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Snapchat’s Latest Lens Studio Update Is A Game Changer For AR Creators

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14 new landmarks and 6 AR templates make their way to the desktop app. This week Snapchat further deepened its commitment to AR technology with the release of a new update for Lens Studio, the companies official desktop app for the creation of AR ‘Lenses,’ which adds fourteen new “Landmarks,” as well as six additional Lense templates.

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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

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Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite ) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. The projects range widely from games to simulation to education and more. Lemay – AR Workflow from Revit to Reality (Canada). .

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No-Code VR Training Backing Future of Turkish Healthcare, RoT Studios Says

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These are empowering creatives, companies, and individuals by removing barriers to entry and driving down production costs. For firms requiring rapid, on-the-fly content production, no-code platforms are an essential tool. With Turkey’s entrance into the XR scene, the region is set to incubate a new ecosystem of tech solutions.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. Currently VR First is boasting more than 50 projects in development at the labs, and not just games.

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How VR and AR Headsets Can Help Avoid The In-Flight Laptop Ban

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If you own a mobile VR or AR headset, the laptop ban might not be as bad as you think. But the rules — which impact six Mideast countries for the UK and 10 for the US — don’t mean you can’t use augmented or virtual reality headsets to browse the web, play games or get work done. That means it’s totally self-contained.”

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Meet XR Terra, the Company Teaching XR Technology

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Each course is part-time and delivered online by “AR/VR experts.” While one course reviewer said that “the instructors are not actual teachers,” other course reviews are positive. See Also: Ohio University Launches Virtual Reality and Game Development Major. XR Technology, Education, and Growth.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.11.29): Black Friday deals, investments in Niantic, and more!

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I hope that you all American friends have celebrated it with your families and have eaten a lot of turkeys (or whatever vegan alternative), enjoying good times with your peers. Almost all VR companies are proposing some interesting discounts, with most of them lasting even some days after today. Happy Thanksgiving!