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Google Reportedly Working On Its Own Mixed Reality Glasses

VRScout

Codenamed Project Iris, sources claim the device will rely upon Google’s data centers to render content remotely and beam it to the headset via a stable internet connection. If real, Project Iris would be the company’s first AR device since the ill-fated Google Glass, which was released in 2013 to underwhelming reception.

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OpenBCI Announces Brain-Computer Interface Designed Specifically for VR/AR Headsets

Road to VR

Called Galea , the company says its new hardware is designed to attach to both AR and VR headsets, arriving with a multiple sensors designed to monitor biometric data streams in real time. Galea will also include SDKs to bring its stream of biometric data into “common development environments,” the company says.

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Mystery of a strange, mirrored double galaxy solved using Hubble data

Digital Trends

A strange object discovered in 2013 seemed to show two perfectly mirrored galaxies. Now astronomers have figured out why.

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Google to Publicly Test AR Prototypes Starting in August

Road to VR

For example, our AR prototypes don’t support photography and videography, though image data will be used to enable experiences like translating the menu in front of you or showing you directions to a nearby coffee shop.” “In that case, the image data is first scrubbed for sensitive content, including faces and license plates.

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Crisis Text Line tried to monetize its users. Can big data ever be ethical?

Mashable VR

Years after Nancy Lublin founded Crisis Text Line in 2013, she approached the board with an opportunity : What if they converted the nonprofit's trove of user data and insights into an empathy-based corporate training program? Yet the promise of such breakthroughs often overshadows the risks of misusing or abusing data.

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Marvel at the beauty of our galaxy with most detailed map of Milky Way to date

Digital Trends

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released the most detailed ever catalogue of our galaxy, using data from the Gaia mission launched in 2013.

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nDreams Announces $2M Fund for VR Devs Looking for a Publisher

Road to VR

nDreams says that in addition to providing development funds, the studio is also capable of offering publishing support, market knowledge, data insights, first-party relationships, and game marketing & sales experience. Additionally, nDreams says it can provide QA, localization, production, and technical/design consultation.

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