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Google & HP Partner to Productize ‘Starline’ Light-field Display for Videoconferencing

Google announced it’s partnering with HP to commercialize Project Starline, the company’s light-field display for immersive, headset-less video conferences. Google says it’s partnering with HP to start commercialization of Starline in 2025, which the company says will “focus on connecting distributed teams and individuals in the workplace.” Additionally, Google says it wants to eventually bring […]

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14. Mai 2024

New Meta R&D Reveals Shortcut to Ultra-wide Retina Resolution Holographic Displays in XR

Researchers from Meta Reality Labs, Princeton University, and others have published a new paper detailing a method for achieving ultra-wide field-of-view holographic displays with retina resolution. The method drastically reduces the display resolution that would otherwise be necessary to reach such parameters, making it a potential shortcut to bringing holographic displays to XR headsets. Holographic […]

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13. Mai 2024

New Meta R&D Reveals Shortcut to Ultra-wide Retina Resolution Holographic Displays in XR

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Audi Co-founded VR Entertainment Startup Holoride Files for Bankruptcy

Holoride, the Germany-based startup bringing XR entertainment to car passengers, has filed for bankruptcy, citing the inability to secure its latest investment round. In a LinkedIn post, Holoride CEO & co-founder Nils Wollny reveals the company’s latest investment round “appeared secure,” however it fell apart at the last minute. “Despite the lead investor’s conviction, the negotiated term […]

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Quest 3 Has Higher Effective Resolution, So Why Does Everyone Think Vision Pro Looks Best?

Quest 3 (left) and Apple Vision Pro (right) | Based on images courtesy Meta, Apple

Take a look around the web at reviews of Vision Pro and you’ll find that practically everyone agrees: Vision Pro’s display is excellent. Words like “crisp,” “smooth,” and “4K,” are commonly used when people are talking about the headset’s visuals. But what if I told you Apple’s headset actually has a lower effective resolution than […]

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9. Mai 2024

VR Attraction Sandbox VR Announces Major Expansion With 25 New Locations in the Coming Years

Sandbox VR, the location-based VR attraction, announced it’s opening 25 new locations as a result of a partnership with Apparel Group, the United Arab Emirates-based fashion and lifestyle company. The partnership is described as a “massive franchise deal” with Apparel Group, which has 85 brands and more than 2,200 stores across 14 countries, including much […]

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Major Auto Makers Are Fully Embracing XR in the Vehicle Design Process

Some major car manufacturers still design cars in clay before heading into production, and while that tradition doesn’t seem to be going away just yet, companies like Ford, Volvo and Rivian say mixed reality headsets are substantially helping them to reduce time and cost in vehicle design. In a new video focusing on the Australia-base ddesign […]

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6. Mai 2024

There’s Now More VR Than Mac Players on Steam

The PC VR population has been growing ever so steadily over the last four years. Meanwhile, the MacOS population has shrunk and been overtaken by VR. If you were just looking at the percent of the Steam population with monthly-connected VR headsets, you’d probably conclude that VR on the platform has shrunk slightly over the […]

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3. Mai 2024

‘Helldivers 2’ Fan Trailer Shows How Intense It Could be in VR

Helldivers 2 (2024) doesn’t have VR support yet, official or otherwise, although this new fan-made trailer shows just how immersive it could be. Created by YouTuber ‘DemoAkuroVR‘, the unofficial cinematic trailer reimagines the squad-based shooter action in a modded version of Blade & Sorcery, the viral VR combat sandbox that is all about taking on waves of baddies […]

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30. April 2024

Meta’s Head of AR Hardware Teases Next-gen Transparent AR Glasses with Wide Field-of-view

Meta is full steam ahead on its mixed reality platform, however Head of AR Glasses hardware Caitlin Kalinowski says in a new interview with Android Central that its first augmented reality glasses will offer a real “wow” moment to users thanks to its “high field of view immersion.” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed in late 2021 […]

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26. April 2024