XR Industry News – Seite 37 – spatialcomputing.info

Why I Think AR Glasses Are the Inevitable Future of the Smartphone

I was asked recently for my thoughts on Meta’s Orion AR glasses, specifically whether or not such glasses stand a chance of becoming as big as (or replacing) the smartphones in the future. I was asked for my thoughts recently for a Lifewire article about Meta’s Orion AR glasses and the future they may or […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

18. Oktober 2024

Meta CTO Confirms Mixed Reality Glasses Project, AI Earbuds with Cameras & Cancellation of High-End Quest

In an interview with The Verge, Meta CTO and Reality Labs chief Andrew Bosworth confirmed a number of projects previously subject to speculation, detailed the company’s strategic shift toward AI, and confirmed plans to deepen its partnership with Ray-Ban parent EssilorLuxottica. Meta reorganized Reality Labs earlier this year to better focus on wearables, such as Ray-Ban […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

16. Oktober 2024

Shiftall Opens Pre-orders for ‘MeganeX superlight’ Ultra High-Resolution OLED PC VR Headset

Shiftall has launched pre-orders for its newly unveiled MeganeX superlight 8K, a slim and light, high-resolution OLED PC VR headset tracked by SteamVR base stations. While Panasonic sold off its XR hardware startup Shiftall earlier this year, the companies held a joint press conference in Tokyo yesterday to announce MeganeX superlight 8K, which is slated […]

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11. Oktober 2024

‘New Folder Games’ Released Nine Titles in One Year to Find Its Viral Quest Hit, ‘I Am Cat’

The unassuming early access Quest game I Am Cat has taken off in a matter of months, spreading virally through social media with videos of its feline antics. We reached out to the developer New Folder Games to learn more about its recipe for success. I Am Cat, developed by New Folder Games, is a Quest game that’s […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

10. Oktober 2024

Apple Releases ‘Submerged’ Short Film on Vision Pro, Announces Upcoming Content with The Weeknd, NBA & More

Apple today launched a new immersive short film called Submerged for free on Vision Pro, letting users explore a harrowing tale set in a WWII-era submarine. The company also announced its next slate of immersive content, including an NBA basketball documentary, a music video from The Weeknd, immersive concerts and new episodes of Adventure. Starting […]

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Sightful Cancels Headless AR Workstation ‘Spacetop’, Pivots to Windows AR Software

Sightful, the hardware startup working to carve out a new ‘headless AR laptop’ niche, has cancelled plans for its $1,900 Spacetop G1. Unveiled back in May, Spacetop G1 was set to be the company’s first commercially available product following the early access release of its first Spacetop, which delivered a somewhat bulgy laptop form factor […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

9. Oktober 2024

Samsung Reportedly Deepens XR Ties with Google in Push for Ray-Ban Smartglasses Competitor

Samsung and Google announced in early 2023 that, along with Qualcomm, they’d be releasing an “XR platform” based on Android, which could also see the release of a high-end mixed reality headset. While we still haven’t heard exactly what that XR partnership will entail, a new report from The Information maintains Samsung and Google are also […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

8. Oktober 2024

Meta Orion Interview Dives Deep Into Details Like Resolution, Battery Life, & More

Meta’s biggest reveal at last week’s Connect conference was definitely the Orion prototype AR glasses, which the company says it’s been working on for nearly five years. It’s a big deal not only because of how compact it is, but because Meta says it wants to eventually turn the prototype into a consumer product. You […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

7. Oktober 2024

Meta’s Head of XR Apologizes to Oculus Founder Regarding His Ousting

Image created using photos courtesy Wired, Meta

Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth, Meta CTO and Reality Labs chief, has publicly apologized to Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus who was ousted from the company in 2017 for political reasons. To this day, Meta (ex-Facebook) never publicly confirmed why Luckey was fired, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg even going on record in a U.S. congressional hearing in 2018, […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

3. Oktober 2024

Meta Acquired 9 Leading VR Studios Starting in 2019: Here’s What’s Happened Since

Meta has aggressively expanded its VR game portfolio with the acquisition of nine VR studios since 2019. We take a look what’s come of these deals over the last five years. Acquisition by Meta usually means a few things. Sometimes it means studios get a ton of new resources and the sort of stability that […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

2. Oktober 2024