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XRA’s XR Industry Report: 2022 Highlights and Plans for 2023 and Beyond

ARPost

“Students in the classroom are using XR to learn everything from Greek mythology to microbiology. Transfr was also recognized for using VR training to enhance workforce development in areas such as career exploration in Alabama, Indiana, and Montana, and electrician training.

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Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy.

AllThingsVR

Weekly Funding & People Roundup: Google acquires Owlchemy Labs VR game studio, Improbable grabs $502M, Vivid Vision raises $2.2M, Oculus’s first employee just left 1) Google has acquired the VR game studio behind such popular gaming titles as Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality. Read more here. Read more here.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Watch YouTube in VR with your friends, Google pours resources into shared social VR experiences, upcoming standalone headsets will be wireless, the Snapchat vs. Facebook continues, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WATCH YOUTUBE IN VR… WITH YOUR FRIENDS! WEIRD OR AWESOME?

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Google Opens ‘Maps’ API So Devs Can Create ‘Pokémon Go’-style Games

Road to VR

During the Google Developer Day presentation at GDC 2018, Product Manager Clementine Jacoby and Engineering Lead Patrick Donelan at Google Maps presented the team’s progress in bringing their technology and data to game developers. Image courtesy Google.

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EON Reality recognized as Top 100 Company Supporting Education Excellence by OCBJ and IPSF

EON Reality

On the Top 100, EON Reality is joined by organizations such as Google, The Hoag Foundation, and Kia Motors America, Inc. These companies are “investing in Orange County’s future by ensuring a world class education for each child,” so that they have every opportunity in the future to establish themselves properly in a professional environment.