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Big News From Meta, Samsung, Microsoft, and HTC VIVE

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Groups like Microsoft are leveraging a collapsing military contact to keep its IVAS device lineup alive for further funding, and HTC VIVE took note to explain the importance of enterprise end-users in discussion with the World Economic Forum. Microsoft Begin IVAS 1.2 Testing Microsoft may be fighting for Hololens.

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Mumbai Megapolis Metaverse-A Digital Twin for Infra Transformation

XROM

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 3: The Department of Tourism, the Government of Maharashtra, and the Tech Entrepreneurs Association of Mumbai (TEAM) signed an MoU in June 2023 for the groundbreaking 'Mumbai Megapolis Metaverse', to showcase ongoing infrastructure developments and envision the transformation of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (..)

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Apple Drops Pegatron, Picks Luxshare for MR Headset

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Pegatron has recently moved its operations abroad to India and North America, among others, to diversify its production facilities globally. Pegatron opened its second factory in Chennai, India, to reportedly manufacture Apple iPhones and “diversify production away from China,” according to Reuters.

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Epson Debuts New Moverio AR Glasses at AWE

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Epson India (@IndiaEpson) October 17, 2022. Companies such as Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Siemens, Google, Amazon, Shopify, and many others will join the two-day gathering to showcase their latest products, concepts, and visions for the future of immersive reality. Moverio smart glasses are changing the ways we work and learn.

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Accenture Faces 19,000 Layoffs amid Tech Turmoil

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The news comes amid a massive wave of layoffs across the tech industry, with Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon, and many others launching a second round of job cuts. Microsoft also laid off 11,000 workers across its operations, leading to the subsequent shuttering of its AltspaceVR metaverse platform.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Although Google Tango-style software that enables smartphones to sense their surrounding environment is required, you can choose from premade holograms and position the 3D model in your real world room (ICYMI here’s a primer on Google Tango ). India and U.S.-based …and more.

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The Best University Courses To Learn Metaverse Skills

Bernard Marr

Huge companies like Facebook and Microsoft are throwing vast sums of money at their attempts to build, and therefore define, the metaverse. Basically, if the metaverse is the new internet, then everyone wants to be the new Google - holding the keys to the huge amounts of money to be made from selling advertising there. BSc or M.A.

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