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The 5 most important XR-related pieces of news from Google I/O 2023

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Last week, Google delivered its most important event of the year, the Google I/O. Of course, AI has been the star of the show , with the public release of Google Bard and the announcement of a new language model, but there have been also interesting pieces of news about XR.

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There Will Be No Proto Awards In 2017, Return Planned In 2018

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The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow. Apple’s eye-catching ARKit is on the verge of release alongside a series of Microsoft-backed VR headsets.

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Top 26 VR/AR Events, Expos and Conferences to Attend in 2018

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Google I/O Date: May 1-2, 2018 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA There are two types of tickets for Google I/O, whether for drawing applicants or invitees: General Admission: $1,150 Academic Admission: $375 Follow this event on social media: You can also check for updates on Google Developers blog.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.05.30): Niantic launches VPS, Pico launches Neo 3 Link, and much more!

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San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York City, and Seattle?—?for Apple may unveil RealityOS at WWDC. At the upcoming WWDC, Apple may unveil its operating system for XR glasses, dubbed RealityOS. More info (RealityOS trademark) More info (Robert Scoble’s take on Apple’s reveal strategy). Other news.

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As UploadVR Turns 2 We Reflect On The First Full Year of Consumer VR

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The New York Times distributes more than 1 million Google Cardboard phone VR viewers to subscribers with the launch of The Displaced , a 360-degree video project focusing on children driven from their homes by war. Eye-tracking startup Eyefluence, which raises $14 million this month, is acquired about a year later by Google.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Unlike the Lucasfilm AR headset, which uses a smartphone to power it (like the Google Daydream or the Samsung Gear VR does), the company says this concept is a standalone, self-powered headset. UNITY ADDS MAP FUNCTION, SO LOCATION IS OFFICIALLY FOUNDATION FOR VR/AR GAMES. GOOGLE GLASS IS BACK AND READY FOR BUSINESS.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.12.13): Horizon Worlds is now in open beta, Among Us VR is coming, and more!

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This has been a pretty interesting week for me, having spoken at XR Safety Week and Stereopsia, and having published two cool articles about creating innovative SteamVR controllers and using Application SpaceWarp in Unity to almost double the framerate of your application. Apple headset may be very lightweight. Top news of the week.

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