Big XR News from Dyson, Glue, Meta, and Vuzix
The XR space may look very different at the end of 2024. A shift is underway as the value of spatial data is being touted by significant computing firms. Industry segments understand the value of...
View ArticleIs Apple’s Vision Pro a “Tremendous Opportunity” for Businesses?
In a blog post this week, Apple outlined its commitment to designing Vision Pro and spatial computing services for industrial and business clients. Apple debuted the Vision Pro in US markets earlier...
View ArticleOpenXR Update to Optimise Major XR Headsets
Today, Khronos updated its OpenXR API to optimise its support of cross-platform AR/VR/MR application development with its version 1.1 update. The move consolidates multiple extensions into the OpenXR...
View ArticleLaval Virtual 2024: XR is on the Comeback
Laval Virtual 2024 wrapped up for another year. The event always wows spectators with a rich lineup of technology vendors and innovations. XR took centre stage, with many firms highlighting major...
View ArticleNew Meta Quest for Education Product Due this Year
This week, Meta announced a new product release due later this year, ready-to-scale XR headset usage in classrooms and educational spaces. Meta will soon release a Meta Quest product range that the...
View ArticleWill these High-End VR Headsets Shift the Market?
Late last week, at its 2024 Frontier event online showcase, Pimax debuted two VR headsets that continue its legacy of creating ultra-high spec specialist XR devices. As of its announcement, the firm...
View ArticleVision Pro Gains “Clinically Accurate” Surgical Training
Recently, Osso VR launched its Healthcare XR training service for the Apple Vision Pro. The new application leverages the spatial computing platform to create detailed and “clinically accurate”...
View ArticleMedical “Veyond Metaverse” Lands on Apple Vision Pro
It appears that innovative digital healthcare solution providers are taking note of the recently released Apple Vision Pro. Just hot off the heels of numerous healthcare-related Vision Pro stories,...
View ArticleGoogle Introduces 8K Streaming on Meta Quest
Recently, Google released an update to its Quest 3 YouTube application, which allows users to stream 8K videos to their Meta Quest 3 – at least in theory. Despite the update, Quest 3 headsets cannot...
View ArticleMicrosoft Teams Introduces Frontline AR Tools for iOS, Android
This week, the Mircosoft Teams smartphone application is gaining new XR features through AR instructional annotations that team members and managers can apply to a caller’s feed, providing...
View ArticleBig XR News from Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and OpenXR
Big vendor news this week, Admist start-ups and fresh ideas; this week, big names like Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Apple took the headlines due to each firm’s optimisation of its XR product portfolio....
View ArticleWill VR Help NASA Put Humans on Mars?
Recently, an exciting new use case emerged from the XR space. NASA reports that its astronauts are leveraging virtual reality headsets to explore a digital twin of the space station they will soon...
View ArticleApple WWDC ’24 to be a XR Showcase?
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is coming. The yearly event will showcase the latest, and at times potentially paradigm-shifting, products. This year’s WWDC event is due between...
View ArticleSiemens, BILT Leverage Apple Vision Pro for Frontline Workers
Last week, Siemens, in collaboration with enterprise XR software provider BILT, leveraged Apple Vision Pro headsets to provide on-site electricians with XR instructional overlays. The partnership also...
View ArticleMR Headsets Expert Roundtable
MR headsets are facing increased interest this year. The Apple Vision Pro brought expected eyes to the technology, and late last year, Meta launched its Quest 3, which introduced its brand of MR at an...
View ArticleBig XR News – The Business Value of Spatial Data
Watch on YouTube. In this episode of the Big XR News show, Rory Greener, Tech Journalist, XR Today, welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about the latest news from across the industry. Our...
View ArticleCould Haptic Gloves Replace Controllers?
Today, workplace professionals are leveraging haptic glove devices to suit necessary use cases such as training, virtual prototyping, marketing, and entertainment. What haptic gloves provide is an...
View ArticleWill Meta’s Open Framework Dismantle Apple’s Walled Garden?
This week, Meta opened its Meta Horizon OS [the operating system powering the Quest product portfolio] to third-party developers, allowing a more comprehensive range of developers to create...
View ArticleFirst Look at Meta’s New Smart Glasses Design
This week, with long-time technology collaborator EssilorLuxottica, Meta introduced new Ray Ban smartglasses designs and features. The latest designs do not flip the product range on its head with...
View ArticleHaptic Solution to Support XR Accessibility for the Visually Impaired
This week, HaptX gained a Phase 1 Small Business Technology Transfer program grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, and National Eye Institute to...
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