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This week, a curious hire opportunity appeared over at Samsung, just in time for its concurrent augmented reality/mixed reality headset push. Specifically, the role is filling an XR Director gap at Samsung Research America as part of the division’s MPS (Mobile Platform Services), SRA, and Immersive Experiences (IMEX) Team. The LinkedIn job XR Director listing […]

Recently, frontline AR solutions provider Vuzix debuted AugmentOS, a dedicated operating system for workplace immersive human-computer interfaces. The OS is ready for Vuzix’s portfolio of products, allowing end-users and developers to use products such as the Z100 smart glasses, which include AI functionality integration. AugmentOS is debuting as version 1.0. The launchpad application will include […]

Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon are the names that look likely to partner with the app.

The next stage in TikTok’s broader in-app shopping push. 

Meta’s culling staff, while also hiring more machine learning engineers.

Meta’s looking to reduce the capacity for privacy and safety concerns to impede projects. 

These days I feel better, so this newsletter is coming on time again (yay!). It’s been a good end of the week for me: on the work side, I have broken the news about camera access on Android XR (more on this later on), while on the personal side, I managed to cook some good […]

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Digital marketing strategies tend to revolve around familiar platforms like Google Ads, LinkedIn campaigns, and Facebook retargeting. They’re reliable platforms with measurable outcomes you can assess for ROI. But are these commonly used strategies always the best choice? Is it possible that by stepping beyond the familiarity, you’ll discover opportunities that offer even better results? […]

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Harpagun, a shooter-smasher VR arcade game from the Toy Trains studio, launches in early access next week on Quest.

Do you remember the Metaverse? Mark Zuckerberg remembers… Meta’s CTO, Andrew Bosworth, remembers too. Following its landmark $100 billion investment into XR, then in turn metaverse, solutions Bosworth revealed in a leaked memo that 2025 will be a standout year for the once headline and imagination-stealing technology as well as Reality Labs as a whole. […]

It’s another busy week to kick off February. The motions of 2025 continue to turn towards the year’s next big events, including the run-up to vendor-focused highlights from firms like Apple. Firms like Meta, Google, and Samsung are making sky-high investments. As vendor events, such as the recent Unpacked, approach 2025, it is fair to […]

Pinterest is seemingly on the right track with its development. 

Snapchat founders Evan Spiegel and Booby Murphy are also supporting the effort. 

The Canadian government ordered TikTok to leave the nation last year. 

An easy way to merge your content into YouTube Shorts.

UploadVR confirmed layoffs have been held at SideQuest.

Passthrough camera access is a hot topic in the XR community right now and while the positions of Meta, Apple, and Pico are known, everyone is wondering what Google will do with Android XR. After I’ve spoken directly with the company, I can tell you that they will offer a solution similar to the one […]

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