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Analyst: Apple’s AR glasses will run Mac chips
Apple is now expected to introduce the first-generation of its AR/VR glasses in Q4 2022, and a report from analyst Ming-chi Kuo tells us a little more of what to expect from these things. If true, you’ll one day be wearing your Mac like sunglasses. To be fair, a lot of this we’ve heard already.…
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Nvidia re-envisions the metaverse as a collaboration platform
Disclosure: Nvidia is a client of the author. Nvidia’s GTC conference was once my favorite conference due to its focus on gaming; it has evolved to be my favorite conference for predicting the future. The Nvidia of today is so different from the company I first engaged with several decades ago that, were you to…
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Will Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ change everything?
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been making news lately by talking about the “metaverse.” Zuckerberg says it’s the future of Facebook — and the internet. He’s so committed to the idea that he intends to hire 10,000 Europeans to work on it, and even change the name of his company from Facebook to a metaverse-related…
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Apple v. Facebook gets a lot less virtual with Meta
Apple seems set to go head-to-head with Facebook, aka Meta, when both firms ship mixed-reality headsets starting next year. This conflict has been brewing for a while, and we know both Apple and Facebook have radically different business propositions. While one firm values privacy, the other at present is widely perceived as not valuing very much.…
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Microsoft to bring Mesh avatars and virtual environments to Teams
Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to create their own animated avatars to meet with colleagues in 3D virtual environments, thanks to an upcoming integration of the company’s mixed reality platform, Mesh. Mesh, unveiled by Microsoft earlier this year, provides tools for the development of 2D and 3D virtual environments for collaboration and communication. To…