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AR Gaming Robot ‘MekaMon’ Adds Support For STEAM Education

VRScout

Reach Robotics, the creators of the world’s first AR gaming robot, MekaMon launched the next generation of EdTech with a new coding platform – Reach EDU. Led by Ivy, the Head Engineer at the Mekacademy, students learn to code their MekaMon in a series of game-like challenges in preparation for a mission to Mars.

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The transition between Quest 2 and Quest 3

The Ghost Howls

He claimed that the announcement of “Alien: Rogue Incursion”, the first big-budget VR game that is compatible only with Quest 3 , marks the beginning of the end for Quest 2 and Quest Pro. So it was hard for us devs to make visually compelling games. Quest 2 and the elephant in the room Me wearing Quest 2.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.10.11): Meta Quest 3 ships now, a cheaper model may come in 2024… and more!

The Ghost Howls

But not all the applications work well with hand gestures: for instance, most action games would suck with it. And a Vision Pro 2 wouldn’t be shipped until 2027. So a Vision Pro 2 in 2027 seems to me the most logical option , instead of a downgrade of an original plan. I’m honestly finding this report a bit too pessimistic.

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The 7 Most Successful Business Models Of The Digital Era

Bernard Marr

Or e-tailers like Amazon may make revenue from e-commerce while also acting as a marketplace where other sellers can offer their goods in exchange for a cut of the profits. This can describe the giants such as Amazon and Alibaba that sell products directly to consumers themselves but also operate as marketplaces.

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The New 3D Apple Arriving at WWDC

Robert Scoble

A new, portable, gaming device that will interact with this 3D world. I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Using the new Siri you will be able to ask “how much are 20 of these on Amazon?”

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The XR Week Peek (2023.07.24): Apple opens applications for Vision Pro devkits, Meta may stop the production of Quest Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

In 2027, it should launch its first AR glasses for consumers, codenamed Artemis. which makes the hand tracking more responsive to fast movements of hands : the system can so track the hands also when the user is playing fitness games like FitXR (or HitMotion: Reloaded). Meta Quest will receive Hand Tracking 2.2,

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The Direct from Imagination Era Has Begun

Building the Metaverse

When I was a kid, I wanted to build a holodeck — the immersive 3D simulation system from Star Trek, so I started making games, beginning with online multiplayer games for bulletin board systems. Eventually, I even got to make a massively multiplayer mobile game based on Star Trek that a few million people played. Adopt Me!”