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Mozilla is Shutting Down Development on WebXR Social App ‘Hubs’

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This includes shutdown of Hubs ‘ demo server, managed subscription, and community resources. A tool to download user data will be released on April 1st, the company says. The team responsible for Hubs recently announced its shutdown in a blog post , stating that its last day under Mozilla will be on May 31st, 2024.

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Terrifying VR Living Room Shows How Smart Devices Are Manipulating Us

VRScout

What if I told you that smart devices such as your iPhone and Google Assistant aren’t just listening to you, but persuading and manipulating your actions as well? ” As the 12-minute demo progressed, EVA became more involved in our day-to-day lives. Sounds like the plot to a cheesy 1980’s sci-fi movie right?

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Five Quest Games & Apps Perfect For New VR Players

VRScout

At the time of this writing, Meta’s standalone VR headset is one of the most sought-after gifts on Amazon. The Oculus companion app is also topping the charts on the App Store and Google Play, which means more people than ever are diving into VR for the first time. Beat Saber is available for $29.99 (free demo available).

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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. In 2017, Apple released software called ARKit, which includes tools for software makers to determine how far away an object or wall is, if the phone is moving, or identify limbs in a human body, among other functions.

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3 Technologies to Support Shopping’s Next Era

AR Insider

This will include “try-before-you-buy” AR visualization like we examined yesterday, as well as visual search a la Google Lens. It could even be simpler than Google’s advanced object recognition technology. Cashierless retail, à la Amazon Go, is a technology that’s aligned with Covid-era dynamics and demand signals.

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Mozilla Ceases Support for Mozilla Hubs (but the Open-Source Hubs Community Edition Continues)

Ryan Schultz

These include the Hubs Demo Server (hubs.mozilla.com) and the Managed Subscription , the two services actively maintained by Mozilla that most of our users rely on. Last October, Mozilla announced that it had decided to discontinue the Hubs Cloud hosting service, which ran on AWS (Amazon Web Services).

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Smart Retail Tech Expo to Kick Off at London’s ExCeL Venue

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The XR Experience will transport people to exhibitors with interactive demos, clothing try-ons, and additional retail services. Exhibitors will also curate some of retail’s top digital twin technologies and AR catalogues to demonstrate the full potential of immersive tools in the retail sector.

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