the biggest mover, not surprisingly , going from 12 to 24 to 28 in the past/present/future split.
We also have an older build for MagicLeap, but currently there are technical limitations preventing third party browsers on that platform. Firefox Reality has become the official browser for HTC Devices. How do you see this partnership in the present and in the future? Mozilla Hubs.
The prototype weighs in at around just 200 grams—less than half the weight of a headset like the original Rift or HTC Vive—and Vality expects the finished product could be under 150 grams. A flip-up design makes it easy to peer outside of the headset | Photo by Road to VR. Indeed, Vality is building its headset primarily for enterprise.
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HP and Microsoft have a long track in offering enterprise hardware, so this headset may battle HTC on his own land (B2B). More info (Roadmap presented by Qualcomm) More info (Qualcomm and Ericsson working on 5G) More info (Qualcomm’s Wi-fi 6 chips?—?Road Rony Abovitz steps down from MagicLeap CEO. Upload VR).
Standardization Of Seethrough & Passthrough AR "Passthrough is a mechanism where video cameras on a VR headset record the real world and present this real world view as the background inside of our HMD turning the headset into an AR device. MagicLeap 2 "Support for the MagicLeap ecosystem was recently added to the vendor plugin as well.
According to an evidence presented by Epic Games, Apple has not only removed Fortnite from the Apple Store, but it has also revoked the status of developer to Epic Games. You can imagine that after it has been released through two official blog posts, an enormous backlash from the community started to happen. The same on Twitter.
Until recently, Brian Kane has been highlighting more experiential demos - like one that puts a porthole to the ocean in your living room - to highlight the power of the MagicLeap, and of spatial computing in general. MagicLeap is one of these MagicLeap devices, you put it on, and your whole world is spatial computing.
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Zuck has presented four different prototypes, each one focused on a single one of these aspects. Image by HTC Vive). HTC launches Vive Flow Business Edition. HTC has just launched the Business Edition of the Vive Flow , the lightweight device meant for media consumption and wellbeing applications enjoyment. NVIDIA Blog).
Image by HTC). HTC launches Vive Flow headset for relaxation, priced at $499. After endless teasings and leaks, in the end, HTC has finally unveiled its headset: called Vive Flow, it is a lightweight device for media consumption. Image by MagicLeap). MagicLeap 2 has been teased. Other relevant news.
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The Future of MagicLeap After Ross Rosenberg was appointed MagicLeap’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. In Europe, they are still not so present how they should be.
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