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Meta Ramps Up Metaverse Investments in Vietnam

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Meta Platforms has reportedly launched plans to boost its metaverse technology investments in Vietnam. As the world continues to reopen after the crisis, the tech giant aims to push its Vietnam ambitions following a meeting at Meta’s headquarters with Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Vietnam. Currently, it has 4.2

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Tencent Involved in Apple Vision Pro’s China Launch – Reports

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Tencent is reportedly providing the Apple Vision Pro a much-needed bridge to the Chinese market by making some of its most popular apps available on the device. We already know that Apple is planning to release the Apple Vision Pro later this year, as Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO , confirmed to state media at the China Development Forum in Beijing.

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Will Meta-MediaTek Partnership Advance AR Smart Glasses?

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Meta Platforms has now entered new territory with Chinese tech giant MediaTek as it explores a partnership for its future augmented reality (AR) smart glasses. MediaTek and @Meta are collaborating to accelerate the future of AR! Meta chose MediaTek’s silicon for our expertise in optimizing power and performance.

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Can AR Keep Companies Connected During Coronavirus?

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This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. . And as companies like Apple and Samsung can attest, the various challenges presented by the coronavirus outbreak have had a tremendous impact on manufacturing facilities. by David Nedohin.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

And really, without everybody else’s and my colleagues work and your work and other people who are helping the trends position from something that for a long time was a research lab curiosity and something that really hadn’t escaped the confines of academia. Now we have it out there in the world. But it’s changed.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

And really, without everybody else's and my colleagues work and your work and other people who are helping the trends position from something that for a long time was a research lab curiosity and something that really hadn't escaped the confines of academia. We now say VR or AR, and people know what we mean, much like when we say AI.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

And really, without everybody else’s and my colleagues work and your work and other people who are helping the trends position from something that for a long time was a research lab curiosity and something that really hadn’t escaped the confines of academia. Now we have it out there in the world. But it’s changed.