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Getting started with Augmented Reality (AR)

ARVR

Users can use HMD devices such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Quest, Rift or HTC Vive to experience an imaginary environment. Projection based  — Directly overlays digital projections onto the physical world by making use of varied machine vision technology, often by combining visible light cameras with 3D sensing systems such as depth cameras.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Google recently announced that they are partnering with HTC Vive and Lenovo to build new wireless headsets which we can look forward to later this year. Founded in 2012, the company’s mission empowers developers to build enormous and detailed environments utilizing machine learning and distributed via cloud computing infrastructure.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy.

AllThingsVR

Owlchemy Labs, founded in 2010, has raised $5 million in seed funding from Capital Factory, Qualcomm Ventures, Colopl VR Fund, HTC and The Venture Reality Fund. He was hired in 2012 by founder Palmer Luckey directly; they were longtime friends before Dycus became the first Oculus employee.“I Read more here. months away!

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Despite The ‘VR Desert’ Developers Can Still Find Ways To Survive

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Just ask Vander Caballero, founder of Minority Media , creator of the VR game Time Machine VR. Montreal-based Minority Media, which also created the groundbreaking PSN title Papo Y Yo in 2012, created the dinosaur undersea adventure game that launched on the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets in May 2017. Did it make money?

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How Hollywood Has Predicted VR in Movies

VRScout

Since the Oculus Kickstarter in 2012, VR has seen a revival on the big screen as it becomes a more affordable and accessible consumer device. Once in the game, the main villain and namesake, Arcade acts as an overlord, challenging players, learning and adapting as gameplay progresses. The Matrix Trilogy (1999-2003).

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IGS 2022 Miami: XR Today Expert Round Table

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Allen discussed the benefits of immersive learning platforms, citing a company study on the return on investment (ROI) for clients via VR training. Regarding upskilling challenges across multiple verticals, Allen discussed the costs and expenses of creating immersive learning experiences. Oberon Technologies.

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Driving Innovation with Automotive VR Pioneer Elizabeth Baron

XR for Business Podcast

My interview earlier today was with the president of HTC VIVE, Alvin Wang Graylin, and one of the things that they announced last week at the VIVE conference is that they’re now doing eye tracking, and hand tracking, and lip tracking, and I think these are new — fairly new — technologies. I mean, we’re here to learn.