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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. KSA is investing $1 billion in metaverse-related projects as it seeks to become a global technology hub. Metaverse to Contribute 2.8% trillion in global GDP by 2031. trillion (in 2015 U.S.

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NVIDIA announces Unity connector for Omniverse at GTC 2022

The Ghost Howls

A few weeks ago, while reading the news about SIGGRAPH, I saw NVIDIA teasing the release of the Omniverse connector for Unity , and as a Unity developer, I found it intriguing. Unity connector for Omniverse. At launch, Omniverse has been made compatible with Unreal Engine, and support for Unity was lacking.

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This All-Female Founders Pitch Event Was Held in VR

VRScout

The free to attend showcase features women-led businesses in immersive technology (XR) and is hosted by the WXR Fund, a venture fund dedicated to amplifying female founders and XR startups committed to gender equality. Women and allies from Canada to Latvia to South Africa joined in on the festivities. 8 She-EOs in a virtual pool.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.11.01): Quest Pro gets released, Quest 3 slated for 2023, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The metaverse will come, but slowly, and exactly as it was stupid all the hype around the technology one year ago, it is stupid again all the disappointment that there is now towards it. The Africa XR Report tells you what is happening in immersive realities in Africa. More info (Meta Reality Labs’ financial troubles?—?Forbes)

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The XR Week Peek (2021.09.20): Quest 2 Pro leaks, Xiaomi smartglasses, Half Dive headset, and more!

The Ghost Howls

This move resembles the one that Google had with TiltBrush: instead of killing the program, it is returning it back to the community, and this is for sure a good decision. If you are a company/startup/lab leveraging XR in Africa, kindly fill the form linked below or reach out to VRARA Nigeria to get featured. Some XR fun.

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How you (a VR professional) can go through the coronavirus lockdown

The Ghost Howls

These days we of New Technology Walkers have more time to work on our mixed reality fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded. Doing business in Italy is very hard now, but there are countries, for instance in Africa, that have not been much affected by the outbreak yet. Doing a project of yours.

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