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Google Adds 50 New AR Animals To Google App & Chrome

VRScout

Google has expanded its lineup of 3D animals available via Google Search with 50 new creatures. In a video released on Twitter, the company showcases just a handful of the augmented reality animals now accessible via the Google app and compatible Chrome browsers. Image Credit: Google. Hippos and cows and giraffes, oh my!

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5 VR Apps for Exploring the World

ARPost

Since the spring of 2020, we have learned that all our vacation plans can be delayed indefinitely. Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR is one of the most detailed and comprehensive VR exploration experiences for anyone. All the areas of the globe mapped by Google cars are now available in the VR app.

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Weyo’s Kid-Friendly AR Apps Offer A Magical Escape While Under Lockdown

VRScout

The Wiggles Fun Time with Faces has enjoyed huge popularity with The Wiggles’ fans all over the world, reaching # 1 in Australia and New Zealand, Top 5 on App Stores worldwide, as well as winning several leading industry awards for innovation. Most recently the app earned a nomination for the 2020 Licensing International Excellence Awards.

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Snagging Pearson’s AR assets and $1 million in cash, GIGXR is ready for its close up

TechCrunch VR

As a training tool in enterprises, virtual and augmented reality headsets find themselves following a similar trajectory as Google’s trailblazing (and much maligned) Glass technology. Australia, and the United Kingdom, will continue to receive support from GIGXR for their augmented reality-influenced curriculum.

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This year's Earth Day Google Doodle is a grim look at climate change's real impact

Mashable VR

As such, Google is marking the occasion with a graphic reminder of our failings, publishing a bleak Earth Day Google Doodle which illustrates the horrible impact climate change has already had. April 22's Google Doodle includes a variety of GIFs created from photos of real locations, all taken over several years. Credit: Google.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.11.11): Cardboard becomes opensource, HoloLens 2 and nreal shipping and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Google). Google completely opensources Cardboard. With a surprise move, Google has announced with a blog post that it ha opensourced completely Cardboard. Google affirms that Cardboard has been a huge success to introduce people into VR, and more than 15 million headsets have been distributed.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.08.25): Lots of new VR content previewed, Sony acquires Insomniac, Matrix 4 in the works and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Google releases an opensource library for hand tracking. Google has released opensource a library for tracking your hands on a mobile device. We have no further details on it, apart from the fact that the shooting should start in 2020. Someone made Google Lens work in VR. Personally, I’m not happy with the news.

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