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Google has acquired a number of HTC’s XR engineers, something the company says will “accelerate the development of the Android XR platform across the headsets and glasses ecosystem.” Google’s announcement of Android XR last month represents a critical shift in the competitive landscape, as Samsung will ostensibly be the first to launch a headset running Android XR. […]

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Snap Makes Spectacles AR Glasses More Affordable for Students & Teachers

7 months ago

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Snap, the company behind Snapchat, is making its latest Spectacles AR Glasses more affordable to students and teachers with a new educational discount that cuts the $1,200 launch price in half. Initially released in September 2024, the company’s fifth-gen Spectacles (called Spectacles ’24) are primarily targeted at developers, priced at $100 per month for a […]

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Samsung Shows First Glimpse of Near-final Android XR Headset, But No Controllers Yet

7 months ago

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Samsung Unpacked didn’t have any big XR revelations this year, although the South Korean tech giant has finally shown off the near-final version of its Android XR headset, codenamed Project Moohan. We went hands-on with Moohan at the headset’s unveiling last month, the company’s upcoming mixed reality headset built on the newly announced Android XR platform. […]

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What is Sony XYN? Introducing Sony’s Spatial Content Creation System

7 months ago

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While tech giants race to claim their slice of the spatial computing pie, Sony’s new XYN platform (that’s “zin” to you and me, by the way) is on the cusp of its full release. The suite combines software offerings – including the XYN Motion Studio for motion capture and a spatial capture solution for transforming […]

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XR Streaming Takes Steps Forward with PICO Integration of NVIDIA Geforce NOW

7 months ago

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This week, XR headset vendor PICO introduced the integration of NVIDIA GeForce NOW into its portfolio of headsets, marking a step toward XR streaming for broad enterprise and consumer use. The move allows headset users to stream immersive content and applications directly to a headset without wire tethering, therefore broadening the scale of services the […]

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