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The New Age of Learning Science with Virtual Reality: A Literature Review

ARVR

A 2006 study found that the use of educational games in different learning models and mixed realities are more likely to increase a student’s motivation to learn (Pan, Cheok, Yang, Zhu, & Shia, 2006). 2006) and also found that students generally find learning with virtual reality enjoyable. Trending AR VR Articles: 1.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this weekly VRScout Report, Google Earth in VR is a rush, Facebook analyzes your face w/ augmented reality, GE uses AR to talk to machines, the funding wrap-up, cure lazy eye with VR, and more…. GOOGLE EARTH IN VR IS A RUSH. Google’s first release of Earth VR is beautiful.

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Who Will Own the Metaverse?

AR Insider

When you’re “wearing” in Vernor Vinge’s 2006 book Rainbow’s End, contact lenses and computers woven into clothing serve up an assortment of competing realities and overlays. The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes.

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Top 37 VR Film Festivals to Attend in 2018

VeeR VR

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. In 2006 and 2007, the Festival received over 8600 film submissions and held 1,500 screenings. FIVARS is a presentation of VRTO – Toronto’s virtual reality meetup group and think tank.

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This is How Fake News Happens: The Reporting of Palmer Luckey and Nimble America

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Excerpt: “Palmer Luckey—founder of Oculus—is funding a Trump group that circulates dirty memes about Hillary Clinton.”. 6:10 PM @websterandrews2: guess I won’t be buying an oculus rift. The founder of Oculus is funding them. You’re using your @Oculus fortune to back a pro-Trump org w/ [Milo Yiannopoulos]?

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

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The company was later acquired by Google in 2010. Prior to Presence Capital, he was the founder and CTO of MyMiniLife (acquired by Zynga) and the founder and CEO of Toro (acquired by Google). Prior to Spatial, he founded BumpTop, a pioneering 3D, multi-touch, physics desktop interface inspired by real desks that he presented at TED.