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Leap Motion’s North Star is the DK1 of AR: hands-on preview and how to buy it!

The Ghost Howls

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community. Is it good? Is it easy to assemble one? On the downtown 3 train.

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Tilt Five Kickstarter Crests 300% Funding For Tabletop AR Platform

VRScout

Originally launched as CastAR on Kickstarter in 2013, the previous iteration of the technology saw lots of consumer interest. and Unreal Engine 4. . Image Credit: Tilt Five. For the Tilt Five team, this vision has been years in the making. Image Credit: Tilt Five.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.05.11): new Quest is in the works, Magic Leap may pivot to healthcare, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Investments in AR/VR companies are at 2013 level. Bad news for the VR ecosystem come from DigiCapital: the investments in AR/VR companies for the first quarter of 2020 are the lowest in these years and are back to the level of 2013. Unreal Engine 4.25 adds many XR features. UE4 Developers rejoice! In its latest 4.25

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The Future Group Raises $20 Million to Blend Real-world Video With Virtual Worlds

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Above: The Future Group is creating interactive mixed reality. The team started with the idea of augmented reality, or putting animated things in the real world, via something like glasses. The virtual environment will be built using the Unreal game engine, with technology built on top of it.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

Road to VR

CES 2013 / 2014: The Early Years. From the advent of the Oculus Rift in 2012, we saw Oculus attend the show for the first time in 2013 to show off their pre-production Rift headset prototype ahead of the DK1 launch, following their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. Oculus’ Pre-DK1 Prototype, shown at CES 2013.

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

VRScout

Although not meant to be an exhaustive list, here are the top 10 recent investments and funding events in the virtual reality and augmented reality space as we approach the close of Q3. Earlier this year, Seattle-based Polyarc received an Epic Games Unreal Developer grant for an unannounced project, code named “Moss.”

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The power of AI, VR and AR in medical imaging

Haptical

Oxford University study found that allowing patients to face their fears in virtual reality leads to significant reductions in anxiety. The study claims that patients are more willing to try out new psychological techniques knowing that the situation is unreal, thus reducing the effects of paranoia in real life. Brain Power 2.

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