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This week, we look at new AR and VR funding rounds, MagicLeap 2, and the latest in virtual collaboration. MagicLeap CEO Peggy Johnson says their new AR headset will arrive Q4, 2021. The lighter, slight less bulky MagicLeap 2 will double the size of its field of view. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.
Image by MagicLeap). MagicLeap looks for a $100-million deal to save itself. Some reports by Business Insider and The Information talk about the current situation of MagicLeap, that seems always more complicated. More info (MagicLeap trying to raise $100M) More info (MagicLeap timing for the future).
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Spacee will be the first to tell you that what they are offering is not the same as something like Microsoft HoloLens, Leap Motion, or MagicLeap technology. Entertainment, realestate, and theme parks are just a few of the markets on their radar, with the company constantly on the look out for even more avenues of expansion.
And MagicLeap’s got their Magicverse that they’re building, you know, multi-layer kind of universe of digital content on top of the real world. We kind of see ourselves, I suppose, as the permission layer between the spatial web and the physical world. Well, who does own the digital space?
And MagicLeap’s got their Magicverse that they’re building, you know, multi-layer kind of universe of digital content on top of the real world. We kind of see ourselves, I suppose, as the permission layer between the spatial web and the physical world. Well, who does own the digital space?
So anchoring digital content to the real world can confer some of that real-estate-like value. He’ll be chief imagineer, which is similar to the role he played in his former post at MagicLeap. version of a real-world metaverse (though he didn’t call it that). Meisnieks is a bit of a legend in the AR world.
It’s been called the AR Cloud by many, the Magicverse by MagicLeap, the Mirrorworld by Wired, the Cyberverse by Huawei, Planet-scale AR by Niantic and Spatial Computing by academics. MagicLeap are the highest-profile, with both a device and a platform, and more recent entrants include Ubiquity6, AIReal and Placenote.
Meta notes in its Ocean developer page that the supported XR features can help create solutions for sectors such as education, tourism, and realestate. Real-time 3D development services like Autodesk VRED, Blender, Godot, NVIDIA’s Omniverse, StereoKit, Unreal Engine, and Unity support OpenXR integration.” ”
Attendees received a first look at its OpticalCore picture generation unit, which seamlessly integrated real-time 3D (RT3D), photorealistic images in the car’s HUD to provide real-time driving data. It does so by incorporating laser beam scanning, optimised power efficiency, and enhanced contrast in its AR-HUD module.
And MagicLeap's got their Magicverse that they're building, you know, multi-layer kind of universe of digital content on top of the real world. We kind of see ourselves, I suppose, as the permission layer between the spatial web and the physical world. Well, who does own the digital space?
ARway.ai, a firm working with various XR device leaders, such as Apple and MagicLeap, to leverage its unique immersive wayfinding platform for a broad range of use cases, recently announced a new partnership that amplifies its product offering to an increasingly sizeable international user base.
Apple also recently stole some hot talent from Oculus as well as MagicLeap, so it’s only a matter of time before we’ll see a beautifully designed mixed reality product that will take iOS fanboys by storm. AppleEyes, anyone? MONEY, MOVES, AND FUNDING. The company announced its $5M pre-Series A funding, which was led by WI Harper.
Even MagicLeap showed up to say much and show little. But there are a wide variety of compelling AR applications available today, and this “early” tech has found its way into schools , hospitals , factory floors , realestate agencies , marketing campaigns , and many other industries across the world.
Supported devices from firms include Meta’s Quest series, HTC VIVE, Microsoft HoloLens, MagicLeap, Nreal, and Pico Interactive. Furthermore, Delta Reality supports a selection of software development kits and real-time 3D engines such as Unity, Snap Studio, and ARCore. ETH (approximately £14809) in September last year.
The example below is a partnership with REinVR, a VR realestate solution, which shows how a virtual human can be used to sell condos in VR. Its platform, CTRL Human, uses a high quality human scan and brings it to life complete with facial and body movements by hooking it in to your chatbot backend. The Evolution of Brand Activations.
And then the other use case which we have seeing -- say, in realestate vertical -- is much more casual. We're also seeing you can realestate sales and marketing, it is so much easier to sell a house or lease out commercial office spaces if the person buying or leasing can actually see the space, can design in it.
And then the other use case which we have seeing -- say, in realestate vertical -- is much more casual. We're also seeing you can realestate sales and marketing, it is so much easier to sell a house or lease out commercial office spaces if the person buying or leasing can actually see the space, can design in it.
Have you tried MagicLeap? Sam: I have tried the MagicLeap, yeah. You’ve got MagicLeap, you’ve got Nreal, you’ve got HoloLens, you’ve got all these companies. It is wise to keep the square footage down because ultimately those businesses are also realestate businesses too.
Have you tried MagicLeap? Sam: I have tried the MagicLeap, yeah. You’ve got MagicLeap, you’ve got Nreal, you’ve got HoloLens, you’ve got all these companies. It is wise to keep the square footage down because ultimately those businesses are also realestate businesses too.
HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that MagicLeap had really. The Passthrough cameras especially, because if you look at the whole AR thing, and especially the wearables, the headsets — think about Hololens and MagicLeap — I see the utility factor of where they are.
HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that MagicLeap had really. The Passthrough cameras especially, because if you look at the whole AR thing, and especially the wearables, the headsets — think about Hololens and MagicLeap — I see the utility factor of where they are.
And then the other use case which we have seeing -- say, in realestate vertical -- is much more casual. We're also seeing you can realestate sales and marketing, it is so much easier to sell a house or lease out commercial office spaces if the person buying or leasing can actually see the space, can design in it.
Have you tried MagicLeap? Sam: I have tried the MagicLeap, yeah. You've got MagicLeap, you've got Nreal, you've got HoloLens, you've got all these companies. It is wise to keep the square footage down because ultimately those businesses are also realestate businesses too. Yeah, they are.
Question: From a prioritization standpoint as far as investments, are you looking for the next MagicLeap, or are you looking at content platforms, content creation, codecs? Above: Samsung’s Gear 360 and Gear VR headset. Image Credit: Ken Yeung/VentureBeat. AR is in the low thousands. AR is only getting started.
GB: MagicLeap is a big presence in the AR discussion. Outside of the sort of people in this room and in the games press, I don’t think most people know what MagicLeap is. When you talk about investment, certainly MagicLeap has garnered the most, but ODG just closed a big round. VR is inherently isolating.
It's notable that this vision of augmented reality layers is also very similar to one shared by the earlier days of MagicLeap, before the company laid off many of its workers. 0:00 / 0:26 1× The first was #kzn – a virtual concert/music video featuring Kizuna AI , a popular " virtual YouTuber."
Bill: Yeah, we actually have four MagicLeaps. MagicLeap just met with Chicken Waffle. But it's actually going to be an open source thing that we've just recently did for MagicLeap. So we are working with MagicLeap in an AR capacity. They've actually changed their API because they're.
Bill: Yeah, we actually have four MagicLeaps. MagicLeap just met with Chicken Waffle. But it’s actually going to be an open source thing that we’ve just recently did for MagicLeap. So we are working with MagicLeap in an AR capacity. My partner loves to take photos of that.
Bill: Yeah, we actually have four MagicLeaps. MagicLeap just met with Chicken Waffle. But it’s actually going to be an open source thing that we’ve just recently did for MagicLeap. So we are working with MagicLeap in an AR capacity. My partner loves to take photos of that.
I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and MagicLeap. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and MagicLeap.
I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and MagicLeap. I’d say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and MagicLeap.
I'd say that through at least 2022, the enterprise will account for the majority of augmented and mixed reality headsets like Hololens and MagicLeap. Alan: Although MagicLeap did publish some photos of a model wearing the MagicLeap glasses the other day. So they're. Is that a number that you guys--?
MAGICLEAP’S CONTROVERSY. The secretive augmented reality company MagicLeap has been very successful at keeping a tight lid on their product development… until now? Check out the Reddit AMA from The Information reporter… and the rebuttal from MagicLeap itself. in funding (with a $4.4B MONEY & FUNDING.
How are architects or architectural realestate, how are they using this? So we talked about realestate. You’ve got running shoes to TVs, you’ve got realestate, you’re got buildings, you’ve got flowers. What are some of the specific business use cases? Alan: Yeah. Alan: I saw that!
You’ve got a ton coming out, now; you’ve got the Hololens, Hololens 2, MagicLeap, nreal, Realmax, Vuzix, North glasses, Epson MOVERIO, Google Glass. This could be used for realestate. You go into a realestate, and you smell cookies baking in the oven. What are your thoughts on that?
How are architects or architectural realestate, how are they using this? So we talked about realestate. You've got running shoes to TVs, you've got realestate, you're got buildings, you've got flowers. Alan: Today, MagicLeap just released a press release. Alan: Yeah. Alan: I saw that!
How are architects or architectural realestate, how are they using this? So we talked about realestate. You’ve got running shoes to TVs, you’ve got realestate, you’re got buildings, you’ve got flowers. What are some of the specific business use cases? Alan: Yeah. Alan: I saw that!
You've got a ton coming out, now; you've got the Hololens, Hololens 2, MagicLeap, nreal, Realmax, Vuzix, North glasses, Epson MOVERIO, Google Glass. MagicLeap is kind of a Hololens competitor; they really went after the consumer market, and they're actually gonna be selling through AT&T stores -- starting this week, I think.
You’ve got a ton coming out, now; you’ve got the Hololens, Hololens 2, MagicLeap, nreal, Realmax, Vuzix, North glasses, Epson MOVERIO, Google Glass. This could be used for realestate. You go into a realestate, and you smell cookies baking in the oven. What are your thoughts on that?
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