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A Guide to Virtual Reality Resources and Funding for Professionals

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The internationally available programmes help scale XR solutions for arts & entertainment, industry, tourism, retail, and more. Although, the US Army hit a roadblock in August when it slashed funding towards developing a Microsoft-powered XR training solution. What Funding and Support are Available for the Virtual Reality Industry?

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AR Smart Glasses: Expert Roundtable

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Two areas where we see great potential with AR glasses are cultural tourism and education. In the design and engineering sector, particularly in automobile, architecture, and construction, 53% of businesses use AR for virtual product design and engineering, facilitated by 3D engines like Unreal Engine and Unity.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

AR is being applied in training and education, healthcare, heads-up wayfinding and navigation, tourism, retail, field service, real estate sales, design and architecture. In another scenario, we may see game engines dominant, like Unity or Unreal. Some recent acquisitions include AltspaceVR (Microsoft), and Escher (Niantic).

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

Road to VR

In fact, games only account for 35% of projects underway, as the rest are focused on fields like psychology and neuroscience (12%), education (7%), tourism (7% ), and architecture and real estate (6%). Currently VR First is boasting more than 50 projects in development at the labs, and not just games. image courtesy VR First.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

I’ve got to try this thing called Vasco, which is a scent machine that mounts to the bottom of your VR headset that you can program — so, you program in Unity or Unreal. We’re not tied to Microsoft. I reached out, grab a cup of coffee. I smelled it, smelled like coffee. And the result is always the same.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

I’ve got to try this thing called Vasco, which is a scent machine that mounts to the bottom of your VR headset that you can program — so, you program in Unity or Unreal. We’re not tied to Microsoft. I reached out, grab a cup of coffee. I smelled it, smelled like coffee. And the result is always the same.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?'s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

I've got to try this thing called Vasco, which is a scent machine that mounts to the bottom of your VR headset that you can program -- so, you program in Unity or Unreal. We're not tied to Microsoft. I jumped back. I reached out, grab a cup of coffee. I smelled it, smelled like coffee. And the result is always the same.

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