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Snap Earns $20m Grant to Back California Tech Industry

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California has awarded Snap Inc a massive fund worth $20 million USD. Hailing from Santa Monica and with offices in Paolo Alto, Snap has long been associated with Silicon Valley’s tech hub in California. However, after a year from its departure, the company leased a new office in California’s Bay Area.

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Which Startups Are Hiring for Augmented Reality Jobs?

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billion in 2019, with many billions more being invested in R&D by the likes of Facebook, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and many more. The two co-founders of Humane have spent a combined 20+ years at Apple, leading their engineering and interaction/design teams, and are now building their own immersive wearable device.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

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Knight Foundation is looking for pitches on how to enhance and augment traditional creative arts through immersive technologies. We’ve seen how immersive technologies can reach new audiences and engage existing audiences in new ways,” said Chris Barr, director for arts and technology innovation at Knight Foundation, in a statement.

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Meta Quest Pro Revealed: Specs, Price, Release Date

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That said you can use partial light blockers to immerse yourself in select experiences, but more on that later. via the Meta Store in 22 countries as well as Best Buy and Amazon in the US. As previously mentioned, the use of pancake optics has allowed Meta to reduce the optical module by 40%.

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The Latest Big News on SIGGRAPH 2023, NVIDIA, Varjo, Vicon, and Brilliant Labs

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Here are a few top takeaways from the event, complete with key summaries of what took place in California’s largest city, Los Angeles. Jensen Huang, Chief Executive, NVIDIA , explained in his speech how the upgrades would revolutionise the industrial XR sector, leading to major shifts in hardware and software technical capabilities.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.06.13): Apple doesn’t show its AR glasses at WWDC, Meta delays its AR plans, and more!

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Some weeks ago, I teased you that Meta was going to change its plans about hardware, because the recent drop in revenues forced it to be a bit more cautious with its spending for “the metaverse”. More info (Report on new directions for hardware at Meta) More info (Meta smartwatch canceled) More info (Portal will be aimed at B2B).

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EON Reality Launches New Knowledge Metaverse Project to Transform XR Learning

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EON Reality knows this is the only way to bring millions — if not billions — of high-quality XR spaces and experiences to the global citizens of the knowledge metaverse, which is why the California-based company has already laid the technological groundwork to make it a possibility.