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The latest in immersive news bring us collabs between giants Magic Leap and Spotify, as well as Snap and Verizon, along with mind blowing haptic skin and an app for anxiety.

Among this week in immersive news brings us another rumour surrounding Apple's AR headset, the latest in haptic feel and life-size 3D houses.

This week in AR is all about the latest in AR wearables. Apple files a new AR patent hinting at their upcoming headsets capabilities, Facebook announces a breakthrough in computer vision and Samsung joins the headset race!

What's new in AR and immersive tech? Well this time we got the latest on the rumoured Apple AR glasses, a haptic mat from Microsoft and volumetric video capture for mobile web browsers, to mention a few!

What's new in the past week of AR and immersive tech? Haptic touch – nano-thin, visualization of bluetooth and Wi-Fi signals and a another light-weight MR glass contender and more, in this week of Arilyn's AR weekly.

So what's new in AR and immersive tech this week? Well, Facebook is making advancements in hand-tracking on two different fronts, personalised 3D avatars are all the rage as well as drone pilot training with the help of AR. 

Simon Sinek's first TEDx talk from 2009 is the 3rd most-watched TED talk of all time, clocking at well over 46 million views at the moment. If you haven't watched it already, please do so now. The speech is well worth the twenty minutes.

WebAR, or as we like to call it, browser-based AR, is Augmented Reality that can be experienced from a mobile browser, straight from your smartphone. Why is this such a big deal? Because while WebAR means no applications – it also means a more seamless experience for consumers. Augmented Reality available from every smartphone browser without app installs. Count me in!