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NYT: Mandalorian Director Favreau Building Dinosaur Experience For Apple’s Headset

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The New York Times reports that Jon Favreau is developing “video content” for Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset , expected to launch next year. However, Favreau is no stranger to virtual reality either. “So it felt like we were making a live action film inside virtual reality.”. .

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What is Spatial Computing in simple terms?

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Without spatial technology, a virtual reality environment would be something you could see and walk around, but never touch or interact with. You could see a virtual book on a table, but reaching out wouldn’t let you flip through the pages. It was introduced initially by Simon Greenwold in 2003.

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Banking In The Metaverse – The Next Frontier For Financial Services

Bernard Marr

Linden Labs’ Second Life is often cited as one of the first metaverse environments, having been in existence since 2003. It also features a tiger and a portrait of the company CEO, Jamie Dimon. This trend is actually not as new as it seems, however.

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A brief history of VR and AR

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By the time Howard Rheingold’s “Virtual Reality” was published in 1991, the Sensorama was already a “slowly deteriorating” relic stashed away in a cabana next the pool at its inventor’s West Los Angeles home. NASA promotion shot of VIEW (Virtual Interactive Environment Workstation). Helig died in 1997 at age 70.

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

From zero gravity chambers to organic gaming consoles, Hollywood has been dreaming up some of the biggest and best ways to implement virtual reality for decades. Head mounted display: Fitting the mold of a headset that Apple would produce, Johnny dons a sleek chrome arc that covers from forehead to nose. The Cell (2000).