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Magic Leap’s LEAP Con 2018 round-up: all the major announcements in only one place

The Ghost Howls

Magic Leap has just organized its first developers’ event, dubbed “L.E.A.P.” It is the first event of this kind organized by Magic Leap: we can say that LEAP Con is like the Oculus Connect of Magic Leap and will probably become always more important, year after year, exactly as it has happened to Oculus.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Birthed in New Zealand and raised in Los Angeles, CA, volumetric capture company 8i has announced a Series B round of $27M. The funding disclosure coincided with other big news: 8i will release a smartphone app called the Holo app later this year. MONEY, MOVES AND FUNDING. …and more.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.02.01): Facebook is very confident in Quest 2 sales, Valve is working on Neural Interfaces, and more!

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Other relevant news. In a new interview given to a New Zealander magazine, Gabe Newell talks about the work that Valve is doing with Brain-Computer Interfaces. Oculus official side distribution platform is coming soon. Image by OpenBCI). Valve has partnered with OpenBCI to work on Neural Interfaces.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.10.27): Quest sales are not taking off, Minecraft Earth launches in Early Access and much more!

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But now, it is the turn of some cool AR and VR news…. Top news of the week. Image by Oculus). Oculus Quest may have sold only 400,000 units. The latest report on virtual reality by SuperData doesn’t offer us great news on the VR landscape. The two lucky countries are New Zealand and Iceland.

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Our First Look At Microsoft HoloLens 2

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HoloLens 2 has a much more balanced center of gravity (less nose-heavy) thanks to the use of carbon fiber and a new mechanism that lets you put it on without readjusting a crank at the back; “like putting on your favorite hat,” according to Kipman. For those who do want to get on board, you can preorder HoloLens 2 starting today.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

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Most people know Xu due to his dispute with American virtual reality company Magic Leap. In June 2019, Magic Leap accused Xu of stealing AR glasses technology when he was an engineer working at the firm. 43- Dillon Seo - Co-Founder #Oculus. However, in June 2020, a U.S. 34- Nick Cherukuri.