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You Can Now Donate Blood While Immersed In Mixed Reality

VRScout

To help quell this growing shortage, Abbot Laboratories, a medical device and healthcare company based out of Illinois, United States, has teamed up with Blood Centers of America to release a new mixed reality experience designed to attract younger donors while providing a fun and relaxing experience while in the chair.

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Microsoft Now Hosts Free HoloLens Demos Across US & Canada

Road to VR

Haven’t been able to make it to any of the big gaming expos (or you don’t know anyone with the $3,000 AR headset)? Microsoft Stores across the US and Canada are now hosting free HoloLens demos, so you can finally see what the hubbub is all about. Chandler, Chandler Fashion Center. Tampa, International Plaza.

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Meta, IBM Rally XR Community for Global AI Alliance

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

A leader in AI development for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) solutions, Meta’s latest involvement in the AI Alliance will help facilitate an ethical framework for the emerging technology. This comes as the Mountain View-based company prepares to work on its Project Iris AR smart glasses after a pause in development.

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ARwall Expands with advisory team that includes Raymond Mosco

Cats and VR

Los Angeles-based AR studio ARwall has expanded with the addition of senior-level talent and entertainment industry advisors well known for their expertise in design, engineering, and XR. She earned her MBA from Illinois Institute of Technology. Most recently, she served as a head of finance in the global licensing division at Playboy.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

We believe that XR Technologies — VR and ARare the solution to having students love what they’re learning. We had a nice big bump at the beginning of the year with Microsoft. It’s early days, so how are you finding the uptake with schools? Are they looking for a complete solution?

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

We believe that XR Technologies — VR and ARare the solution to having students love what they’re learning. We had a nice big bump at the beginning of the year with Microsoft. It’s early days, so how are you finding the uptake with schools? Are they looking for a complete solution?

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR's Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

We believe that XR Technologies -- VR and AR -- are the solution to having students love what they're learning. We had a nice big bump at the beginning of the year with Microsoft. It's early days, so how are you finding the uptake with schools? Are they looking for a complete solution? We didn't talk about AR yet.