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What’s Behind Google’s Latest AR Updates?

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A fter expanding and contracting in various VR initiatives, Google continues to be committed to AR. It sees the technology more aligned with the future of search. If search and AR had a baby, it would be visual search — Google’s prevailing AR play, otherwise known as Google Lens. Live View Goes Indoors.

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#BuildTheFuture Immersive Collaborative Environments

Tech Trends VR

The Wild , a start-up from Portland, Oregon has just announced an integration with UK-based Igloo Vision to open up new avenues for collaboration and experiential design review for teams working in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC). She also regularly writes for Fast Company, Ars Technica, Quartz, Wired and others.

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Vancouver Emerging As Top Five VR and AR Hub

VRScout

Surrounded by towering mountains, picturesque lakes, and urban beaches, it’s easy to forget that Vancouver hosts a booming technology industry. When VR and AR began to emerge, the region took full advantage of that talent. Now, there are over 180. In Vancouver, there are equally competent people with specialized expertise.

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What’s Behind Google’s Latest AR Updates?

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After expanding and contracting in various VR initiatives, Google continues to be committed to AR. It sees the technology more aligned with the future of search. If search and AR had a baby, it would be visual search?—?Google’s Google’s prevailing AR play, otherwise known as Google Lens. at least AR’s strict definition.

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Virus-Free Virtual Training for Healthcare Workers

Tech Trends VR

This prompted the Shift team to adapt their technology – originally developed for training teachers to recognize and mitigate implicit bias in the classroom – to help with the COVID-19 crisis. The curriculum content and scenarios have been supplied by the University of Portland School of Nursing.

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Vancouver Is Now One Of The Largest VR Hubs In The World

VRScout

Vancouver is one of the fastest growing VR, AR, and MR hubs in the world. Nestled under fir tree-covered mountains and bordered by beaches, the city’s urban center boasts businesses that are transforming industries, creating immersive stories, and defining the next wave of computing. Now, those professionals are moving to XR.

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Spatial Beats: Apple, Magic Leap & Oculus

AR Insider

It’s got 8K resolution and a dozen external cameras and and sensors that offer the possibility of doing pass-through AR. The technology replaces products in streaming media that has already been produced. It is available in cities like Seattle, Chicago, Tokyo, London, and most recently, San Diego and Portland.