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AR Takes Center Stage At SXSW 2020

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The annual festival will debut new AR experiences from Magic Leap, Intel, and director Virginia Galloway. Attendees of the SXSW Trade Show in Austin, TX will be the first to experience the next phase of movie and concert entertainment powered by cutting-edge AR technology. Intel’s Superhuman AR.

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Journey to Freedom and Equality: How an AR Experience Makes History Come Alive

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In a bid to give us a glimpse of the past, USA TODAY launched Seven Days of 1961 , a multimedia series that also offers an AR experience of the pivotal events that transpired in May 1961. The group was met with resistance in Virginia. AR Experience “A Dangerous Ride on the Road to Freedom”: A Glimpse of America’s Tumultuous Past.

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U.S. Army Begins Using AR to Locate Mines on the Battlefield

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New technology from Army Research lets technicians “see” buried explosives using AR headsets. Experts in the field of technical explosives, these specialists are tasked with the disarming and removal of unexploded improvised explosive devices, such as mines and other IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices). The post U.S.

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Weather Channel Demonstrates Dangers Of Hurricane Florence Using Mixed Reality

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MR & AR technology showcase the potential destruction of the cat 2 storm currently hitting the Carolina states. Even with mandatory evacuations of Virginia and the Carolina’s currently underway, officials expect heavy damage and casualties as a result of the deadly weather.

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Moving Virtual Objects Like a Jedi

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In fact, I’m a bit surprised it took this long, but researchers at Virginia Tech have put their brains to good use and come up with a way for ordinary mortals to replicate the telekinetic powers of a Jedi in Virtual Reality. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and the Institute for Creativity, Technology, and the Arts.

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Spatial Beats: 8th Wall, Sam and Max, & Burning Man

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8th Wall Creating Global Network For AR Creatives & Brands. 8th Wall provides a platform for doing AR with any smartphone with a camera and browser. You’re got AR. This is especially useful in marketing and advertising, who have yielded better results with AR-enabled mobile experiences like virtual try ons.

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Sundance Film Festival to Feature 18 VR & AR Experiences Next Month

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Park City, Utah is already preparing for next month’s annual Sundance Film Festival, and this time around 18 AR & VR films and exhibitions are set to debut at the festival’s New Frontier program. Showing 5,000+ intelligent human behaviors, this powerful VR experience is made possible by advanced graphics technology. .

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