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The World of Mobile VR After Pokemon Go

VRWorld

Perhaps it is only just that Google’s April Fools joke named “Pokemon Challenge” became the most popular, or one of most popular games on the market – the Pokemon Go , This Augmented Reality (AR), or Mixed Reality (MR or MxR, as named by Magic Leap ) which criss-crosses the technologies as merely the start of things to come.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

The term “augmented reality” wasn’t officially coined until 1990, but the 80s also saw important breakthroughs in the space. In the 90s, virtual reality was the future of entertainment, gaming, socialization and work. In 2016, Microsoft began shipping a developer edition of its mixed reality HoloLens system, priced at $3,000.

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