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Statistics & Forecasts
Apple Watch Sales Fall 55% in Second Quarter, IDC Report Says (Bloomberg)
Smartwatch shipments fall 32 percent in Q2 says IDC (ZDNET)
Mark Zuckerberg tells The Verge he expects AR devices to hit consumers in five to ten years (The Verge)
Device Announcements
Manus VR glove enters production (PR Newswire)
Razer’s second OSVR devkit is now available for pre-order (Engadget)
Major Milestones
Square Enix teases Apple Watch role-playing game (Ars Technica)
Flex and MAS Holdings announce new partnership to develop wearable tech (Flextronics)
Apple will sell limited edition Olympics watch bands (TechCrunch)
Mr. Robot and Suicide Squad debut VR experiences at Comic-Con (SF Gate)
Google Launches New Arts & Culture App With Virtual Reality (Forbes)
Google hires former Samsung VR exec to work on Daydream (TechCrunch)
SMI Expands OEM Platform with Eye Tracking HTC Vive Developer Kit (PR Newswire)
ODG ported Pokemon Go to its smart glasses (Wareable)
Japan Airlines piloted use of HoloLens for inspection and training (Network World)
DAQRI is opening an augmented reality center in Austria (CNET)
Rumours
Samsung’s new standalone VR headset may be called “Odyssey” (Road to VR)
HTC partnering with HP to provide Vive-branded desktop PCs (Digital Trends)
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