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Expert View: Immersive Technology Investment Boosting Creativity

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The growth in VR/AR sector is set to increase following a new deal between the UK Government and the Creative Industries Council (CIC) to invest £33m in immersive technologies Click To Tweet. The investment will primarily focus on virtual reality video games, interactive art shows and augmented reality experiences in tourism.

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XR Organizations and Initiatives for World Environment Day

ARPost

For one thing, a number of sources – including OCAVU’s recent blog post “ How AR Can Help Save the Planet ” – say that 3D modeling and XR try-out in commerce reduces emissions by reducing returns by providing shoppers with better product information. By the way, not all of these experiences require a Quest headset.

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How the XR Community Celebrates Black History Month (Black Futures Month?)

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ROSE , a minority-owned New York-based digital agency focused on AR, worked with XR platform 8th Wall to create a digital model of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge and augment every step with historically significant media and information regarding the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Martin Luther King Jr.

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The VRScout Report – HTC Vive Drops $200, Clash of Clans in AR, & VR Mind Control

VRScout

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. CLASH OF CLANS PARTNERS WITH FACEBOOK TO BRINGS AR TO FANS.

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Watch ‘Escape Code,’ A Neon-Soaked 360-Film About Our Cyberpunk Future

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

I don’t want to give too much away, but essentially Jonas (our hero) is a computer hacker, and accesses a government database that acknowledges the existence of aliens. He’s a hacker and unwittingly accesses a government database. UploadVR: What are some of the best 360-degree video projects you’ve seen so far?

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Top 8 Media Using 360° Videos for Immersive News Stories

VeeR VR

Immersive media is a collective term that incorporates 360-degree video, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and volumetric capture (includes both CGI and 3-D scanning). The Times’ arrangement with Samsung will wrap up at the end of 2017, and the Times will continue to produce 360-degree videos on a smaller scale after.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.06.20): Samsung to change its XR plans, Upload made a cool showcase, and more!

The Ghost Howls

I think they are great for simple gifts to friends and for giveaways from us content creators, so I’m happy they are expanding. More info The City Of Shanghai releases its metaverse plan As it is typical for local and central governments in China, the municipality of Shanghai has released its multi-year plan for the metaverse.

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