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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! But unluckily, their tracking performance was bad, especially for what concerns controllers, the manufacturing quality was debatable, and especially Microsoft never invested enough into dedicated content.

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Data Dive: How Effective is VR Training?

AR Insider

It found that content delivered in this format produced greater memory retention than a control group. For example, Bank of America just launched a program across 4,000 branches. Post-training performance also grew 230 percent for the VR group versus 17 percent for the control group. Source: PwC. Medical Training.

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Report: Lenovo’s Windows MR/VR Headset to Launch Mid-August or Earlier

Road to VR

One of the first in a line of Windows Holographic powered immersive devices, Lenovo’s first mixed reality headset will be here in time for US “back to school”, according to Lenovo’s North America VP of Consumer Products Mike Abary.

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Vancouver Emerging As Top Five VR and AR Hub

VRScout

Known in the business as Hollywood North, the area is home to some of the largest VFX stages in North America. Marco DeMiroz is a co-founder and general partner of the Venture Reality Fund , an XR venture capitalist group based in the Bay Area. Seattle, or Portland, because you’re going up against giants like Google or Microsoft.

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Data Dive: How Effective is VR Training?

ARVR

It found that content delivered in this format produced greater memory retention than a control group. For example, Bank of America just launched a program across 4,000 branches. Post-training performance also grew 230 percent for the VR group versus 17 percent for the control group. Enter The Monarchy 3.

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XRSI and MKAI Hold Second Metaverse Citizens Forum in AltspaceVR

ARPost

I think that we can learn a lot from online gaming,” said Microsoft Senior Attorney Carrie Valladares. While America doesn’t have an “eSafety Commission,” the question of whether policy should be enacted that specifically affects these technologies and what that policy might look like was a big issue at the event.

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Is Microsoft Surface Laptop a Disappointment?

VRWorld

During its newly established EDU event, Microsoft announced Windows 10 S (S for Student, not for Superman ), a new Surface laptop and several partner PCs. Years ago, Microsoft dominated schools with affordable Windows PCs, taking a back seat when Apple rebuilt itself with the iMac and then MacBook. Let us find out. Surface Laptop.