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New Study Calculates Annual XR Funding at $1.6 Billion

Week of March 25 • Issue #24 • 402 subscribers

New Study Calculates Annual XR Funding at $1.6 Billion

📊 Week Ahead

  • Mar 25, 2025 – The Future of Speech Therapy: How VR and AI Empower Clinicians and Transform Developmental Learning (VRARA Healthcare Monthly Meeting) – Register Here
  • Mar 27, 2025 – Best of Europe 2025: XR and AI (Virtual Summit) – Event Details
  • Mar 31, 2025 – Watch the video recordings from Best of Europe 2025: XR + AI – Watch Recordings

🔬 Deep Dive

Breaking: 90% Latency Reduction in AR Neural Interfaces Could Unlock $50B Market
Stay Ahead of the Spatial Computing Revolution

💰 Market Moves

  • frontline.io raises $10 M Series A to accelerate global expansion of its AI-driven XR platform – Read More
  • New study calculates annual XR funding at $1.6 B, highlighting consolidation in top deals – Dive In
  • Google largely ignored Android XR at GDC 2025, raising concerns among indie developers – Learn Why
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🎯 Research Radar

  • Gaussian Splatting Revolutionizes 3D Capture, delivering real-time photorealistic volumetric video – The Verge
  • GuardSplat: Robust Watermarking for 3D Gaussian Splatting – CVPR 2025 Paper
  • Hybrid 3D–4D Gaussian Splatting for Dynamic Scenes, balancing spatial and temporal fidelity – arXiv

📋 Patent Watch

  • Adaptive adjustment system and method for brightness of holographic waveguide display device (U.S. Patent No. 12112722) – View Patent
  • AR Glasses With Photovoltaic Power (US 20250076661 A1) – Google Patents
  • Snap-Fit AR Glasses Assembly (WO 2025073114 A1) – Google Patents

✅ Prediction Tracker

  • ✗ Overestimated Apple’s AR timeline
  • ⏳ Watching our Magic Leap prediction

💬 Community Pulse

  • Poll Results: 67 % expect a major AR breakthrough in 2025 – View Poll
  • Reader Question: “What about haptic feedback?”

📅 Calendar

  • Mar 27–28, 2025: Best of Europe 2025: XR and AI – Event Details
  • Mar 31, 2025: Video Recordings – Best of Europe 2025 – Watch Here
  • Apr 9–10, 2025: VRARA Central Florida Immersive Technology Summit – Register
  • May 1, 2025: XR Summit 2025 (Auburn University) – Learn More