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Top Telecom and Media Companies Majoring in XR for 2022

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The largest telecoms provider in Africa, the MTN Group , recently announced it had purchased 11 plots of digital real estate within he Ubuntuland Metaverse platform in 2022. The brand has also worked hand-in-hand with leading immersive software development companies like Unity.

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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

I mean… HTC controls five other social VR experiences in its XR Suite, it is weird that now it is partnering with a competitor company. Some friends of mine are contributing to the Africa XR Report, a report of the status of immersive technologies in the African continent. I suggest you exploit this opportunity, of course. Learn more.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Launches For Free To Let You Fly Around The World

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.” Google Earth turns all of this data into completely explorable, scalable 3D immersive worlds for the HTC Vive VR headset. I choose Africa and within minutes I am hovering a few hundred feet off the ground of a barren desert. The app is available now for free on the HTC Vive.

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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

This is the same confusion that created issues for HTC in the past with the Vive Pro, for instance. The Africa XR Report tells you what is happening in immersive realities in Africa. Even if it is not part of the Italian tradition, probably Halloween is the right festivity for me, since I’m a ghost :). Learn more. Learn more.

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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.” The XR community are really experts on that.”

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

The Ghost Howls

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. Also now there will be interesting events in VR, like HTC’s VEC that will happen inside ENGAGE. We’re doing that as well; Work for countries still not in lockdown.

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

XR for Business Podcast

I’ve had the opportunity of playing with the Tobii tracking system with HTC Vive. And for anybody who’s doing serious applications, I would definitely recommend them to do Unity or Unreal, but to also keep an eye on what’s happening in the OpenWeb space, because it’s going to be a huge part.