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How InfiniteWorld Is Building “Web2.5”

ARPost

That same year, Allen became a board member of NextVR , a company that specialized in VR broadcasts of live entertainment. Six years later, the company was purchased by Apple. The same year that Apple purchased NextVR, InfiniteWorld was founded in Miami – a city rapidly becoming the physical epicenter of the metaverse.

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IGS 2022 Miami: XR Today Expert Round Table

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The Immerse Global Summit (IGS) 2022 took place in Miami 5 to 7 December, and concluded its final days in the sunny backdrop of Miami Beach’s historic Fontainebleu Hotel. It develops immersive experiences based on knowledge across verticals such as entertainment, tourism, culture, sports, and others.

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Big XR News from Boeing, ENGAGE XR, Apple, and Meta

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Now the Metaverse is gaining newfound traction from enterprise clients, companies like Meta, Microsoft, and Apple are reinforcing XR as a serious technology for various use cases. During its WWDC event, Apple showed how clients could use first-party productivity applications on the Vision Pro product.

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Mirrorscape’s ARcana Gaming Platform to Tap Snapdragon Spaces

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

The Los Angeles-based firm boasts a team of veteran technologists from SONY, Apple, Disney, Marvel Studios, and others. Qualcomm and the Snapdragon AR2 Platform The news comes after XR Today interviewed Vogelsang on the sidelines of the Immerse Global Summit 2022 Miami. Mirrorscape also plans to demo it at conferences in the future.

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Meta Reality Labs is Relying on AI to Ensure Smart Glasses Success

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

Moreover, Meta is making its XR OS open for all developers, removing a walled garden approach and talking aim directly at Apple with a noteworthy open alternative. In addition, Meta is also introducing limited-edition Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses exclusively for the Scuderia Ferrari colourway in Miami in 2024.

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John Travolta Stars in "SPEED KILLS VR," now available on several platforms.

Cats and VR

The VR series, produced by Richard Rionda Del Castro, Guy Griffithe and Travis Cloyd, was shot in Puerto Rico in the summer of 2017 to resemble Miami Beach in the early days of speed boat racing. Google Play - [link] Apple App Store - [link] Oculus - [link]