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Apple Joins Pixar, NVIDIA, & More to “accelerate next generation of AR experiences” with 3D File Protocol

2 years ago
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Today, big tech companies including Apple, Pixar, Adobe, Autodesk, and NVIDIA, announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD), which is dedicated to promoting the standardization and development of a 3D file protocol that Apple says will “help accelerate the next generation of AR experiences.” NVIDIA has been an early supporter of Pixar’s Universal Scene […]
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Virtuix Raises $4.7M in Latest Crowd Investment, Plans to Ship 1,000 VR Treadmills by Year’s End

2 years ago
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Virtuix, the company behind the Omni VR treadmill, announced it’s raised $4.7 million through its latest crowd investment round. The Austin, Texas-based company also says it plans to ship 1,000 of its Omni One VR treadmills by the end of this year. Earlier this year, Virtuix launched an equity crowdfunding campaign to further support the production […]
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Meta Reveals New Prototype VR Headsets Focused on Retinal Resolution and Light Field Passthrough

2 years ago
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Meta unveiled two new VR headset prototypes that showcase more progress in the fight to solve some persistent technical challenges facing VR today. Presenting at SIGGRAPH 2023, Meta is demonstrating a headset with retinal resolution combined with varifocal optics, and another headset with advanced light field passthrough capabilities. Butterscotch Varifocal Prototype Revealed in a developer blogpost, […]
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Cygnus Launching Today as Crew Works Eye-Brain Study and Spacewalk Preps

2 years ago
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The Cygnus space freighter sits atop its Antares rocket from Northrop Grumman counting down to a launch today from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Packed aboard Cygnus are over 8,200 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, spacewalk gear, hardware, and computer equipment. Antares will fire its engines at 8:31 p.m. EDT today launching the …
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L-24 Forecast: Still 80% Favorable for Antares Launch

2 years ago
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The Wallops Range 24-hour forecast issued today for the Tuesday, Aug. 1, launch of Northrop Grumman’s 19th resupply mission to the International Space Station continues to keep weather at 80% favorable, with a slight chance of cumulus clouds being the main weather concern.  The upper-level trough will remain over the Wallops Region Tuesday with a chance of …
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Demo or Die: How Reality Labs’ Display Systems Research Team Is Pushing the VR Industry Toward the Future

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Nothing New: HTC Exec Slams Apple’s Vision Pro’s ‘Pricey’ XR Headset

2 years ago
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A media report has come out swinging against Apple’s Vision Pro headset, stating it has failed to innovate the mixed reality (MR) market. According to an opinion piece from The Street’s Ian Krieztberg, the new headset did not bring anything new to the industry. The author wrote, “But as with generative AI, Apple is not […]
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Zuckerberg’s Metaverse isn’t Dead… Yet

2 years ago
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Meta’s Horizon Worlds launched in late 2021. The firm debuted its service with plans to push the then-unknown Metaverse concept into the mainstream; company CEO Mark Zuckerberg firmly believes that his team will lead this revolution – despite setbacks. Meta is experiencing mixed results. Despite a robust XR hardware and software product portfolio, Zuckerberg’s Metaverse […]
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SpectreXR Joins HTC VIVE Developer Partner Program

2 years ago
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Last Thursday, leading hand-tracking firm SpectreXR announced a strategic collaboration with XR headset vendor HTC VIVE via its Linkedin account to drive innovation, immersion, and realistic interaction on the latter’s product portfolio. The move sees SpectreXR join HTC VIVE’s Developer Partner Program to promote “synergy” between the firms and improve the usability of HTC VIVE […]
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The Hottest Eye and Hand Tracking Trends for 2023

2 years ago
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Eye and hand-tracking trends have evolved rapidly in recent years. As the XR market accelerates towards a value of approximately $354.09 billion by 2023 and adoption increases, intuitive interfaces are becoming essential. With the right technologies, companies can improve how teams interact with immersive content, eliminating the need for controllers. Eye and hand-tracking solutions use spatial […]