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Big XR News from Meta, Google, Unity, T-Mobile, KPMG

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Meanwhile, major technology firms Google and T-Mobile contributed further to the XR landscape with some significant project partnerships. Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity Google has launched Geospatial Creator for Unity, a new platform that allows developers to preview 3D assets in the Unity Editor.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First.

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How VR and AR Headsets Can Help Avoid The In-Flight Laptop Ban

VRScout

If you own a mobile VR or AR headset, the laptop ban might not be as bad as you think. Many passengers may find a better option with mobile VR headsets like the Samsung Gear VR or Google Daydream View. VR and AR headsets are also not listed on the TSA’s large electronic device ban fact sheet.

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I Invest In VR Companies–Here’s How To Get Hired By.

AllThingsVR

I Invest In VR Companies–Here’s How To Get Hired By One It’s impossible to walk 10 feet in Silicon Valley and not run into a VR/AR enthusiast. And since it’s accelerating faster than universities can add VR/AR coursework, most of the industry’s newcomers come in from other fields—not just professionally but geographically, too.

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EON Reality recognized as Top 100 Company Supporting Education Excellence by OCBJ and IPSF

EON Reality

On the Top 100, EON Reality is joined by organizations such as Google, The Hoag Foundation, and Kia Motors America, Inc. These companies are “investing in Orange County’s future by ensuring a world class education for each child,” so that they have every opportunity in the future to establish themselves properly in a professional environment.

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App lets you configure your VR viewer

Hypergrid Business

Google Cardboard-compatible viewers are a great choice for people who want to experience VR but don’t want to shell out the hundreds of dollars that the big-name headsets cost. In fact, these viewers can start at just $5, and are pretty good for watching VR videos and playing casual games. What to do?

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Web-Based Augmented Reality for E-Commerce, with Seek’s Jon Cheney

XR for Business Podcast

Getting started in AR marketing and virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if — like Walmart or Amazon — you’ve got hundreds of thousands of products to model and host. And where we’ve landed is in web-based AR. Alan: So you created this web-based AR visualizer. ” I sit on it.