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How Transportation Sectors are Leading in Scalable XR Training

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

million units, and firms like LG and Samsung are also entering the market, with the XR headset space now looking to boom. Many different immersive service providers meet various needs. New IDC data points to shipments in 2024 rising by 44.2 per cent, reaching 9.7

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Augmented Reality and Hearables: Where the Two Technologies Meet

ARPost

Companies are beginning to incorporate the technology into solutions across various industries, including healthcare, sports, education, tourism, and the automotive industry. For example, in 2019, Amazon extended Alexa features to pair with headphones and earbuds. IKEA Place app virtually arranges furniture in a customer’s interior.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

However, let me clarify: the Netflix VR app (which has been available on Samsung Gear VR since September 2015) and the new HBO VR app (exclusive to Daydream) are 360 degree virtual reality living rooms in which you can watch any traditional 2D media from each platform’s library… on a virtual television hanging on your virtual wall.

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The New 3D Apple Arriving at WWDC

Robert Scoble

New 3D services for things like music, fitness, education, and more. I also am invested in Apple competitors, Qualcomm, Snap, Microsoft, Amazon, and about 50 other companies in a diverse portfolio. Just get Amazon’s latest iPhone app. Using the new Siri you will be able to ask “how much are 20 of these on Amazon?”

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As UploadVR Turns 2 We Reflect On The First Full Year of Consumer VR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

In April, we opened the doors to the first Upload Collective in San Francisco, a hub for VR and AR startups, development, co-working, education, meetups and even live broadcasting. Samsung starts off the month debuting its VR Internet browser for Gear VR, becoming the first to offer a VR browser. December 2015. August 2016.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.20): Oculus Go price cut down to $150, Mojo Vision teases AR contact lenses and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook has permanently cut down the price of the Oculus Go to $150 , the same price that made it sell incredibly well on Amazon during the Cyber Monday. And given that name, it is legit to think tha t the device is tailored to be distributed in educational settings (schools, etc…). (Image by Engadget).

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Adding VR to a Filmmaker's Toolbox, with XR filmmaker Kevin Kunze

XR for Business Podcast

We plan to go online with it on Amazon or Netflix and present it like that, and then have it be an additional thing that maybe Netflix or Amazon has on their platform in the Oculus or HTC. And they had great group that they'd assembled, but sadly, if they don't constantly push the envelope with media, you can't stay in business now.