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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

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Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announces important AI and XR news at Google I/O This Google I/O has seen immersive realities back to the menu. But to summarize, the most important XR-related tidbits have been: Google confirmed that is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung to build an XR headset.

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Amazon Hires Former Tribeca Director To Work On VR Content

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Amazon’s plans for VR content still remain under wraps, but the company recently made a significant hire that gives us a small glimpse into what it’s working on. Film fanatics will know that Genna Terranova left her post as director of the Tribeca Film Festival last month.

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Top 10 Movies that Got Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Right

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Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video 2. Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video | Hulu Did you know the first virtual reality headset was created over 50 years ago? Rent or own it : YouTube | iTunes | Vudu | Google Play | Amazon Prime Video 4.

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Terrifying VR Living Room Shows How Smart Devices Are Manipulating Us

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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? We had a chance to check out this immersive experience while at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and sufficeth to say it left us genuinely unsettled. Image Credit: The Othrs.

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XR Talks: What Will 5G Do For AR?

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“The big web-scale players like Google or Amazon [don’t] have data centers every 300 kilometers. In order for platforms like Google Stadia to work, they require all of the speed, low latency, and other benefits that 5G offers. the film industry). But the phone companies do have that distributed network.”

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Shaun MacGillivray Chats About IMAX and VR Movies

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Shaun MacGillivray is a leading filmmaker for MacGillivray Freeman , a renowned film studio with over 50 years in the movie industry. Shaun has filmed over 40 films for IMAX’s giant screens and uses VR and spatial tech for some of his films. Juanita: You’ve made over 40 films! That’s quite a breadth of work.

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?Viveport President on HTC’s New VR Subscription Service

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Viveport is the first subscription service for high-end and room-scale virtual reality, and HTC has a chance to leapfrog other content companies like Amazon, Netflix, Facebook, and Google’s YouTube to bring the subscription business model to VR content.

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