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What F8 2017 Means for Mass Market Adoption of Immersive Technologies

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AR Studio (in closed beta): allows developers to create masks, scripted effects, animated frames and other AR technologies that react to movement, environment or interactions during Live videos. For many, the 360 ° video of his daughter’s first steps was the first 360 ° video they ever watched.

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The Curious Relationship Between DVDs and VR

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One day, we will all regularly consume media through head mounted displays, just as we all watch television today. While Sony competed in the home console space with several other companies, such as Sega and later Nintendo and Microsoft, what made the PS2 stand out was its built in DVD player. In 2016, an estimated 1.5