This week's big news, AR, the news said that Apple AR will be equipped with M2 chips; Google is developing new AR glasses based on the acquisition of North patents; Vuzix will cooperate with Verizon on AR game solutions; Play America Mobile released the 2021 AR beauty trend report; Apple poached Meta AR product PR executives; and a number of magic Leap executives have left in 2021.
In terms of VR, Christmas Quest 2 became a popular gift, and VR application sales soared; Steam announced the 2021 VR game best-seller list; Play Dream YVR released a VR all-in-one machine; OWO released a thin and light VR somatosensory T-shirt; bHaptics launched TactGlove, a haptic glove that supports gestures.
In terms of financing and acquisitions, Meta announced the acquisition of data synthesis startup AI.Reverie and integration into Reality Labs; 3D avatar platform Ready Player Me received $13 million series A financing; and AR optical module manufacturer Longjing Optoelectronics completed a round of financing of more than 100 million yuan.
AR| Apple AR/MR will come with M2
According to Weibo blogger @mobile phone chip master news: Apple AR/VR glasses using M2 Staten chips, plus a coprocessor Bora chip, are TSMC foundry, is expected to be mass production time 2022 at the end of the fourth quarter.
AR | Google is developing new AR glasses
According to the New York Times, Google is developing a brand new smart glasses. Google has previously begun recruiting an AR operating system team to develop software for an innovative AR device, and the team's leader, Mark Lucovsky, has previously worked for Meta.
AR | the technological maturity behind the "metacosm"
The "metaverse" has been so hot lately that there are too many cheaters, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. So how far have these so-called "metaversic" technologies developed? You can refer to the summary of the public name XRCV.
AR | Xerox PARC to develop an AR guidance system
Xerox's PARC Research Center signed a $5.8 million contract with DARPA (U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to develop a personalized AI task guidance system based on vision scanning for AR headsets. It is reported that the system is characterized by the ability to scan the text in documents such as manuals and provide personalized AR mission guidance for soldiers.
AR| Vuzix will work with Verizon
Vuzix will work with Verizon to develop AR sports and gaming solutions based on 5G and edge cloud based on Vuzix's new AR glasses Shield.
AR | 2021 AR Beauty Trends Report
Play beauty mobile released the annual data review "Beauty by Numbers", which takes stock of the most popular AR makeup trial types this year, consumer preferences, and predicts some noteworthy AR makeup tryout trends and consumer behaviors next year. Related reading: 2021 AR Beauty Trends Report: The Most Popular AR Color Test Product Is It
AR | Apple poached Meta AR product PR executives
Foreign media reported that Apple poached an executive from Meta, Andrea Schubert, who had served as the head of external communication for AR projects at Meta. Allegedly, this is Apple preparing for the launch of AR/MR glasses products next year.
AR | Apple to issue bonuses to avoid employees from jumping jobs to Meta
According to Bloomberg, to avoid the loss of talent to technology companies such as Meta, Apple is rewarding some top talent with restricted shares worth up to $180,000, with a four-year ownership period.
Ar| Magic Leap executives have left one after another
Magic Leap has lost a number of executives this year, including CPO Tracey Trewin, chief software and cloud manager Anuj Gosalia, cloud product head Randall Hand, UI director Yannick Pellet, technical director Paul Greco, managing director Henk Vilestra and patent head David Lundmark.
AR| LG will use AR/VR self-guided virtual tours
LG announced that it will showcase and release dozens of new products at CES 2022 and leverage VR/AR technology to provide a virtual interactive experience for offline visitors.
AR | Baidu launched an intelligent digital person platform
At Baidu Create 2021, Baidu released the intelligent digital person platform "Baidu Intelligent Cloud Xiling". This is the latest achievement in the application of Baidu AI technology, which will further reduce the application threshold of digital people and provide a variety of digital person production, content creation, and business configuration services for all walks of life.
AR | AR Children's Reading Program
South Korean education program company Woongjin ThinkBig has announced that it will be showcasing ar children's reading program ARpedia at CES 2022. It is reported that ARpedia combines mobile apps with paper books, compatible with iOS and Android systems, and is characterized by the use of AR to make the stories and characters in the book more vivid and enhance children's sense of participation in reading.
VR | Christmas Quest 2 into a popular gift
Compared with last Christmas, under the strong promotion of Meta from the promotion, app content, etc., Quest 2 seems to be more popular this Christmas, on TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and other social and video platforms, you can often see Reaction videos about children receiving Quest 2 as a gift.
VR | sales of VR apps soared during Christmas
This Christmas, the Quest 2 all-in-one seems to be a hot commodity overseas. Dennys Kuhnert, developer of the VR gesture interaction game Hand Physics Lab, said: "Hand Physics Lab's sales at Christmas are "unprecedented", even exceeding the level of the launch day, and many new users are using VR. The App Lab game Gorilla Tag reached 26,000 people online at the same time on Christmas Day, with a total of 344,000 users.
VR | Steam 2021 VR Game Bestseller List
Steam released the 2021 Best-Selling Top 100 VR Game List, which, as in previous years, is divided into four categories: Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. More than 500 new VR exclusive games have been launched throughout the year, and vr titles at the top of the top list have continued to win many consecutive times, and only one new member, "Into the Radius", has entered the platinum list.
VR | play out the dream YVR released VR all-in-one machine
Play out the dream of the brand YVR released the first VR all-in-one machine: YVR-DK1, from the name to set a "developer version" attribute, but has been on sale, the price of 3999 yuan. Hardware specifications, YVR-DK1 equipped with Snapdragon XR2 chip, 8GB + 128GB storage, 4200mAh battery, life of about 2.5 hours, the handle is also charged design.
VR | OOO released thin and light VR body-feeling T-shirts
Startup OOO released a VR somatosensory T-shirt featuring elastic, breathable Lycra materials and wireless designs that simulate a variety of body sensations such as free fall, high speed, weightlifting, insect bites, knife wounds, gunshot wounds, penetrating wounds and tenderness.
VR | bHaptics haptic gloves TactGlove
South Korean VR somatosensory solution manufacturer bHaptics announced lightweight flexible VR somatosensory gloves TactGlove, which is compatible with AR/VR headsets such as Quest 2 that support gesture recognition, supports sensitive tactile perception, lightweight, wireless, endurance of 4 hours, elastic materials, washable lining, and each finger is equipped with a small LRA linear motor and so on.
VR | Erwei Aoshi VR microdisplay chip
Seoul Viosys will showcase the new VR microdisplay chip WICOP mc at CES 2022. It is reported that WICOP technology is characterized by no packaging, wireless design, suitable for good thermal conductivity, large power scenarios, help to manufacture mini LED or Micro LED screens with a size of less than 100 microns.
VR | online exhibition hall cooperated by Samsung and ZEPETO
Samsung will partner with ZEPETO to showcase the virtual world experience My House online during CES 2022. It is reported that Samsung will introduce self-developed virtual space content into the ZEPETO virtual platform through the world map in "My House".
VR | VR monitoring training program for takeaway robots
Robotics solutions company Carbon Origins announced that it will be showcasing a delivery robot VR remote supervision and training program at CES 2022 and is starting to recruit VR drivers so you can make money delivering food at home.
VR | Meta executive: Cambria is positioned at the high end
Meta Reality Labs boss Andrwe Bosworth released a blog post titled "Looking Back at 2021, Looking Forward to 2022", mentioning that the new VR headset Cambria is in the high-end version of Quest 2, but will not replace Quest 2.
VR| Hello Saturday promo with Quest 2 footage
According to Mango TV news, the former Hunan Satellite TV's popular variety show "Happy Base Camp" was upgraded to "Hello Saturday", and several of the latest promotional films used Meta Quest 2 shots. Considering that Meta does not have a business in China, it also means that it is a non-customer advertising nature, which is also a recognition of Quest 2.
VR | Half-Life: Alex Mod
Mod developer TheBoxTrot released Portal Mod, adding Valve's portal first-person gameplay/mode to the VR game Half-Life: Alex.
VR | Polygon World VR began internal testing
Vr social platform Polygon World began private beta and currently supports Pico Neo 3 and SideQuest.
The acquisition | Meta's acquisition of AI.Reverie
Meta acquired data synthesis startup AI.Reverie and integrated it into Reality Labs with the goal of accelerating data synthesis capabilities for building AR/VR metaversymic platforms, such as training intelligent assistants.
Financing | ReadyPlayerMe raised $13 million
3D virtual avatar platform Ready Player Me completed a $13 million Series A financing, led by Taavet+Sten, followed by GitHub co-founder Tom Preston-Werner, Samsung Next, And Adobe AR head and co-founder Stefano Corazza.
Financing | Longjing Optoelectronics completed a C1 round of financing of more than 100 million yuan
Longjing Optoelectronics completed more than 100 million yuan C1 round of financing, this round of financing led by Huaqiang Capital, Langmafeng Venture Capital, Haojun Capital, Guiquan Changqing and other institutions to follow the investment, the old shareholder Junsheng Investment continued to increase investment, Hanergy Investment as the exclusive financial adviser.