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RIP, Xbox Live (2002-2021)

GizModo VR

You’ll still be able to play Xbox games online, but the suite of Xbox’s online services will now be known as “Xbox network,” Microsoft confirmed today to The Verge. The name “Xbox Live” is dead. Read more.

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Oculus CTO John Carmack Talks Immersive Technology On The Joe Rogan Podcast

VRScout

It was a fairly engaging conversation, during which Rogan remained uncharacteristically quiet as Carmack dove into each new topic with considerable detail; not a huge surprise considering Rogan’s well-known love of Quake and DOOM , two video games in which Carmack served as lead programmer. . Image Credit: Joe Rogan Experience. [

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VR medical visualization with 3D Visualizer

Doc-Ok

For the curious, 3D Visualizer’s architecture is described in detail in this old paper from 2002 (it’s quite amazing how the description of VR methods and interaction techniques from back then matches what’s commercially available today). This video was recorded by a third user sitting at a regular desktop computer.

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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

VR Playhouse

In 2002 alone, 17.6 While Sony competed in the home console space with several other companies, such as Sega and later Nintendo and Microsoft, what made the PS2 stand out was its built in DVD player. By 2002, the PS2 made up a total of 32% of all DVD players in America. Seems like a pretty good deal, right? Apparently so.

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

If you take the IKEA catalog, then it's much, much, much less, because most of the time we also do video sessions in those. I keep seeing these videos pop up of people doing occlusion in their living rooms and stuff like-- man! And we have had that all the way since 2002 in different versions. But it's a lot of 3D.

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

If you take the IKEA catalog, then it's much, much, much less, because most of the time we also do video sessions in those. I keep seeing these videos pop up of people doing occlusion in their living rooms and stuff like-- man! And we have had that all the way since 2002 in different versions. But it's a lot of 3D.

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Delivering Digital Meatballs in AR, with IKEA’s Martin Enthed

XR for Business Podcast

If you take the IKEA catalog, then it's much, much, much less, because most of the time we also do video sessions in those. I keep seeing these videos pop up of people doing occlusion in their living rooms and stuff like-- man! And we have had that all the way since 2002 in different versions. But it's a lot of 3D.

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