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Can AR Transform Entertainment?

AR Insider

Throughout the course of human history, we’ve shared stories to connect, simulate alternative realities and find deep meanings. For example, Amazon recently rolled out their own AR game for Prime Video in promotion for their television show, The Boys, in an effort to augment the viewer experience.

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

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Pichai also noted that workers in the United States would be the first affected. Google’s layoffs come just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees. Additionally, due to differences in employment law, international job losses would take effect at a later date.

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The Second Coming of Augmented-Reality Glasses

ARVR

The Smart-Accessory Revolution A Pew Research Center survey conducted at the beginning of 2013 showed that only 51% of adults in the United States owned a smartphone, 6 years after the launch of the 1st-generation Apple iPhone. Virtual Reality: Do We Live In Our Brain’s Simulation Of The World? With already 29% U.S.

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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. Produced by the VR/AR Association , the Immerse Global Summit is one of the world’s most exciting technology conference series.

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Vive Trackers Experiments – Part 2: Setup, Props, and Full Body Virtual Reality

The Ghost Howls

HTC’s Marios Bikos: “The HTC VIVE Tracker allows you to not only track objects in VR (getting tracker pose in real-time) but also use the POGO pins to simulate input buttons (Grip/Trigger/Trackpad/Menu) as if you were using a Vive controller.”. Reviewed in the United States on 27 December 2019. 3 as the Grip button, Pin.4

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ANNOUNCEMENT and Why the Tesla Humanoid Robot Matters

Robert Scoble

It brings with it a bunch of new technologies that could disrupt even Apple, Google, or Amazon, but soon will start bringing service after service to your home. At the heart is a simulator that lets AI teams train the system to do new things. Tesla AI and Its Simulator Advantage. The robot brings other robots.

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Making Holograms a Reality Through Volumetric Capture, with Intel’s Raj Puran

XR for Business Podcast

Being able to simulate hazardous environments without putting anybody in harm’s way during a training scenario or training exercise is the ideal situation. There was a division of the Coast Guard that was doing training on search-and-rescue simulations. So, had I had a VR simulator, I probably saved myself a lot of money.