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Google 6DOF videos review: move inside VR videos!

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Around 40 days ago, I reported to you the news of Google presenting at SIGGRAPH 2020 a new algorithm for recording, encoding, and decoding 6DOF VR videos , that is movies inside which you can physically move. Google Immersive LightField Video technology. 6DOF Videos. It has been made in collaboration with Facebook.

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Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Is A Higher End Chip For The Samsung-Google Headset & More

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It inherits all the advantages of the base XR2 Gen 2 architecture, including the hardware acceleration for camera passthrough that is said to reduce end-to-end latency to around 12 milliseconds. But that inherited architecture also means that while its GPU and CPU have a higher maximum clockspeed, their performance per watt is identical.

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The XR Week (2022.01.24): Google AR headset is “Project Iris”, Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard, and more

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Image by Google). Project Iris is the codename of Google’s AR glasses. According to a report on The Verge, Google is working on AR glasses. The operating system should be Android, but it seems that Google is also building an operating system specific for XR. Header image by Google). What about yours?

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USA TODAY Builds AR Replica Of Notre Dame In Less Than 8 Hours

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While French President Emmanuel Macron hopes to complete the repairs within five years, architectural experts predict it could take decades to fully renovate the historic Notre Dame cathedral after Monday’s devastating fire. Take an augmented tour of the structural damages caused by Monday’s fire.

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XR Talks: Defining the AR Cloud, Part II

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Moreover, matters of privacy and data security will jump into hyperdrive in spatial computing because of the level of sensory immersion. Google’s Justin Quimby says this is okay as long as there are common languages — again like HTML today. Inherently Immersive. XR Talks: Follow the Money for AR’s Trajectory.

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The AR Location Wars, Part II: Apple

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That could be wayfinding with Google Live View , or visual search with Google Lens. As you can tell from the above examples, Google will have a key stake in this “Internet of Places.” For example, the last installment of this series examined Google’s natural “Internet of Places” play.

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Preserving The Art Of Black Lives Matter Using AR

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Designers at the architecture and design firm GGLO have created an augmented reality art show aimed at paying homage to the eclectic lineup of street paintings created as part of the Black Lives Matter movement. A full map of all the available artwork can be found here. Image Credit: GGO.

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