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Big XR News from Meta, Google, Unity, T-Mobile, KPMG

XR Today - Virtual Reality

While some scepticism still arises around the widespread adoption of XR in its many forms, it appears clear that as generational factors, device optimization, and innovation acceleration progress, as should widespread immersive technology adoption. trillion (in 2015 U.S. Metaverse to Contribute 2.8% trillion in global GDP by 2031.

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Circuit Stream: XR Learning Hub for AR/VR Developers and Designers

ARPost

Job roles are opening up, and the youth and adults alike are becoming more and more interested in the immersive world that AR/VR brings. Immersive technology has yet to hit the mainstream market, but investments in the broad XR industry are already predicted to exceed a market value of $250 billion by 2028.

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Big XR News from Immerse Global Summit 2023, Meta, Cognitive3D, and RealWear

XR Today - Big XR News tag

The Immerse Global Summit (IGS) will kick off its 2023 edition in Orlando, Florida, between 17 and 23 October. The Immerse Global Summit has earned an incredible reputation for its insightful speeches from some of the world’s leading XR brands. Andre Elijah Immersive Inc.

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Orlando Mayor Offers 2,500 Open Positions to Build Metaverse in the MetaCenter

ARPost

Since 2015, Orlando has seen a 46% growth in the number of tech companies in the area, with over 1,600 companies now calling it home. Available at the marketing center in downtown Orlando, users can access immersive experiences via an experience-based platform to explore the region in a more convenient way.

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Report: Leaked Email Reveals Facebook XR Strategy, ‘Our goal is not only to win, but to accelerate its arrival’

Road to VR

The key apps are what you’d expect: social communication and media consumption, especially immersive video. Further into the email, Zuckerberg says that he was “supportive of acquiring Unity,” one of the leading game engines for both non-VR and VR gaming content.

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Behind the Industrial Metaverse: Microsoft’s Big Gamble?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

This time last year, Meta promised that the Metaverse would launch immersive remote communication into the mainstream. At the start of 2023, many Metaverse vendors promoted how immersive worlds could completely change how the world works and lives. Will 2024 be the year for the industrial Metaverse? Is the Metaverse dead?

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IGS Europe 2022 to Rally XR at Madeira’s Savoy Palace

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Organisations such as the VR/AR Association have responded to the demands of a rapidly changing tech sector since 2015 by providing a platform capable of facilitating such transformative development. Immerse Global Summit (@ImmerseSummit) September 5, 2022. Conference A-List Attendees.

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