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Big XR News from Meta, Google, Unity, T-Mobile, KPMG

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Meanwhile, major technology firms Google and T-Mobile contributed further to the XR landscape with some significant project partnerships. Google Releases AR Geospatial Creator for Unity Google has launched Geospatial Creator for Unity, a new platform that allows developers to preview 3D assets in the Unity Editor.

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VR Training Company Gemba Secures $18M Series A to Expand Enterprise Metaverse

Road to VR

Gemba, the corporate VR learning platform, announced it’s closed an $18 million Series A funding round, which the company says will be used to continue expansion into Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. The latest funding round was led by Parkway Venture Capital, now valuing the UK-based company at $60 million.

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Celebrate Earth Day With These Nature Themed VR Experiences

VRScout

Immersive experiences that highlight the importance of environmental protection. Thankfully, immersive technology—such as VR—has proven to be the ideal tool for educating the public on environmental issues and spread awareness through immersive projects designed to envoke a sense of empathy with the user.

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UNAIDS Launches Educational 360-Degree Series Ahead Of World AIDS Day

VRScout

UNAIDS partners with Google & Makhulu Media for a series of VR films about HIV testing. South Africa alone currently has 7.2 The program is currently being implemented in schools, clinics, and communities all across South Africa. million people living with HIV — the highest amount in the world.

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Discovery and Google collaborate on immersive VR experiences

VRWorld

This past Friday, Discovery Communications and Google launched the first chapter of Discovery TRVLR, a collaboration that they herald as a “groundbreaking new immersive series,” which aims to provide a 360-degree cross-cultural experience. This new content is viewable by using the Discovery VR app.

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Virtual Reality in the Movie Industry

ARVR

Filmmakers today are exploring virtual reality technology to increase immersive viewing dramatically. Often, the audience interacts with virtual reality using a headset , such as Google Cardboard , to experience an entire virtual realm. The Volume provides complete immersion for all crew and set.

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Explore All Seven Continents in VR With Discovery’s ‘TRVLR’

VRScout

Google and Discovery expand the Discovery VR app with new VR travel series. But of course Discovery, being the endlessly ambitious group that they are, is now expanding their already flush catalog of immersive content with a new first-of-its-kind VR series.