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VR Operatives: How Espire Created One Of Australia’s Leading VR Game Studios

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The team just launched Espire 2 , a Quest 2-exclusive sequel to 2019’s Espire 1: VR Operative. Now with a team of 23 people, Digital Lode is one of the largest VR-focused studios in Australia, alongside others like Ritchie’s Plank Experience developers Toast. Espire 1: VR Operative released for Quest, PC VR and PSVR in November 2019.

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Celebrating the 2023 Auggie Awards and XR Prize Challenge

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Best Campaign It was the “great pleasure” of University of South Australia Professor of Computer Human Interaction Mark Billinghurst to present the Auggie Award for Best Campaign. Best Collaboration Tool Sony Electronics Head of XR Business Development Thaisa Yamamura was “honored to present” the Auggie Award for Best Collaboration Tool.

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Top 50 Asian Virtual Reality-Augmented Reality Leaders,Evangelists, Investors & Influencers

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The startup was rescued from bankruptcy by existing backer Candy Ventures in 2019. In June 2019, Magic Leap accused Xu of stealing AR glasses technology when he was an engineer working at the firm. He is an Adjunct Professor/Visiting Faculty at number of institutions in Australia, Singapore & India. 32- Dinesh Punni.