Augmented reality
View of the real world with computer-generated supplementary features
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| 2025 |
Apple Vision Pro
Apple reportedly plans to release a cheaper Vision Pro model by the end of the year
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| 2025 |
Integrated Visual Augmentation System
The US Army aims to field an improved version of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) in Fiscal Year 2025.
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| 2025 |
Integrated Visual Augmentation System
Revised target date for fielding the IVAS, with Anduril Industries expected to assume oversight of production, hardware and software development, and delivery timelines, pending Department of Defense approval.
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| January 19 2025 |
Meta Horizon OS
Mark Rabkin, Meta's Vice President of Horizon OS and Quest, attributed the device issues to a four-year-old Android file system bug that could cause file corruption during read/write operations, exacerbated by a security patch preventing OS rollback. The v72 rollout was temporarily halted for bug diagnosis.
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| 2024 |
Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro was released in global territories throughout the year, introducing a mixed-reality spatial computer with innovative interaction methods like motion gestures, eye tracking, and speech recognition.
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| December 2024 |
Meta Horizon OS
In Horizon OS v71, OVRLipSync was replaced by the Audio to Expression feature, an AI-driven system that generates approximate facial gestures on avatars using speech recognition.
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| December 2024 |
Project Iris
Google announces the Android XR extended reality operating system as the spiritual successor to the cancelled Project Iris.
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| December 31 2024 | Cloud services for Magic Leap 1 will cease, with core functionality reaching end-of-life and the device and apps stopping working. |
| December 30 2024 |
Meta Horizon OS
Meta responded to persistent headset issues by offering free replacements and store credits for affected users, including refurbished replacements for devices outside warranty.
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| December 28 2024 |
Meta Horizon OS
Meta initially reported that the software issue causing Quest 2, 3, and 3s update failures was fixed after users experienced boot problems with a 'Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted' error.
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| November 15 2024 |
Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro became available in South Korea and the UAE.
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| October 2024 | Quantic Dream announced the game had sold over 10 million units. |
| August 2024 | Magic Leap raised at least $3.5 billion, including $750 million from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. |
| July 2024 | Magic Leap cut about 75 jobs, including its entire sales and marketing teams. The company also announced a partnership with Google. |
| July 12 2024 |
Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro launched in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the UK.
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| June 2024 | Perfect Dark is re-released on the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack via the Mature 17+ app. |
| June 28 2024 |
Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro became available for purchase in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore.
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| April 22 2024 |
Meta Horizon OS
Meta announced the rebranding of the platform to Meta Horizon OS and revealed plans to open it to third-party headset manufacturers, including Microsoft, Asus, and Lenovo.
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| February 2 2024 |
Apple Vision Pro
Official launch date of Apple Vision Pro in the United States.
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| January 2024 |
Project Iris
Google lays off much of its AR hardware team.
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| January 19 2024 |
Apple Vision Pro
Pre-orders for Apple Vision Pro began at 5:00 a.m. PST, selling out in 18 minutes with up to 200,000 units pre-ordered.
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| January 17 2024 |
Google Lens
Samsung Electronics and Google jointly announced Circle to Search, a new feature integrated with Google Lens that allows users to search the web by circling images. Initially launched on Samsung Galaxy S24 and Pixel 8 devices.
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| January 8 2024 |
Apple Vision Pro
Apple announced the release date of Apple Vision Pro as February 2, 2024, in the United States.
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| 2023 |
Apple Vision Pro
Evans Hankey, Ive's successor, left the company. Geoff Stahl led the development of visionOS, the operating system for the Vision Pro.
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| 2023 | Joanna prevents an NSA strike team from killing and replacing the President of the United States with a dataDyne-grown clone. |
| 2023 | Joanna survives a plane crash and eliminates the President's clone, rescuing the real President. |
| 2023 | Joanna defeats the Skedar leader on the Skedar homeworld, leaving the Skedar in disarray. She and Elvis escape just before the Maian navy initiates an orbital bombardment. |
| 2023 | Joanna and Elvis follow dataDyne to an ancient spacecraft, where she restores Dr. Caroll's original personality and sets the weapon to self-destruct. |
| 2023 | The Skedar assault the Carrington Institute and capture Joanna, who is later freed by Cassandra de Vries during a space journey. |
| 2023 | Joanna Dark, an agent of the Carrington Institute, is sent on her first mission to extract Dr. Caroll, an AI, from a dataDyne laboratory. |
| 2023 | An unofficial PC port of Perfect Dark was released by fans. |
| 2023 | Carrington is held captive at his private villa by dataDyne soldiers and is subsequently rescued by Joanna Dark. |
| December 2023 |
Project Iris
The Information reports Google's plans to integrate a new virtual assistant 'Pixie' into glasses, powered by Gemini large language model.
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| December 2023 | Quantic Dream announced the game had sold 9 million units. |
| November 2023 |
Project Iris
9to5Google discovers potential evidence of Iris project revival, finding code referencing Iris and Google Assistant activation.
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| August 2023 |
Integrated Visual Augmentation System
Testing of IVAS 1.2 commenced after 20 prototypes were delivered to the US Army. Microsoft was awarded a contract for the next program stage, which includes delivering 280 pre-production and 'production representative' IVAS 1.2 systems for testing in Fiscal Year 2024.
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| July 2023 |
Google Lens
A Google Bard update integrated Google Lens, enabling users to upload images and retrieve image-based information with their prompts.
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| July 2023 |
Project Iris
Business Insider reports that Google has shelved Project Iris as part of company-wide cost-cutting measures.
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| June 2023 |
Project Iris
Apple unveils Vision Pro, causing frustration among Google employees and leading to the shelving of Project Iris.
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| June 6 2023 |
Apple Vision Pro
Apple acquired AR headset startup Mira, onboarding eleven of its employees.
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| June 5 2023 |
Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro was officially announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC23).
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| April 2023 | A fan-created PlayStation 1-style 'Dead Space Demake' was released as a playable demo. |
| March 2023 |
Project Iris
Google discontinued Glass Enterprise, marking a shift in their AR hardware strategy.
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| March 2023 |
Integrated Visual Augmentation System
The US Army exhibited IVAS version 1.2, featuring significant design changes including a separated controller, rear-mounted computer, and a new flat display with a flip-up hinge. The field of view was reduced from 70 to 60 degrees, and improvements were made to the thermal camera.
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| February 2023 |
Project Iris
Chung departs from Google.
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| January 2023 |
Integrated Visual Augmentation System
The Director, Operational Test and Evaluation published a critical report on IVAS 1.0, highlighting significant performance issues and soldiers' negative experiences with the system.
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| January 2023 | Total sales reached 8 million units. |
| 2022 |
Google Lens
Google Lens gradually replaced the reverse image search functionality of Google Images, first in Google Chrome and later as a web application.
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| 2022 |
Meta Horizon OS
Meta Quest Pro launched, enabling color passthrough for the extended reality operating system.
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