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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

THE STANDALONE MOBILE HEADSET THAT HTC IS KEEPING IN JAPAN. Remember, HTC is the Taiwanese-based hardware manufacturer and the HTC Vive Tech Corporation is a subsidiary that partners with American-based software company Valve for content via their huge Steam library. AIRLINES TESTING AUGMENTED REALITY TO READ YOUR EMOTIONS.

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XR Training Offers Major Boost to Learner Outcomes, CWRU Exec Says

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Farrow stated that her medical school, one of the top 25 institutions in the United States, developed a new facility in 2014. Several of the world’s biggest tech giants, including Meta Platforms, Sony, Agora, HTC VIVE, Unity Technologies, Qualcomm, Magic Leap, Lenovo, and many others joined the event.

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A brief history of VR and AR

TechCrunch VR

In 2014, the social media giant purchased Oculus for nearly $3 billion. Image Credits: TechCrunch When HTC began imagining life after the smartphone, it looked a lot like VR. Later that year at Mobile World Congress, HTC announced the Vive name during its official unveil. Facebook certainly believed so.

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Retraining for a Post-Retirement World with VRVoice’s Bob Fine

XR for Business Podcast

In January 2014, he launched his second print titled The Startup Monthly in May 2016, he launched — what I love — VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. Alan: Yeah.

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Retraining for a Post-Retirement World with VRVoice’s Bob Fine

XR for Business Podcast

In January 2014, he launched his second print titled The Startup Monthly in May 2016, he launched — what I love — VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. I finally — finally, after a year and a half — I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. Alan: Yeah.

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Celebrating the 2023 Auggie Awards and XR Prize Challenge

ARPost

Zappar’s Zapbox , DigiLens’ ARGO , Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 , the Magic Leap 2 , XREAL (previously Nreal) Air , and the Varjo XR 3 Focal Edition were all in the running, but the prize went to the HTC VIVE XR Elite. We’re just so happy. We’re so excited to be recognized here.”

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Retraining for a Post-Retirement World with VRVoice's Bob Fine

XR for Business Podcast

In January 2014, he launched his second print titled The Startup Monthly in May 2016, he launched -- what I love -- VRVoice.co, a content vertical on all things virtual reality. I finally -- finally, after a year and a half -- I got to try out the Magic Leap in Laval, and it was a good experience. Alan: Absolutely. Alan: Yeah.