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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

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David of Upload says that thanks to its big boost in specifications , PS5 can offer an amazing flat screen experience : better resolution, better framerate, better graphics, better load times, better controller. Image by Microsoft). Microsoft ramps up distribution of HoloLens 2 and Kinect For Azure. Other relevant news.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.17): Half-Life Alyx will launch on March, 23rd, MWC has been canceled and much more!

The Ghost Howls

On this special day, let’s all talk about AR and VR! In this big phone exhibition, usually, companies also exhibit AR and VR devices and considering that this year the trend is the one of AR and VR devices connected to the phone , I bet that this year’s edition would have been very interesting for us all (in fact I was planning to go there).

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How Brain-Computer Interfaces Can Deliver On VR’s Promises

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Meta is working on an AR headset, which puts them in the same league as Microsoft and Magic Leap. In the 1970’s scientists at the University of California popularized the term “brain-computer interface” or BCI , referring to a hardware and software system that uses brainwaves to control devices. Current Limits.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Although Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has publicly been dismissive of the VR/AR medium as anything other than a vehicle for video games, actions should speak louder than words: Netflix is now working on an app for the Hololens. Based in Helsinki, Finland, Vizor raised $2.3M NETFLIX LOOKS TO GET AUGMENTED. in funding.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.11.27): Discover XR Cyber Monday Deals, Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, and much more!

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And talking about “cool” things (pun intended), today I’m traveling to Helsinki, Finland, where I hope to have a great time at MatchXR. Today it’s the CyberMonday and there are discounts all over the place in VR and in tech in general. Now Microsoft is discontinuing them , putting another nail in the coffin of the HoloLens.

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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

The Ghost Howls

The COVID-19 crisis has made many companies realize how AR and VR can be a fundamental tool for smart working (e.g. to make people work remotely on the same 3D prototype, or to organize events all in VR, like what we are doing with VRrOOm ), and this can help even more the adoption of XR. What headsets are supported?

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Letting Workers Qualify Themselves in AR, with AR Expert’s Dr. Björn Schwerdtfeger

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Dr. Björn Schwerdtfeger says that AR training can allow those workers to qualify themselves for all sorts of tasks, and have fun doing it, to boot. Together with the German industry, he’s evaluated almost every idea for AR in applications in the industry. You can learn more about them at ar-experts.de. Björn: Yeah.

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