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PICO Integrates OpenXR 1.1 for Simplified Immersive Application Development

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Khronos Group quoted Ron Bessems, OpenXR Working Group Chair and Software Engineer at Meta , who shared his perspective on the importance of OpenXR: “ The OpenXR specification is a crucial part of the Mixed Reality ecosystem.

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Big XR News from Meta, HTC VIVE, Magic Leap

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Now, significant vendors deploy emerging hardware; on the flip side, software providers must follow suit and leverage the tools provided to create device-shifting applications. Now, Meta Quest is gaining an intelligent assistant, and Meta has assured that as the technology continues to advance, it will perform regular software updates.

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The Next Frontier of XR Hardware

ARPost

Magic Leap 2 Magic Leap jumped the starting gun and played their cards early. The Magic Leap 2 was released in September last year with an entry price point of $3,299. Sony Sony is also bringing out the PSVR2 , which is said to use eye tracking for menu selection and navigation of user interfaces.

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Enterprise AR Trends for 2020 and Beyond

ARPost

Already, several top-level companies like LG, Apple , and Sony are joining the market of AR hardware producers, dominated so far by Microsoft and Magic Leap. Enterprise AR Software Will Be More Specialized and Customized. They will allow business to go on while people stay safe and comply with social distancing rules.

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Microsoft’s Meandering XR Strategy Could Lead to Another Zune Moment

Road to VR

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. Three years later it released HoloLens 2, which directly competes today against Magic Leap Two.

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What is Android XR? Google’s Revolutionary XR Ecosystem

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Even outside of the hardware market, Google has given companies access to AR app development kits and immersive software for some time now. Already, the company is partnering not just with Samsung and Qualcomm but with countless heavyweights like Sony, Magic Leap, and Unity.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.02.08): Samsung is back to XR, Echo VR gets shut down, and more!

The Ghost Howls

In the press release, the companies talk about Google’s role as the one providing the software platform. But Sony has refuted the report, claiming it is not true. I guess the purpose is to reassure its existing customers, to prevent them all from going to Magic Leap 2. headsets in the next year.

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