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GDC Tackles XR Tactics in March

AR Insider

With that backdrop, the Games Developer Conference (GDC) is returning to San Francisco in March, including lots of AR & VR focus. The GDC Expo showcases the latest game development tools and services from leading technology companies such as Amazon, Epic, Google, Intel, Nvidia, Oculus, and Sony.

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Snap Earns $20m Grant to Back California Tech Industry

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

For example, Snap recently shuttered its San Francisco office in October citing ‘light use’ of the facilities. ” Snap Inc confirmed something we always knew but didn’t have the data to back us up— providing engaging AR experiences improves sales. How will you use it?

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Tech Giants Prime AR’s Headworn Era

AR Insider

All the big tech players — Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Amazon — are in the game as well. Companies like Ikea, Target, and Amazon have already used ARKit, mostly for placing virtual furniture in a room to see if it fits. One wearer said she was assaulted outside a San Francisco bar in 2014 for wearing the glasses.

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The absurdist’s view of business data visualization: meeting BadVR (& how Oculus Quest and 5G will change business)

Robert Scoble

It makes its own hardware so its customers can “dive through” massive amounts of data much easier than trying to see the same data in older tools like Microsoft Excel, or charts. The kind of data businesses are generating now just requires new approaches. Think about dwell times in retail stores. Borders thinks no.

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Unlocking the Magic of XR With Your Voice

Tech Trends VR

Millions of us now own some sort of room-based voice device such as Google Home or Amazon Echo and the global voice and speech recognition market size is estimated to reach USD 31.82 Millions of us now own some sort of room-based voice device such as Google Home or Amazon Echo Click To Tweet. billion by 2025. 2 – Voice Biofeedback.

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

TechCrunch VR

Launched at the Gray Area Festival in San Francisco, the new initiative is part of the Foundation’s art and technology focus, which the organization said is designed to help arts institutions better meet changing audience expectations. Exploring the Gallery Through Voice – Alley Interactive.

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59% of VR Developers Use Unity, But Devs Make More Money With Unreal

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

I interviewed both John Riccitiello, CEO of San Francisco-based Unity, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Raleigh, N.C.-based based Epic Games, this week at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Sadly, we don’t know which company is really in the stronger position because their data comparisons are apples and oranges.

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