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We Found the Source for the Meta Info

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apologies – yesterday I reported on Meta’s developments in XR displays but I missed the source of that content which is a one hour video from ‘Adam Savage’s Tested’ that includes …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Facebook/Meta| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Meta shows its AR/VR work

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Meta has been talking about what its Reality Labs division is working on. The projects are: “Butterscotch” is a ‘near retina’ display with 1832 x 1920 pixels per eye, but just …

Tencent Holdings has Formed an XR Unit

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reports that Tencent Holdings (China’s most valuable tech company) has formed a business unit to address the opportunity for XR and the metaverse in software and hardware. It was formed …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Links Week Ending 24th June 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the end of this week. A lighter moment – hat tip to economist …

What Displays Have to Do to Bring AR Superpowers

by Bob Raikes

One of my vices is trying to play musical instruments and a lot of musicians suffer from ‘option paralysis’. That is to say, when presented with the infinite flexibility of DSP-based digital options, they …

Zuckerberg and Leaks Add to Meta Cambria News

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After Meta’s earnings call, there have been lots of reports about the firm’s XR plans, with an emphasis on the Project Cambria headset. There was also interest because it builds on …

Tags:Facebook/Meta| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

OK, Varjo, I Finally Get It!

by Bob Raikes

As I have written before, I have been somewhat sceptical of the whole Metaverse thing (I saw a headline about a ‘Metaverse hotel’ today – how bizarre is that concept?). (Metaverse – Meta and …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CAD-CAM-CAE| Cloud Computing| Mixed Reality| The Metaverse

Varjo Launches Reality Cloud Software Platform For Human-Eye Resolution Metaverse Streaming and VR/XR Workflows

by Artem Alekseenko

Varjo – the industry-leading provider of professional-grade VR/XR solutions – announced the immediate availability of its Varjo Reality Cloud platform, which allows even the most complex metaverse to stream in real-time to supported devices …

Tags:The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 18th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Meet the 8K Association at NAB Show …

Meta AR glasses roadmap shows Zuckerberg pushing hard for ‘iPhone moment’ by 2024 – report

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Meta is said to be planning new AR glasses under the name “Project Nazare” and they are said to be stand-alone, not needing a smartphone, and with a smartwatch that has …

South Korean government is investing in the Metaverse

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The South Korean government said that it would invest $187 million towards a national metaverse project. Park Yungyu, head of communication and policy department at the ministry, stated in the announcement …

Tags:Korea| The Metaverse

Qualcomm’s New Deal With ByteDance and Pico

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Qualcomm announced at MWC that it is working in a new partnership with ByteDance that is now the owner of the Pico VR company. (TikTok owner ByteDance could acquire VR headset …

Tags:HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Qualcomm| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality