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Spatial Beats: Snap, Niantic & Facebook

AR Insider

This week, we look at Snap’s latest lens craze, Niantic’s next AR gaming title, new XR funding and more Facebook/Oculus acquisitions. VR and AR are still only a tiny part of that. Niantic announces new Transformers AR game, coming later this year. AR In Your Car – Better Than Glasses, And Sooner (CNet).

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8th Annual Lumiere Awards For Creative Filmmaking Expands VR Categories

VRScout

Studios in Hollywood, California, The 8th annual Lumiere Awards will honour an impressive amount of influencers in the arts and technologies of 3D, HDR, VR, AR and 360-degree content. In an unexpected turn of events, the society’s incredibly rare Century Award will be given to the massively successful Google Earth VR application.

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XR Advertising Case Study in Focus: Meta and MADE.com

XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

There are countless other companies already vying for attention in the same landscapes, like the Google search engines and social media platforms. times, and triple its add-to-cart numbers, just by connecting with iOS device users through AR. However, each environment is rapidly evolving to help further differentiate each brand.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.12.16): Oculus Quest gets hand tracking, Magic Leap pivots towards enterprise and much more!

The Ghost Howls

I’m back from Belgium, where I took part in the nice Stereopsia event! And of course, between a glass of champagne and a slice of panettone, there is still time for VR, so here you are a collection of best VR news of the past week! Google ARCore now adds depth detection. News worth a mention. Image by Mozilla). Join VRX Webinar.

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Stereopsia report / 1: hands-on with Presenz, Antilatency, full-body on Quest and more!

The Ghost Howls

One month ago, I’ve participated in the Stereopsia event in Bruxelles (Belgium) to perform a talk about how to organize an event in virtual reality. I got also to know lots of other cool AR/VR professionals because the atmosphere is so nice and there are so many networking opportunities , that it is easy to get to know almost everyone there.

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Top 37 VR Film Festivals to Attend in 2018

VeeR VR

Besides virtual reality, VR Fest has also introduced 3D Film Festival, AR Fest and XR Fest. Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. VR/AR/MR films, games, and interactive projects include a total runtime or viewing time of 40 minutes or less.

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Augmented Reality Top 8 of 2018

VRScout

As a new communications medium, Augmented Reality (AR) is changing the way we consume and share knowledge and how we express ourselves creatively. This year AR included a range of experiences from contemporary art to currency to close-captioning. VISUALIZATION: AR is a powerful visualization tool. Big Ben Snapchat AR Lens.