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Everything you need to know about Amazon Prime for Australia

Mashable VR

Although it's been long enjoyed and fretted over across the globe, Australians had been anticipating the arrival of Amazon's Prime Day for quite some time — and now, it's officially part of the calendar. and the Amazon Global Store. and the Amazon Global Store. Let's break it down.

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Vision Buddy: An Innovative Television Watching System for People With Low Vision

ARPost

This television watching system also has a built-in optical character recognition (OCR) feature that enables the device to automatically read aloud books, newspapers, medicine labels, and more. Vision Buddy has three modes that users can toggle according to their needs.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.07.13): Sony invests in Epic, Rockstar is working on an AAA VR game, and more!

The Ghost Howls

And all of this comes in a period when other partnerships between tech giants are happening: remember that some weeks ago, Microsoft closed its streaming service Mixer and allied with Facebook Gaming to fight the quasi-monopoly of (Amazon-owned) Twitch. More info (Sony invests in Epic Games) More info (Editorial by Ben Lang).

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

One of my favorite examples — I will qualify it with they are not using Torch yet — but ABC News Australia. And ABC Australia is kind of like the BBC; they’re a government-funded media company, and two or three years ago, they saw AR as an interesting way to present information and to engage. And what about wearables?

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

One of my favorite examples — I will qualify it with they are not using Torch yet — but ABC News Australia. And ABC Australia is kind of like the BBC; they’re a government-funded media company, and two or three years ago, they saw AR as an interesting way to present information and to engage. And what about wearables?

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Lighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH's Paul Reynolds

XR for Business Podcast

One of my favorite examples -- I will qualify it with they are not using Torch yet -- but ABC News Australia. And ABC Australia is kind of like the BBC; they're a government-funded media company, and two or three years ago, they saw AR as an interesting way to present information and to engage. the books--. I really liked the.

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11 Jane Austen movie and TV adaptations we ardently admire and love

Mashable VR

This underappreciated Austen film treats its audience like grownups, reading between the lines of the book to add the sex and sexuality we all know existed at the time. — Caitlin Welsh, Australia Editor How to watch: Mansfield Park is now streaming on Hoopla in the U.S. Love and Friendship (2016). and on Netflix in the UK.

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