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

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The report, which analyzed the economic forecast of Metaverse services across the US, Canada, the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Turkey, and Asia, found that the Metaverse could have a significant impact on a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, education, and healthcare. Metaverse to Contribute 2.8%

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The XR Week Peek (2021.04.05): Rumors on a Apple headset intensify, Quest 2 sales grow fast, and more!

The Ghost Howls

They may be AR glasses or smartglasses, but what is sure is that Niantic is working to support AR hardware within its platform. And I’m not only talking about the hardware, but also the software. Some friends of mine are contributing to the Africa XR Report, a report of the status of immersive technologies in the African continent.

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NewImages, Cannes, Tribeca Join Forces In Unprecedented Collab

VRScout

” “The acceleration of innovation coming from the video game industry is being driven by real-time game engines, like Unreal and Unity, primarily used in XR and video games, and now more and more in the cinema industry.” We are using hardware that is shared.” The XR community are really experts on that.”

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XR Podcast Hosts Unite, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 1

XR for Business Podcast

Just in terms of, say, who would have predicted that having a little extra bandwidth, that eventually the cellphone signals that eventually was catalyzed and inspired text messaging through the accessibility needs, that something like text messaging would be able to facilitate micro-economies in Africa. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR Podcast Hosts Unite, with Voices of VR Podcast's Kent Bye - Part 1

XR for Business Podcast

Just in terms of, say, who would have predicted that having a little extra bandwidth, that eventually the cellphone signals that eventually was catalyzed and inspired text messaging through the accessibility needs, that something like text messaging would be able to facilitate micro-economies in Africa. But once the WebXR 2.0

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XR Podcast Hosts Unite, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 1

XR for Business Podcast

Just in terms of, say, who would have predicted that having a little extra bandwidth, that eventually the cellphone signals that eventually was catalyzed and inspired text messaging through the accessibility needs, that something like text messaging would be able to facilitate micro-economies in Africa. But once the WebXR 2.0