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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

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Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR.

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Virtual Reality Trends that will Dominate 2023

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Photo by XR Expo on Unsplash We are only a couple of months away from 2023 and the tech world is already buzzing with technological trends that are most likely to dominate the upcoming year. According to Statista , the video gaming section alone ruled the use of VR. But 2023 can see impactful changes in this. You sure can.

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Google Reveals Latest Project Starline Prototype, Its Light-field Telepresence Platform

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It’s been nearly two years since Google first introduced Project Starline, a telepresence platform designed to facilitate natural-feeling remote communication between two people. Google says that makes the latest prototype “more practical,” and says that select companies are trialing the new version.

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HoloLens Optics Chief Joins Google Amid Reported Push for Upcoming Google AR Headset

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Bernard Kress, principal optical architect on Microsoft’s HoloLens team, has left the company to take on the role of Director of XR Engineering at the recently formed Google Labs. Now Kress is back at Mountain View working on Google’s next AR headset.

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Top 5 E-Commerce AR and VR Trends To Follow in 2023

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Statista reports that by 2023, there will be 1.4 Source: Statista What should we expect from AR and VR in 2023 and beyond? Looking ahead to 2023, there are six exciting trends in the AR shopping space to keep an eye on. And in 2023, we can expect more brands to utilize AR innovatively. billion by 2024. They are: 1.

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AWE 2023 Day 1 Highlights: Neal Stephenson on Stage, Qualcomm, Zapbox, and more!

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The opening Ori Inbar kickstarted AWE 2023 with a great keynote. awe23 #virtual pic.twitter.com/3zsGx1TNEA — TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) May 31, 2023 After that, Ori had a fireside chat with Neal Stephenson , the guy that invented that word that we saw on Linkedin too many times last year.

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VRChat Entertainment Network Coming This New Years

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The developer is looking for video submissions from the VRChat community. The popular VR social platform VRChat is launching the VRChat Entertainment Network in celebration of New Year’s 2023. Exclusively for #VRChat New Years 2023: Introducing the VRChat Entertainment Network! Now’s your time!