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What is Google Project Starline? Immersive Conferencing

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Google Project Starline finally looks like it’s going to be rolling out to workplaces worldwide, potentially transforming the way we meet and collaborate in the future of work. Microsoft has its Mesh solution, and Immersive Spaces on Teams, designed to pull people into powerful virtual experiences during meetings.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.03.22): Quest to feature new parental control tools, Google acquires Raxium, and more!

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After many pressures from the community and the media, Meta has finally decided to introduce new parental control tools in Quest 2. All these measures are very welcome and they were strongly needed because during Christmas 2021 many kids received a Quest as a gift. It was even featured on Google News. Image by Google).

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Snapchat Resurrects AR Lenses via Google Chrome Extension

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Snapchat has introduced ‘Snapchat Camera for Chrome’ that enable users to add AR Lenses to their webcams using a Google Chrome extension. Snapchat has obvious ties to the AR world, having introduced Local Lenses in 2020, Spectacles in 2021, and so on. Microsoft is involved in AR in a big way too.

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The Auggie Awards 2021

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The ceremony included one new Auggie for Best Collaborative Tool, which was added in light of the high demand for this kind of product during the pandemic. Best Collaboration Tool. HP Global Head of VR for Go-To-Market, Joanna Popper, presented the award for Best Collaboration Tool to ShapesXR by Tvori. Best Developer Tool.

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Spatial Beats: Apple VR, Google Poly & LBVR Hangs On

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Finally, why in the name of the geek gods is Google shutting down Poly? Google’s own Tilt Brush, an important content creation tool, relies on Poly. We are waiting and hoping and praying a white knight swoops in to rescue Poly like Microsoft rescued AltspaceVR in the VR winter of 2018. The company plans to IPO in Q2/2021.

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Most Innovative XR Collaboration Vendors to Watch in 2022

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Not only is Meta a leading pioneer in the creation of the “Metaverse” – the embodied internet environment where the future of work may take place, but they’re also the company responsible for tools like “Workplace” from Meta. Similar to Meta, Microsoft has made some significant investments into the XR landscape in the last couple of years.

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Google Leverages AI to Develop Project Starline

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Emerging AI solutions appear as standalone or integrated tools for consumers and enterprises, the most notable being ChatGPT. OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, now operates partially under Microsoft, bringing a mass wave of developmental resources to the conversational AI space – especially for enterprises with the rise of CoPilot.

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