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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. Sean Ong, a mixed reality developer, demonstrated in May how the Microsoft HoloLens can serve as a desktop-like workaround on an affected US-bound Emirates flight from Dubai when paired with a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

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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. Bahçesehir University (BAU), Turkey. image courtesy VR First. image courtesy VR First.

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