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The VRScout Report – HTC Vive Drops $200, Clash of Clans in AR, & VR Mind Control

VRScout

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. … well, sort of. You still have to set it up). in funding. Alejandro G.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

Steve Mann is commonly referred to as the “father of wearable computing” for innovations like the EyeTap, which combined computer processing with graphical design and textual overlays. But building a wearable general-purpose computer with wireless digital-communications capabilities was itself a feat.

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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. It released a development framework utilizing image recognition and tracking, and geolocation technologies in 2012. It has applications in training and educational use cases.

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Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

XR for Business Podcast

Barry: It started out of a project which we did in collaboration with IBM and Jaguar Land Rover in 2012 when Jaguar Land Rover was rebranding their whole setup. HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. That’s where it really needs to push. Alan: Yeah? How was it?

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Put the Car of Your Dreams in Your Living Room, with ZeroLight’s Barry Hoffman

XR for Business Podcast

Barry: It started out of a project which we did in collaboration with IBM and Jaguar Land Rover in 2012 when Jaguar Land Rover was rebranding their whole setup. HTC did something with Batman; that Game of Thrones thing; some of the demos that Magic Leap had really. That’s where it really needs to push. Alan: Yeah? How was it?