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Book Review: Mark Pesce’s “Augmented Reality: Unboxing Tech’s Next Big Thing”

ARPost

The story doesn’t only introduce AR and Niantic, it introduces what may be one of the most significant recurring themes of Pesce’s book: “ Pokémon Go changed players’ relationship to space, and changed their behavior within it.”. See Also: Must Read AR/VR Books in 2020. AR Hardware as Surveillance.

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Is VR the Future of News?

Tech Trends VR

Even while you’re taking in the beautiful sights and sounds as you fly above waterfalls, you’re made aware that this is where the world’s first war over water could be fought as a major new project – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – threatens to upset the balance of power between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

How will the convergence of 5G and AR and artificial intelligence lead to the creation of experiences that no one’s ever imagined? Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data.

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Convergence, Enterprise AR, and Mapping the Inside World with Charlie Fink

XR for Business Podcast

How will the convergence of 5G and AR and artificial intelligence lead to the creation of experiences that no one’s ever imagined? Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data.

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Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld’s Hrish Lotlikar

XR for Business Podcast

He’s also the co-founder of SuperWorld — superworldapp.com — which is Foursquare meets Pokemon Go meets Monopoly in the real world, building a community in AR, powered by the blockchain. Hrish: The VR/AR Conference? Alan: Yeah.The VR/AR Association Conference. You do a lot in this space. Hrish: Yeah.

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Staking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld’s Hrish Lotlikar

XR for Business Podcast

He’s also the co-founder of SuperWorld — superworldapp.com — which is Foursquare meets Pokemon Go meets Monopoly in the real world, building a community in AR, powered by the blockchain. Hrish: The VR/AR Conference? Alan: Yeah.The VR/AR Association Conference. You do a lot in this space. Hrish: Yeah.

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Thanks to VR, Teachers Could (Finally) become Millionares

VRWorld

Teachers in the Middle East , Egypt and UAE have shown a particularly keen interest and they are “very passionate” about using this technology. “It’s basically a personal field trip app,” says Ben Schrom, product manager of Google Expeditions.