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Former Salesforce exec Bret Taylor is teaming up with Google AR/VR vet Clay Bavor on mystery startup

TechCrunch VR

He wanted to go build again — and today he and long time Google engineering veteran Clay Bavor announced they were teaming up on a new mystery project. Until then, I’ll be focusing on transitioning my teams and projects, and wrapping things up properly at Google.” Well, guess what?

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Celebrate Earth Day With These Nature Themed VR Experiences

VRScout

Developed by Frontline , Nova and Emblematic Group in association with X-Rez Studio and Realta, Greenland Melting is a captivating 6DoF VR film that shines a light on the gradual disappearance of Greenland’s famous glacial structures. GOOGLE EARTH VR. GREENLAND MELTING. PROJECT CHIMPS.

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The Future Of Computing: Supercloud And Sky Computing

Bernard Marr

This means that a business might have service agreements in place with, for example, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. Examples of when this might be useful are when services need to be delivered to a new group of users in a new region or when a particular data center becomes overloaded.

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The Rise of Consumer AR in China

VRScout

And a survey of 2,000 Chinese Internet users by iResearch Consulting Group found that 78% proactively seek out AR products to try. . China’s population of Internet users has nearly doubled since 2009. This gives the Chinese pioneers of AR—such as Baidu, the “Google” of China—a huge market for AR content.

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‘Mythica VR': VR LARP With D&D-style World Building Hits Kickstarter

Road to VR

Provided the project reaches its $80,000 funding goal, the studio is aiming to release Mythica VR on HTC Vive, Oculus Rift/DK2, Google Cardboard and with future support for Google Daydream. Pledge $20 or more – The game on release, for PC with the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, or iOS or Android with Google Cardboard.

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Documenting Culture, Art and Heritage with AR

RealVision VR

It was in 2009 that Augmented Reality had advanced sufficiently enough, for practical use in Kiosk like environments. ” and “Will Google create a Surrogate Reality World” At Right in Sharjah Museum: Gold pendant – Tell Abraq, 2200-2000 BC. Wearing Heritage Jewelry with the help of AR.

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XR Today Guide: What is Augmented Reality?

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Google, Apple, and other map programmes offer this functionality to users. Smart glass manufacturers and solution providers like Vuzix, Google, Nreal, RealWear, Lenovo, Magic Leap, and others offer full-spectrum devices capable of agile use cases. Google also revealed the world’s first smart glasses, Google Glass, in 2013.