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In 2030, You Won't Own Any Gadgets

GizModo VR

That’s not how it is today, and by 2030,… Read more. You paid money for something, whether it be a TV, clothes, books, toys, or electronics. You took your item home, and once you paid it off, that thing belonged to you. It was yours. You could do whatever you wanted with it.

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Initiatives for 24/7 clean energy announced at Google I/O 2021

Digital Trends

At Google I/O 2021, the company announced more initiatives towards cleaner energy, with the aim of operating on carbon-free energy by 2030.

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Big XR News from NATO, Google, Adobe, and Apple

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In the wake of MR headsets and software coming soon, Google and Samsung quickly reacted – internally – in a bid to create a competing device with an apparent lack of direction. RPR is leveraging Google’s Geospatial Creator and Adobe Aero to secure the location-based AR customer experience.

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Celebrate Earth Day With These Nature Themed VR Experiences

VRScout

GOOGLE EARTH VR. An oldie but goodie, the virtual rendition of Google’s immensely popular satellite-based geobrowser can be found in a majority of VR owners libraries. The games last update, Animal Kingdom, introduced 60 different animals to the experience, injecting new life into your digital environments.

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Google Gadgets Going High on AI

VRWorld

Instead of making phones with nicer screens, faster chips or polished industrial design, it seems that Google is trying to leverage heavily on Artificial Intelligence. There are also rumours that Google is quietly forming a team of artificial intelligence experts in mainland China.

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XR Talks: Behind Facebook’s Spatial Strategy

AR Insider

As we’ve examined , Facebook is motivated to avoid the fate it endured in the smartphone era in being beholden to the major mobile platforms: Apple and Google. Google launched the mobile OS — and made it free — so that it could steer the direction of the mobile ecosystem and place itself at the center.

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One electric carmaker is steering clear of ego and fighting for real change

Mashable VR

Polestar’s big-picture goal is to create the world’s first completely climate-neutral car by 2030. Polestar likes to say it’s a design brand making cars and, in addition to perks like a Harman Kardon sound system and panoramic glass roof, the Polestar 2 is the first car to be fully powered by Google.