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Haptics Project H2L Sells Shares To Sony Innovation, Raising Over $1.7 Million

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H2L (Happy Hacking Life), a Tokyo-based company that specializes in VR/AR related to gaming and tourism, has engineered a haptic device of their own and it is surprisingly low-profile. H2L raised funding recently by allocating shares to Energy & Environment Investment and the Sony Innovation Fund.

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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

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Featuring over 200 speakers, the event will cover in detail some of the most important topics in the industry, such as: VR/AR in the age of pandemics; Museums of the future; VR for good; Immersive arts and design; AR Cloud; Training in the workplace; Location-based entertainment; VR tourism and hospitality; Social VR.

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

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Companies are beginning to incorporate the technology into solutions across various industries, including healthcare, sports, education, tourism, and the automotive industry. This means that the wireless noise-canceling headphones from Sony not only let users stream music but also handle calls and get information on demand.

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HTC Partners With InterContinental Hotels To Bring Vive To Chinese Hotel Rooms

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We’ve often talked about VR being used for virtual tourism, but this isn’t exactly what we had in mind. HTC today announced a partnership with InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to bring the HTC Vive to sites in Chinese cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Sanya. More hotels will be added in the future.

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Report: VR and AR Device Market to hit $1.8 billion in 2018

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The research shows that nearly 70 percent of customers who own a dedicated VR headset such as an Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or Sony PlayStation VR have bought games for it, and more than half of smartphone VR owners bought games for their device. “There’s a growing array of exciting new content being developed.

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The Best 360º Cameras: VR Professionals Weigh-In

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Whether for the sake of storytelling, real estate tours, medical content, art, or tourism, they often ask the same question: What 360º camera should I be using? Created VR for Samsung, Sony, Sky, U2, FX, Warner Bros, and more. Four Sony a7S II cameras, four 8mm Samyang FE lenses, and rig?—?$12,000.

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Did Disney Take the Next “Step” of VR Input?

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Disney’s History with XR To some, Disney’s dive into XR hardware with its Holotile debut could seem out of the blue; however, this couldn’t be further from the truth – despite ups and downs.

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