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John Legend Performs Live In VR To Raise Awareness Towards Mass Incarceration

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Fresh off their huge $30 Million funding announcement, virtual music platform Wave hosted an amazing live VR concert last week featuring GRAMMY award-winning singer-songwriter John Legend in an effort to help awareness and support for Legend’s FREE AMERICA campaign, with the goal of transforming the U.S. Image Credit: Wave.

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Orlando is ‘The MetaCenter’: Pushing Boundaries in the Metaverse

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See Also: One of America’s Biggest VR/AR Centers Is… Orlando? Orlando has the most Unity licenses in the US, proving that the city is ready to be mapped in a 3D environment. The potential appears endless as the metaverse moves from games and entertainment to applications for business, training, conferences, events, and many others.

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Emerging Trends in the VR Gaming Industry?—?2023

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A leading Unity 3d game development services provider explained that gaming is the biggest driver of VR and it will certainly continue in the near future. People will be able to get the entertainment they want right in front of their eyes without having to go anywhere or invest in a big screen for their homes.

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What Does the XR Industry Think about Apple’s Vision Pro?

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The reveal that Apple will be using Unity to bring 3D applications and games to Vision Pro was exciting. There was a demonstration of how you could use the headset to help you work and communicate with others, but there could have been more focus on this, instead of on the entertainment functions.

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How 'The Boys' turned Kendall Jenner's Pepsi ad into biting satire

Mashable VR

Both the original ad and its parody culminate in an absurdist celebration of unity between cops and the people protesting the wanton murder of innocent civilians, with The Boys even adding an extra cringe line from A-Train about needing to "listen to each other." But it lacked all the teeth, wit, and critique that The Boys has accomplished.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.12.26): WMR gets discontinued, Meta to showcase an impressive AR prototype, and more!

The Ghost Howls

PS Remember that there is an ongoing giveaway of physical copies of the Sam&Max game for PSVR for all people in North America! More info Quest Pro can now track your tongue In version 60 of its SDKs for Unity and native code, Meta has added the functionality of detecting how much you are pulling out your tongue.

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XR Market Growth to Top $345.9bn by 2030, Report Shows

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

North America would also lead global markets for the same period. Education, entertainment, gaming, and training sectors have seen unprecedented growth in XR adoption. Numerous gaming engines, including Unity Technologies and Epic Games , have become a mainstay for developing real-time 3D (RT3D) content.