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Niantic 8th Wall enhances WebAR with powerful GenAI modules

Ryan Daws — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 10:57:34 +0000

Niantic 8th Wall is enhancing its WebAR platform with generative AI (GenAI) modules to revolutionise augmented reality experiences. The fusion of technologies promises to offer developers, brands, and agencies more creative potential and improve users’ augmented reality experiences. Over the past few months, 8th Wall developers have harnessed the power of GenAI, integrating various cutting-edge... Read more »

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Inworld and its AI NPCs are now valued at $500M

Ryan Daws — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:45:40 +0000

Inworld, a trailblazing company at the forefront of AI and gaming, has just closed a fundraising round where it raised a further $50 million. This latest capital infusion – backed by prominent investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Stanford University, First Spark Ventures, Samsung Next, LG Technology Ventures, and existing investors like Microsoft’s M12 fund... Read more »

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Industry giants form AOUSD to standardise 3D ecosystem

Ryan Daws — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 09:56:37 +0000

Industry leaders Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA – in partnership with the Joint Development Foundation (JDF) – have announced the formation of the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD). The main objective of AOUSD is to promote the standardisation, development, evolution, and growth of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD) technology, thereby advancing the capabilities of Open... Read more »

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Samsung prepares to announce its Vision Pro rival

Ryan Daws — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:56:11 +0000

Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm are gearing up for an exciting announcement following their strategic partnership to build next-generation AR/VR products. During the summer Unpacked event in Seoul, Samsung’s president of mobile experience, TM Roh, assured journalists that the plan for a new XR headset and ecosystem is on track and that an official announcement is... Read more »

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Apple releases visionOS SDK for crafting ‘all-new experiences’

Ryan Daws — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 13:13:17 +0000

Apple has released the visionOS SDK for developers eager to explore the possibilities of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences for Vision Pro. While betas and SDKs for other Apple operating systems like iOS and macOS were launched on the first day of WWDC, developers had to wait for the release of the... Read more »

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Developers will be able to apply for Vision Pro dev kits

Ryan Daws — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:54:18 +0000

Apple is gearing up for its next big leap into the world of spatial computing with the introduction of the Vision Pro. Developers eagerly awaiting their opportunity to prepare apps for the device will be able to apply for dev kits. Vision Pro is Apple’s first leap into spatial computing. However, without access to the... Read more »

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Apple opens ‘Activities’ sign-ups for WWDC 2023

Ryan Daws — Wed, 31 May 2023 07:55:00 +0000

Apple has opened sign-ups for ‘Activities’ which enable remote developers to actively participate in this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) festivities. Apple introduced WWDC Digital Lounges in 2021, providing developers with the opportunity to engage in online discussions with Apple engineers and designers. This year, the experience returns for WWDC23, renamed simply as Activities. Developers... Read more »

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Apple registers ‘xrOS’ trademark ahead of WWDC

Ryan Daws — Tue, 16 May 2023 15:54:39 +0000

Apple has filed a trademark in New Zealand for ‘xrOS’ ahead of the company’s annual WWDC conference next month. The wordmark filing all but confirms the official name of the operating system for its highly anticipated headset, along with the font and styling that will accompany it. The discovery of the ‌xrOS‌ wordmark was made... Read more »

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Tim Cook: Augmented reality can ‘bring people together’

Ryan Daws — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:45:18 +0000

Apple CEO Tim Cook has long been a proponent of augmented reality (AR) over virtual reality, arguing that AR has the potential to bring people together rather than isolate them. In a recent profile with GQ, Cook reiterated his belief that overlaying the physical world with digital elements can enhance communication and connection between people. ... Read more »

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Google tool helps developers create XR experiences

Ryan Daws — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:58:50 +0000

Google has released a tool called Immersive Stream for XR that makes it easier for developers to create mixed-reality experiences. Earlier this week, the company held an event where it demonstrated a new “immersive view” in Google Maps that uses advances in AI and computer vision to fuse billions of Street View and other images... Read more »

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