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Big XR News from Google, ChatGPT, Vodafone, and Seoul Metropolitan Government

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off 12,000 Jobs Late last week, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, laid off roughly 12,000 individuals. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce. Pichai also noted that workers in the United States would be the first affected.

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Snap Earns $20m Grant to Back California Tech Industry

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Based near some of the world’s top businesses like Google, Qualcomm, Meta Platforms, and others, Snap’s role in driving innovation in the United States and beyond has led to significant growth in extended reality (XR). ” For many within the industry, recipients are forecast to attract $1.3 How will you use it?

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How Are US Regulators Affecting Big Tech’s XR Plans?

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The United States (US) Justice Department launched a lawsuit against Google’s parent company Alphabet on Tuesday, reports revealed. According to the lawsuit, Google earns roughly 80 percent of its earnings from advertising. According to the lawsuit, Google earns roughly 80 percent of its earnings from advertising.

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The Spatial Web: How the Next Generation of the Internet Will Impact Us All

ARVR

Currently, when you’re walking around the United States accessing the web, your digital self is likely heading physically to one of four major data centers operated by Amazon Web Services in either California, Oregon, Ohio, or Virginia. It lays out various technologies over the development/adoption cycle.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

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From a technology standpoint, this is great news, because this data set will help a lot the research in AI, AR, and robotics. Amazon Glow is a video projector for kids. Amazon has just announced Glow, a product to make people interact and play with children remotely. NVIDIA CloudXR is now available on Google Cloud.

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What to Expect from the Immerse Global Summit 2023

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Hosting virtual and in-person conferences across the United States and Europe, the event encapsulates the VR/AR Association’s quest to facilitate innovation in the immersive technology space. Changing the future with Spatial Data Planes: A panel discussion on 3D innovations and integrations, presented by AWS.

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Making the Invisible Visible in AR, with Curie's Michael Agustin

XR for Business Podcast

It recognizes the shoes and says, here's some Amazon reviews on it -- or some reviews from that store, I guess -- and then here's some other things that you might like that aren't necessarily in the physical store, correct? and Waze and Yelp and Google Maps. Our goal is to try to bring that consumer behavior to the United States.

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